Congressman Under Investigation For ‘Sex Trafficking’ Caps Off Twitch’s Worst Week Ever

“I’m joining Twitch to bring my America First message to a new generation of viewers,” he announced on Twitter Thursday. “Twitch will join the lineup of platforms I livestream on, including Rumble, GETTR, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.”

The news comes less than a week after The Washington Post reported that the Florda Congressman asked President Trump for a pardon relating to a sex trafficking probe underway by the U.S. Justice Department. Giving background on this probe, The Post writes:

The Justice Department investigation into whether Gaetz paid for sex, paid for women to travel across state lines to have sex, and had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old, was opened in the final months of the Trump administration with approval from Attorney General William P. Barr. The probe stemmed from a federal investigation of Gaetz’s friend who is now a convicted sex trafficker. Gaetz has denied paying for sex or having sex with a minor as an adult.

Having sex with a 17-year old is considered statutory rape in Florida. But Gaetz is probably not coming to Twitch to discuss that.

Instead, he’ll likely use the platform to peddle white replacement theory, the racist ideology referenced earlier this year by the Buffalo mass shooter, talk about how women are too ugly to need abortions, make transphobic tweets, or spout other aborhent nonsense to troll himself into another two years in office. A spokesperson for Twitch declined to comment on the record, but directed Kotaku to its community guidelines and plans for addressing misinformation and “off service conduct.”

The company has banned streamers for less. We’ll see how long it takes this time.