# Doesn't Matt Gaetz HIMSELF look kinda like a Thumb?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [July 25, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519 "2022-07-25T13:31:58Z")
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/1 "2022-07-25T13:31:58Z")
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> # Matt Gaetz: Women Who ‘Look Like A Thumb’ Shouldn’t Gripe About Abortion Rights
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> The U.S. congressman is being blasted for his overtly misogynistic speech at a conservative student summit.
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> Unattractive women who “look like a thumb” shouldn’t complain about losing abortion rights because they’re the “least” likely to get pregnant, Rep. [Matt Gaetz](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/matt-gaetz) (R-Fla.) said in a jaw-dropping speech to college students at a conservative conference in Florida on Saturday.
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> “Have you watched these pro-abortion, pro-murder rallies?” Gaetz asked the crowd at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa. “The people are just disgusting. Why is it that the women with the least likelihood of getting pregnant are the ones most worried about having abortions?”
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> “Nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb. These people are odious from the inside out,” the congressman continued. “They’re like 5′2″, 350 pounds, and they’re like, ‘Give me my abortions or I’ll get up and march and protest.’”
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> “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 pumpin’, maybe mix in a salad.”
> **[Matt Gaetz: Women Who 'Look Like A Thumb' Shouldn't Gripe About Abortion Rights](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-gaetz-ugly-women-abortion-complaints-turning-point-student-summit_n_62dc8611e4b03dbb991971d9)**
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> The U.S. congressman is being blasted for his overtly misogynistic speech at a conservative student summit.
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### Author:  [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/2 "2022-07-25T13:36:25Z")
That would be an insult to thumbs👍
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### Author:  [@irae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irae)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/3 "2022-07-25T14:10:29Z")
This from a guy credibly accused of paying children for sex…
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### Author:  [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/4 "2022-07-25T14:17:27Z")
But they were presumably children who don’t look like thumbs.
Also, is “looks like a thumb” a known insult? Certainly nothing I recall hearing before.
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### Author:  [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/5 "2022-07-25T14:29:35Z")
Just when you think this Butthead look-alike can’t get any more reprehensible, Florida Man says “hold my beer.”
What a fucking asshole.
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### Author:  [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/6 "2022-07-25T14:45:10Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#):
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> That would be an insult to thumbs
Human thumbs are the most useful finger! Just ask any chimpanzee.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/7 "2022-07-25T14:50:08Z")
He prefers his women to be lean like a pinkie, or a teenaged girl.
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### Author:  [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/8 "2022-07-25T15:00:49Z")
I’ve always thought he looked like Billy Graham’s secret side child.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/9 "2022-07-25T15:13:37Z")
Yes, that or some variation of it. No idea how old it is — I’ve maybe heard it for the last last ten or twenty years?
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### Author:  [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/10 "2022-07-25T15:15:20Z")
Well if Gaetz is using it can’t be all that old
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/11 "2022-07-25T16:38:37Z")
Isn’t that just a rehash of an old George Carlin joke? (Something about how the women complaining about sexual harassment are the ones you wouldn’t want to f\*\*\* anyway… )
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### Author:  [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/12 "2022-07-25T16:41:00Z")
I’ve always called him “evil Donnie Osmond”.
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### Author:  [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/13 "2022-07-25T16:54:01Z")
The actual George Carlin quote was:
“Why is it that most of the people who are against abortion are people you wouldn’t want to fuck in the first place?”
I’ve heard about people looking like thumbs before. The only really accurate time I heard it applied was on [“Mama June Shannon,”](https://www.google.com/search?q=mama+june+before&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjUzuTavpT5AhXsl2oFHSAvABwQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=mama+june+b&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQARgAMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQ6CggAELEDEIMBEEM6CwgAEIAEELEDEIMBOgQIABBDUPkSWKQfYNAqaABwAHgAgAGDAYgB6AKSAQMwLjOYAQCgAQHAAQE&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=ysjeYtTBM-yvqtsPoN6A4AE&bih=528&biw=320&prmd=niv&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS924US924&hl=en-US#imgrc=gTRwJAeJNmPB-M) who is the mother of someone called “Honey Boo-boo.”
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### Author:  [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/14 "2022-07-25T17:39:51Z")
> [@irae](#):
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> This from a guy credibly accused of paying children for sex…
Whatever happened to this? It’s been months since I heard anything.
Also, this guy criticizing someone’s looks shows a total lack of self awareness. Just because you can pay underage girls to have sex with you, doesn’t mean they think you are attractive.
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/15 "2022-07-25T17:43:39Z")
What was his audience’s reaction?
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/16 "2022-07-25T17:52:00Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#):
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> Whatever happened to this? It’s been months since I heard anything.
The sentencing of his buddy, Joel Greenberg, has been delayed repeatedly, apparently because Greenberg has been cooperating with prosecutors. He’s currently scheduled to be sentenced in December, though it’s been pushed back three or four times already.
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### Author:  [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/17 "2022-07-25T18:01:03Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> The sentencing of his buddy, Joel Greenberg, has been delayed repeatedly, apparently because Greenberg has been cooperating with prosecutors.
I took a look at his wiki and he has a plea deal with an agreed upon sentence. Even the prosecutors have asked for delays:
> On October 18, prosecutors also asked Presnell for the extension, stating that Greenberg was a “prolific criminal” who had made allegations that "take us to some places we did not anticipate
I’m always a bit leery of things like this, thinking that the defendant is stretching things out for his benefit.
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### Author:  [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/18 "2022-07-25T18:10:35Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#):
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> > On October 18, prosecutors also asked Presnell for the extension, stating that Greenberg was a “prolific criminal” who had made allegations that "take us to some places we did not anticipate
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> I’m always a bit leery of things like this, thinking that the defendant is stretching things out for his benefit.
It doesn’t sound like he’s going to get no jail time, so if prosecutors are willing to let him stay out of prison while he’s pointing them to other bad guys, it seems like a good tradeoff.
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### Author:  [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/19 "2022-07-25T18:17:46Z")
> [@Folacin](#):
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> It doesn’t sound like he’s going to get no jail time, so if prosecutors are willing to let him stay out of prison while he’s pointing them to other bad guys, it seems like a good tradeoff.
His plea agreement is the minimum, twelve years, from what I can see. I’m not certain if he is spending this time in a jail, prison or out on bail. He certainly has the family money to post any kind of bail.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519/20 "2022-07-25T18:58:55Z")
I have two opposable thumbs, and both of them are opposed to Matt Gaetz.
This earlier thread may be of interest: [Matt Gaetz being investigated for sex with 17 year old girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl/939052)
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