"Slime bag... pedophile" - Martina Navratilova lashes out at staunch Donald Trump ally Matt Gaetz amid ex-Congressman's last-gasp lawsuit
Martina Navratilova recently lambasted Matt Gaetz after the former US Congressman filed a last-ditch lawsuit against Congress' House Ethics Committee to prevent the detailed findings of a multi-year investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him. Gaetz is a significant political ally of President-Elect Donald Trump, who wanted the ex-Congressman to become the US' top lawman.
Gaetz's lawsuit was ultimately unsuccessful, as the House of Representatives ethics committee released the findings on Monday, December 23, the very same day the ex-Congressman filed the lawsuit. Amid these controversial developments, Travis Matthew, a US Army veteran, shared a sarcastic post targeting Gaetz. Matthew wrote:
"Fox News confirmed Matt Gaetz tried suing Congress to block the release of the Ethics Report. Gaetz obviously tried blocking the release because he did nothing wrong /s. He didn’t pay thousands for prostitutes, He didn’t have sex with and traffic underage girls, And he isn’t a drug addict. An innocent man is never afraid of the truth."
Former World No. 1 and 18-time Major winner Martina Navratilova, who is also a fierce critic of the Republicans, reacted with a vicious swipe aimed at the under-fire Gaetz.
"What a slime bag. Also a pedophile," Navratilova wrote.
The sexual misconduct allegations involved Gaetz having sexual relationships with minors. He was also accused of sex trafficking. According to the findings released by the House Ethics Committee, during his tenure as US Representative from 2017 to 2024, Gaetz paid hefty sums of money for sexual relationships, one of which he shared with a 17-year-old. He also abused illicit drugs during his time in Congress.
In November this year, Navratilova had taken a similar swipe at Gaetz after Donald Trump nominated him to become the new US Attorney General.
Martina Navratilova leveraged stinging sarcasm to call out Donald Trump's nomination of Matt Gaetz for Attorney General
President-elect Donald Trump picked Matt Gaetz as his nominee to assume the role of US Attorney General, effectively making Gaetz the head of the nation's law. However, Martina Navratilova was appalled at the development and couldn't stop herself from reacting to it via a post on X. The Czech-American tennis legend wrote a sarcastic yet thought-provoking post based on the allegations against Gaetz.
"The guy who trafficked underage girls and had sex with them will be now in charge of going after pedophiles? Good to know…," Navratilova wrote.
Navratilova had endorsed Kamala Harris for President in the 2024 US presidential elections, and was evidently in dismay when it became clear that Donald Trump would be coming back to the White House for a second term.