Matt Gaetz’s past behavior isn’t role-model material.
By his own admission, Gaetz, in his 30s was “playing too hard….womanized, drank, and smoked more than I should have.”
But that doesn’t excuse CNN for its double standard on the subject.
At the end of a segment on today’s CNN This Morning regarding the House Ethics Committee’s impending release of its report on its investigation of Gaetz, host Kasie Hunt, speaking of Gaetz’s activities, dubiously wondered, “in his 30s?“ Hunt was apparently suggesting that the 30s are too old to still be a hard partier.
Annie Linskey of the Wall Street Journal agreed, saying, “I know. Maybe in your 20s.”
Not so surprisingly, CNN never mentioned two other men who were still partying hard at an advanced age.
By his own admission, Hunter Biden didn’t get sober until 2019–when he was 49.
And then there’s Ted Kennedy, who…
