Gaetz gets his own thread.

[Axtremus]

No comment from Lindsey Graham, eh?

[George K]

@Axtremus said in Gaetz gets his own thread.:

No comment from Lindsey Graham, eh?

The day evening is young.

Someone commented that there was an audible gasp among Republicans when it was announced.

[George K]

@Horace said in Gaetz gets his own thread.:

I don’t think Gaetz would get 50 votes.

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President-elect Trump's latest selection for his next administration is facing immediate backlash from some within the Senate GOP, as they say his attorney general pick, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., will not get confirmed.

"He will never get confirmed," a Republican senator, granted anonymity to speak freely, told Fox News Digital.

One Senate Republican source simply said, "Ain’t gonna happen," about the prospect of Gaetz's confirmation....

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told reporters, "I think we have to consider any nominee by the president seriously, but we also have a constitutional responsibility."

[kluurs]

It will seem more reasonable when his second choice of Don Jr is announced.

[George K]

@kluurs said in Gaetz gets his own thread.:

It will seem more reasonable when his second choice of Don Jr is announced.

Pfft...

[George K]

[Horace]

Would like to believe this is strategic in some way that acknowledges the hopelessness of confirmation, but I'm not seeing it. It just seems stupid, and detached from the reality of no confirmation.

[jon-nyc]

He might have done it to take eyes of his semi-questionable picks. Usually one, maybe two nominees fail.

[Mik]

I think he wants to get him to accept, resign from Congress, then fire the meddlesome bastard.

[Tom-K]

I don't know him but I know people that know people that know him and he's said to be an unqualified piece of sh^t as a human being. A RABID Trump supporter. But, you need a decent man for AG. So, no from me.

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Gaetz gets his own thread.:

I think he wants to get him to accept, resign from Congress, then fire the meddlesome bastard.

That’s what I was hoping for half a minute… I also liked @Horace suggestion that it was a purity test to see who voted for Thune… But man, this took the wind out of my sails…

[xenon]

What a stupid man.

[Renauda]

@Mik said in Gaetz gets his own thread.:

I think he wants to get him to accept, resign from Congress, then fire the meddlesome bastard.

That was what immediately came to my mind when I heard Gaetz was put forward.

Otherwise, no further comment from me on the matter.

[Mik]

If I were 47 it would be a great move.

[George K]

All is going according to plan..

Good riddance. He won't be confirmed.

[George K]

From NRO...

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/trump-dares-the-senate-to-vote-down-matt-gaetz/

Matt Gaetz is such a terrible choice for attorney general that the odds are already high, within an hour of his nomination being announced, that he would fail a Senate confirmation vote.

It’s impossible to imagine any Democrat voting for him, so he can afford to lose only three Republicans (even assuming all 53 are there — a vote might have to wait for a replacement for Marco Rubio to be selected and seated, because Rubio will need to be confirmed himself before resigning). It’s not very hard to count to four votes on the Republican side (starting with Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins) who will be against him.

Will Trump insist on a vote if the numbers aren’t there? While every administration sends up some nominees who fail, they usually withdraw.

A failed Gaetz nomination, if it goes to a vote and is killed by fellow Republicans, would make him an immediate martyr in some MAGA corners. That could well be a blessing to Gaetz, just in time for a primary fight to either succeed Ron DeSantis as governor of Florida in 2026 or in that fall’s special election (perhaps, against DeSantis or a DeSantis appointee) to fill the remainder of Rubio’s term.

[Mik]

@George-K said in Gaetz gets his own thread.:

All is going according to plan..

Good riddance. He won't be confirmed.

He won't even get GOP votes.

[George K]

@Mik said in Gaetz gets his own thread.:

He won't even get GOP votes.

He'll get some. Nowhere close to 51.

Who would vote him? Barrasso? Hawley?

[LuFins Dad]

What exactly is Trump trying to accomplish, here?

[LuFins Dad]

If he wanted recess appointments, this isn’t the way to get them.