In 2010-two years after the son of a Florida state senator had the DUI charges against him dropped from an alleged drunk driving incident-Matt Gaetz ran for his first political office and began inflicting his personal nightmare on others en masse.ĭuring his time as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, he was a fervent supporter of Florida's Stand Your Ground law. The videos purported to show Planned Parenthood representatives discussing the sale of fetal tissue and have been debunked. And, along with a few dozen other fools, he signed a letter asking Attorney General Loretta Lynch to investigate Planned Parenthood following the release of two heavily edited videos put out by anti-abortion activists. He also voted for harsh abortion restrictions in the state-which included a provision that would have mandated doctors to tell women they could "reverse" a medical abortion using an unproven procedure. When he wasn't said to have been bullying members of the Arizona Senate, Biggs was voting in favor of legislation that would penalize sanctuary cities for immigrants and suing to block Medicaid expansion in the state in defiance of the Affordable Care Act. Townsend said that Biggs blocked most of the bills she introduced and that it got so bad she voted for a bill that she was against-a measure limiting lifetime welfare eligibility in Arizona to one year, making it the harshest limit in the US-just to appease Biggs, who wanted the bill to pass. A fellow Senate member, Kelly Townsend, has said that Biggs retaliated against her after she spoke up about the need for police reform. Before that, however, Biggs rose humble beginnings as a lawyer and the winner of a $10 million sweepstakes to become the leader of the Arizona State Senate, where he was known for using petty tactics against members he didn't like.
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