Matt Gaetz got his butt kicked when he tried to bully a queer Latina teen online

A queer, Latina teen named Olivia Julianna has brilliantly mocked far-right Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who is under federal investigation for allegedly sex trafficking a 17-year-old girl, after he tried to use sexism, body-shaming, and his personal Twitter account to insult Julianna and other pro-choice activists.

Last Saturday, Gaetz made sexist and fat-phobic remarks, calling pro-choice activists “disgusting” while speaking to conservative college students on Saturday at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida. Turning Point USA is a youth conservative organization whose members regularly spout anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.

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“Have you watched these pro-abortion, pro-murder rallies?” Gaetz asked the crowd. “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? Nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb.”

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“These people are odious from the inside out,” Gaetz 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.’ And I’m thinking —march? You look like you got ankles weaker than the legal reasoning behind Roe v. Wade.”

“A few of them need to get up and march,” he added. “They need to get up and march for like an hour a day, swing those arms, get the blood pumping, maybe mix in a salad.” His comments received laughter and applause from the audience.

In response to Gaetz’s words, on Sunday afternoon, Julianna wrote on Twitter, “It’s come to my attention that Matt Gaetz — alleged pedophile — has said that it’s always the ‘odious.. 5’2 350 pound” women that ‘nobody wants to impregnate’ who rally for abortion. I’m actually 5’11, 6’4 in heels. I wear them so the small men like you are reminded of your place.”

In response, Gaetz published an image of Julianna taken from her personal Twitter account in which she wears a t-shirt that reads, “Bans off our bodies.” Commenting on the image, Gaetz wrote, “Dander raised.”

Gee, I wonder why @mattgaetz didn’t include my original tweet in his attack against me… pic.twitter.com/373L2qu2CX

— Olivia Julianna