Trump Nominates Matt Gaetz as Attorney General

I see no mention of a secret ballot in how this works-did a search and this is the best explanation I could find

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article295499619.html

 

And the issue isn't whether Gaetz should be prosecuted it's whether he has the qualities to be the country's chief law enforcement officer and the Senators who will be voting to confirm him for the position to which he has been nominated should have access to all relevant information regarding his background including the findings of a Committee of Congress that has been investigating him for well over a year.

 

To the point gaetz is now maga’s hero.

 

Johnson and the GOP are not going to hide credible wrongdoing. That would be a disaster in waiting. Imagine if something leaks after he's confirmed. Johnson wouldn't live it down. I think if there was something there, Johnson lets the report out, because nobody would be able to blame him for it and Trump would simply nominate someone else. I believe Johnson is loyal to Trump, but Johnson's not going to take a bullet for Trump just because Trump wants him to. We are talking about the Speaker of the House. He's pretty a powerful man in his own right.

 

Just another instance of a pedophile brought to justice.

 

Disagree. Like most of the Republicans in Congress is Johnson is a sycophant who when Trump says "Jump!" MAGA Mike asks "How high, sir?". The one time Johnson actually had the balls to act independently was when he supported aid to Ukraine over the objections of Trump. Probably will never happen again especially after Trump takes office. If the report isn't released voluntarily there is a very good chance that it will be leaked before the Senate even starts holding hearings on the Gaetz nomination.

 

You wouldn't be able to cite one example where Trump has been able to get any high ranking GOP congressperson to bury incriminating evidence. It is also not in Trump's best interests to do this. He can put anybody in the AG seat. He doesn't need Gaetz, but he would sure like to have him.

 

"How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time."


I actually read an op-ed somewhere that made the Gaetz nomination very clear; in addition to being the kind of lawless sycophant who will assist Trump in continuing to face zero consequences for breaking the law......

........Gaetz is a litmus test for the Republican party. He's just the latest bite of the elephant that Republicans are forced to consume, until, well, it's too late. The Trumpy elephant is consumed and polluting their digestive tract. It's an act of forcing submission. (to further lawlessness, one could actually argue)


In a related vein, it's similar to how Trump got the Republican base to accept the "elephant" of his vileness - one bite at a time. First his un-American McCain comments, his sexual assaults, his racism, his lies, "grab em by the ****", his fraud, his crime, etc. etc.

They consume one bite of the elephant at a time, and the next bite's easier. And they have to subconsciously justify their prior consumption with further support.

It's no secret by now. Sad, but obvious.