Palm Seaside Sheriff Candidates Go At It Throughout Debate, ‘F***ing A**gap’

Now THIS is a debate — the race for Sheriff in Florida’s Palm Seaside County has one candidate so fired up, he stated what’s actually on his thoughts after getting roasted in a showdown together with his rivals.

The talk went down by Zoom earlier this week, and Michael Gauger did not mince his phrases … firing again at fellow candidate Lauro Diaz by calling him a “f***ing ***gap!”

All of it kickstarted when Diaz fully bypassed the opposite candidate, Alex Freeman, to declare the race was a two-man present, together with his sights set squarely on Gauger.

Diaz criticized Gauger by claiming he was the principle wrongdoer behind all the issues the neighborhood’s going through, as a result of he’d spent 51 years within the Palm Seaside County Sheriff’s Workplace earlier than retiring in 2021.

Whereas Diaz was speaking, Gauger was visibly offended … choosing up a pile of paper and slamming it on the desk out of frustration. At one level, he received so flustered he was nearly out of body however composed himself, ready for Diaz to complete earlier than dropping the f-bomb.

You possibly can see Diaz and the opposite candidate, Freeman, reacting with a mixture of shock and awe … earlier than the moderator tried to revive order.

Gauger tells TMZ he thought he was muted and believed his private video wasn’t obtainable after he switched to his telephone when the Zoom hyperlink wasn’t engaged on his iPad.

Basic 2020, mid-pandemic mistake, actually.

He provides … he was so pissed off by Diaz, he muttered the remark, considering it was only a personal expression. He additionally insists he does not usually use that type of language in public, and he is apologized for it.