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Trump gets Senate reality check with Gaetz flameout
« on: November 22, 2024, 09:03:51 am »
Trump gets Senate reality check with Gaetz flameout
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David Sivak
November 22, 2024 7:00 am
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Former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s short-lived nomination for attorney general is serving as a reality check to a handful of Cabinet nominees who could have trouble getting through the Senate.

Not a single Senate Republican came out against Gaetz publicly in the eight days he lasted as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee, but his decision to withdraw on Thursday was a tacit acknowledgment that he would not have the votes to be confirmed.

Of all Trump’s nominees, Gaetz was the hardest for Republicans to swallow. He was the subject of an Ethics Committee investigation into whether he had sex with a minor, while his temperament as a House rabble-rouser gave senators pause.

But Senate Republicans have serious reservations with at least three others. Pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, is dealing with sexual misconduct allegations himself. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, and Tulsi Gabbard, an anti-war firebrand, have also caused heartburn with their nomination to Cabinet-level posts.

Both Gaetz and Hegseth have denied the misconduct allegations against them.

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Re: Trump gets Senate reality check with Gaetz flameout
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2024, 09:22:25 am »
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Susan Collins (R-ME)
Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
Sen.-elect John Curtis (R-UT), have revealed that the Trump Presidency is DOA.
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Re: Trump gets Senate reality check with Gaetz flameout
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2024, 10:23:41 am »
Quote from: rustynail on November 22, 2024, 09:22:25 am
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Susan Collins (R-ME)
Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
Sen.-elect John Curtis (R-UT), have revealed that the Trump Presidency is DOA.

He made it harder for himself with bad candidate selection, but he will get most of what he wants from the Senate.  Pam Bondi will make a solid AG.
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Re: Trump gets Senate reality check with Gaetz flameout
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2024, 11:17:29 am »
"Trump gets Senate reality check with Gaetz flameout"

Did he?  Or did he play the Senate and the Demo's.
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Re: Trump gets Senate reality check with Gaetz flameout
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2024, 12:06:34 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on November 22, 2024, 11:17:29 am
"Trump gets Senate reality check with Gaetz flameout"

Did he?  Or did he play the Senate and the Demo's.

Yes, I say Trump knew what he was doing. Unsettle the mainstays with a "dynamite stick" like a Gaetz, then propose the name he always wanted as the choice for AG. He settled his "debt" with Gaetz.
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