{"id":1570323,"date":"2022-07-25T17:13:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T21:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1570323"},"modified":"2022-07-25T17:21:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T21:21:55","slug":"be-offended-gaetz-doubles-down-on-abortion-rally-protesters-being-fat-and-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/be-offended-gaetz-doubles-down-on-abortion-rally-protesters-being-fat-and-ugly\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Be Offended\u2019: Gaetz Doubles Down On Abortion Rally Protesters Being Fat And Ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbe-offended-gaetz-doubles-down-on-abortion-rally-protesters-being-fat-and-ugly%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1570323&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-4.32.58-PM-e1658781298481.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz doubled down Monday that pro-abortion rally protesters are fat and ugly.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz said women who are pro-choice shouldn\u2019t worry about having abortion access because they\u2019re ugly while speaking Saturday at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is it that the women with the least likelihood of getting pregnant are the ones most worried about having abortions?\u201d Gaetz said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/weartv.com\/news\/local\/be-offended-gaetz-stands-by-controversial-comments-on-female-abortion-rights-protesters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC 3<\/a>. \u201cThese people are odious on the inside and out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re like 5\u20192, 350 pounds and they\u2019re like, \u2018Give me my abortions or I\u2019ll get up and march and protest.\u2019 And I\u2019m thinking, \u2018march? You look like you got ankles weaker than the legal reasoning behind Roe vs Wade.\u2019 A few of them need to get up and march. They need to get up and march for like an hour a day, swing those arms, get the blood pumping, maybe mix in a salad,\u201d he said, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/01\/matt-gaetz-defends-no-vote-russian-oil-sanction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gaetz<\/a> doubled down on his comments Monday when asked by an ABC 3 reporter about his statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it safe to say that, based off your comments, you\u2019re suggesting that these women at these abortion rallies are ugly and overweight?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/05\/exclusive-matt-gaetz-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gaetz<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Reporter: Is it safe to say that, based off your comments, you\u2019re suggesting that these women at these abortion rallies are ugly and overweight?<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz: Yes.<\/p>\n<p>Reporter: What do you say to people who think those comments are offensive?<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz: Be offended.<\/p>\n<p>BASED <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattgaetz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MattGaetz<\/a> \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6TbtFzGVHC\">pic.twitter.com\/6TbtFzGVHC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joel Valdez (@realJoelValdez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realJoelValdez\/status\/1551647747484311553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you say to people who think those comments are offensive?\u201d the reporter asked. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/31\/matt-gaetz-rips-gop-colleague-nancy-mace-three-word-tweet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Matt Gaetz Rips GOP Colleague With A Three-Word Tweet)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe offended,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/27\/matt-gaetz-reacts-steve-scalise-meeting-tucker-carlson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gaetz<\/a> also said he is \u201cvery pro-life\u201d and makes \u201cno apology for it,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI find these people that go out in these pro-abortion, pro-murder rallies odious \u2014 and just, like, ugly on the inside and out. I make no apology for it. I don\u2019t believe that every person who disagrees with my perspective on life is an ugly person,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/05\/embarrassed-lloyd-austin-leadership-matt-gaetz-trade-barbs-us-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gaetz<\/a> reportedly said. \u201cBut the ones that are out there protesting and marching on Justice [Brett] Kavanaugh\u2019s home, trying to threaten the court, trying to impose a \u2018night of rage\u2019 on our nation\u2019s Capitol \u2014 which is what they advertised \u2014 that\u2019s just pure ugliness. I see that ugliness on the inside, I see it on the outside. Even in the horrible circumstance where an abortion may happen, it is nothing to celebrate and it is nothing to cheer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;They&#8217;re like 5&#8217;2, 350 pounds&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1570323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1570323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1570323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1570323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1570323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}