Young adults and Gen Z close to Republicans are taking to TikTok to expose them. First former White House aide Kellyanne Conway’s daughter went viral for sharing suspicions that her mom and others contracted COVID-19; now 20-year-old Roxanne Luckey, sister to Florida Congressman’s Matt Gaetz’s fiance Ginger Luckey, has taken to the platform to share her thoughts. In a series of TikTok videos, Luckey called Gaetz both a “creep” and “literal pedophile” while sharing a story of how Gaetz attempted to set her up with a divorced friend of his while she was a teen.
“I saw the character and type of person he is, and when everything came out about him, I honestly, unfortunately, was not surprised,” she shared, commenting on allegations of sex crimes against Gaetz. “As someone who has personally experienced a ton of creepy old politician men hitting on me when I was underage, and experiencing sexual assault at that age by people of power, it’s very disheartening and I have zero tolerance of people like [Gaetz]."
In some of the videos, Luckey even poses in front of The New York Times article that focuses on Gaetz’s investigation for alleged sex crimes, including trafficking a minor.
“When a creepy old man tries to hit on you at the bar, but your sister is engaged to a literal pedophile,” she said in the video’s onscreen text.
Luckey later apologized for using the term "pedophile" and instead switched to “ephebophile," but her feelings for Gaetz are loud and clear.
According to Luckey, when she and her mother confronted Gaetz about his inappropriate behavior of attempting to set her up with an older man, "[h]e just immediately got so defensive and started yelling at me and my mom."
"He called me a narcissist, just was a thousand percent gaslighting me—went full lawyer, 'I don't have to listen to you, I don't have to answer your questions,'" she said. She added that while Gaetz never apologized, the friend later did and claimed that he only asked her out "to get Matt off my back."
She added that her opinions of him go deeper than her own experiences. She claimed that during her time at the White House, Gaetz “had a reputation of prowling after college girls when he’s a grown man, and to me that’s just kind of weird.”
“There is so much more to the story and about what I know about Matt Gaetz,” she added. “It is definitely a serious situation,” Luckey noted that her opinion was partially based on hearsay from the “grapevine.”
Luckey explained the purpose of her sharing the stories in a video shared Monday: "While that little video I made was such a minuscule thing and I know does not properly bring to light the whole situation, if I can just bring some attention to it so people are aware of what is going on and people can be held accountable, that's my goal.”
While the FBI and Department of Justice have not confirmed a probe into Gaetz, the congressman himself confirmed he was being investigated in April on allegations of trafficking a minor for sex.
Lawyers familiar with the case shared that investigations are ongoing and whether or not the case will go to trial is still pending.
“The federal government doesn’t like to try out novel legal theories in court, especially against sitting members of Congress because it usually doesn’t work,” the lawyers told Politico. “Yes, there’s strict liability for someone who has sex with a 17-year-old even if she’s only a few months away from turning 18 and even if she becomes a hardcore porn star. But prosecuting a case like this would be highly unusual if there’s no hard evidence showing Gaetz has done this and the case rests on an admitted liar like Greenberg and the word of a hardcore porn star.”
Despite this and his former associate, ex-Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg, pleading guilty in May to six federal charges including soliciting a minor for sex, Gaetz has refused to resign.
In response to the comments made by her sister, Ginger Luckey defended her fiancé and said that her “estranged sister is mentally unwell.”
“Matt and I are enjoying our engagement and are deeply in love. My estranged sister is mentally unwell,” Ginger Luckey told The Daily Beast. “She has been in therapy for years and our family hopes that after receiving in-patient mental health treatment, she will overcome the tendency she has repeatedly shown to engage in destructive behavior.”
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“I saw the character and type of person he is, and when everything came out about him, I honestly, unfortunately, was not surprised,” she shared, commenting on allegations of sex crimes against Gaetz. “As someone who has personally experienced a ton of creepy old politician men hitting on me when I was underage, and experiencing sexual assault at that age by people of power, it’s very disheartening and I have zero tolerance of people like [Gaetz]."
In some of the videos, Luckey even poses in front of The New York Times article that focuses on Gaetz’s investigation for alleged sex crimes, including trafficking a minor.
“When a creepy old man tries to hit on you at the bar, but your sister is engaged to a literal pedophile,” she said in the video’s onscreen text.
Luckey later apologized for using the term "pedophile" and instead switched to “ephebophile," but her feelings for Gaetz are loud and clear.
According to Luckey, when she and her mother confronted Gaetz about his inappropriate behavior of attempting to set her up with an older man, "[h]e just immediately got so defensive and started yelling at me and my mom."
"He called me a narcissist, just was a thousand percent gaslighting me—went full lawyer, 'I don't have to listen to you, I don't have to answer your questions,'" she said. She added that while Gaetz never apologized, the friend later did and claimed that he only asked her out "to get Matt off my back."
She added that her opinions of him go deeper than her own experiences. She claimed that during her time at the White House, Gaetz “had a reputation of prowling after college girls when he’s a grown man, and to me that’s just kind of weird.”
“There is so much more to the story and about what I know about Matt Gaetz,” she added. “It is definitely a serious situation,” Luckey noted that her opinion was partially based on hearsay from the “grapevine.”
Luckey explained the purpose of her sharing the stories in a video shared Monday: "While that little video I made was such a minuscule thing and I know does not properly bring to light the whole situation, if I can just bring some attention to it so people are aware of what is going on and people can be held accountable, that's my goal.”
While the FBI and Department of Justice have not confirmed a probe into Gaetz, the congressman himself confirmed he was being investigated in April on allegations of trafficking a minor for sex.
Lawyers familiar with the case shared that investigations are ongoing and whether or not the case will go to trial is still pending.
“The federal government doesn’t like to try out novel legal theories in court, especially against sitting members of Congress because it usually doesn’t work,” the lawyers told Politico. “Yes, there’s strict liability for someone who has sex with a 17-year-old even if she’s only a few months away from turning 18 and even if she becomes a hardcore porn star. But prosecuting a case like this would be highly unusual if there’s no hard evidence showing Gaetz has done this and the case rests on an admitted liar like Greenberg and the word of a hardcore porn star.”
Despite this and his former associate, ex-Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg, pleading guilty in May to six federal charges including soliciting a minor for sex, Gaetz has refused to resign.
In response to the comments made by her sister, Ginger Luckey defended her fiancé and said that her “estranged sister is mentally unwell.”
“Matt and I are enjoying our engagement and are deeply in love. My estranged sister is mentally unwell,” Ginger Luckey told The Daily Beast. “She has been in therapy for years and our family hopes that after receiving in-patient mental health treatment, she will overcome the tendency she has repeatedly shown to engage in destructive behavior.”
Watch the video series for yourself below:
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