Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) accused Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) of openly detailing his sexual experiences to fellow lawmakers in a bonkers interview with CNN on Wednesday. (You can check out his comments in the clip below.)

“He bragged about how he would crush E.D. medicine and chase it with energy drinks so he could go all night. This is obviously before he got married,” Mullin told CNN’s Manu Raju.

Mullin, an ally of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), made the wild claims about Gaetz after the Florida Republican ― and seven other members of his party ― joined all House Democrats in supporting the ouster of McCarthy from his post on Tuesday.

The move arrived after Gaetz filed a motion to vacate the California Republican from the speaker’s chair.

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    Shitty headline. The word “drops” here is being used to mean “releases”, not “withdraws”.

    The former sense is more typical in entertainment news (“new Taylor Swift album drops this Friday”) whereas the latter sense is more typical in politics and legal news (“prosecutor drops murder charge against Taylor Swift”, “Senator Swift drops controversial goat-staring provision from budget”).

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      I understood what it meant, but maybe that’s just because I know what a slimeball Matt Gaetz is. Sidenote my phone autocorrected “Gaetz” to “farts” and honestly that’s perfect lmao

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      entertainment

      politics

      Corporate needs you to find the difference between these two pictures.

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      Wait,…, T-Swift murdered someone?

      I knew she wasn’t as nice as she’s made to seem…