Matt Gaetz withdraws nomination

[Rexedgar]

I greatly appreciate the recent efforts of Matt Gaetz in seeking approval to be Attorney General. He was doing very well but, at the same time, did not want to be a distraction for the Administration, for which he has much respect. Matt has a wonderful future, and I look forward to watching all of the great things he will do!
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/113522181118234752

Trump’s enemies list just got bigger!

 

[SavannahMann]

The 3 qualifications I think Trump is looking for:

1. Will tell him when the bureaucracy "comes for him"
2. Will "punish his enemies"
3. Handles themselves on TV / "Looks the part"

You forgot one. Is completely loyal to Trump first. The Marines claim loyalty to God, Country, Corps, in that order. The Fanboys it is Trump, MAGA, and hatred of the enemies.

 

[ElChupacabra]

Maybe that closed door meeting had something to do with it (as in you step down or else the public gets to see the truth). Here's hoping for more step downs from the horrible pool of unqualified candidates.
Alina Habba will take his place now?

It's a wide field of possibilities ranging from Hulk Hogan to Oscar the Grouch. Your guess is as good as mine, because the caveat of hilariously absurd nomination picks is no longer a criterion.

 

[Eriech]

Lara may get some competition for Marco’s seat.

I am for the big FU that Senator Gaetz would send. He is too talented to shelve.

 

[SavannahMann]

Now where is Trump going to find another Pedophile to run the Justice Department?

 

[Jessie C]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/politics/matt-gaetz-withdrawing-attorney-general/index.html

Well that was fast. I guess that's one good way to get rid of an ethics probe report and sparing yourself a potentially humiliating round of questions.

I'm guessing the flood gates have opened and the guilty coward sees the writing on the wall and is running scared! Hey, the age old saying "Where there's smoke there's fire" still rings true!!!

Total shame the next commander-in-chief was too weak/corrupt/pathetic to see it....God help this country...if he hasn't already turned his back on us....starting to think he has.

 

[SavannahMann]

I am for the big FU that Senator Gaetz would send. He is too talented to shelve.

Yeah. Then a Pedophile in the Senate would be a great boon to Trump’s agenda.

 

[Artymoon]

So the odds of DeSantis making him a senator just went way up.

I think that was always part of the plan. Put him up for AG knowing that there would be instant fire and having the Senate seat in the back pocket. This way the next AG announcement will seem more palatable. Can't imagine Gaetz resigning his House seat first without this as a potential outcome.

 

[Metric Mouse]

Called it. Knew he wouldn't get confirmed.

 

[Lursa]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/politics/matt-gaetz-withdrawing-attorney-general/index.html

Well that was fast. I guess that's one good way to get rid of an ethics probe report and sparing yourself a potentially humiliating round of questions.

Bummer, I was looking forward to that appointment.

Seriously...it was a key part of the clown show.

 

[Metric Mouse]

I think that was always part of the plan. Put him up for AG knowing that there would be instant fire and having the Senate seat in the back pocket. This way the next AG announcement will seem more palatable. Can't imagine Gaetz resigning his House seat first without this as a potential outcome.

Imagine falling for this and thinking that Gaetz ever had a chance.

If you are right, he played a bunch of people like a fiddle.

 

[ElChupacabra]

No Donnie, he wasn't. From the moment you announced his nomination there was a massive "WTF?" comments across the country. Your own party members questioned the choice because he is so poorly qualified. If your ploy was to reward his loyalty by getting him to quit the House so the ethics report goes away, then I guess kind of "good job" though the info leaked anyway.

 

[ElChupacabra]

Bummer, I was looking forward to that appointment.

Seriously...it was a key part of the clown show.

Well there's still a host of interesting picks.

 

[Sven Karma]

I think that was always part of the plan. Put him up for AG knowing that there would be instant fire and having the Senate seat in the back pocket. This way the next AG announcement will seem more palatable. Can't imagine Gaetz resigning his House seat first without this as a potential outcome.

Sounds more like a Matt Gaetz cunning plan than one Trump is capable of coming up with.

 

[Metric Mouse]

I'm guessing the flood gates have opened and the guilty coward sees the writing on the wall and is running scared! Hey, the age old saying "Where there's smoke there's fire" still rings true!!!

Total shame the next commander-in-chief was too weak/corrupt/pathetic to see it....God help this country...if he hasn't already turned his back on us....starting to think he has.

Reminds me of when Biden withdrew; some people just know they can't win.

 

[nvflash]

I said this was not coming to a confirmation hearing, tho I am surprised it was Gaetz himself that withdrew his name.

Gaetz may have got a talking to from daddy about unwanted attentions.

 

[Anthony60]

Oh no! What is the left going to do now? They weren't done yet! Where's Tulsi? Where's Tulsi?

 

[Juggernaut74]

Didn't he already resign from the house (and is thus mercifully gone) or am I imagining things?

Yes…but the resignation only applies to finishing out this term. Since he was re-elected, he can reclaim his seat when the next Congress is seated.

Or at least that’s what I’m reading on a few sources

 

[Jessie C]

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No Donnie, he wasn't. From the moment you announced his nomination there was a massive "WTF?" comments across the country. Your own party members questioned the choice because he is so poorly qualified. If your ploy was to reward his loyalty by getting him to quit the House so the ethics report goes away, then I guess kind of "good job" though the info leaked anyway.

LIAR, LIAR PANTS ON FIRE! A distraction? More like an enormous nemesis, you dumb ass! Typical of major loser trump. Expect WAY more of his BAD decisions...

 

[SCrider]

I am for the big FU that Senator Gaetz would send. He is too talented to shelve.

At what? Hookers and Blow?

 

[Jessie C]

Reminds me of when Biden withdrew; some people just know they can't win.

BIG difference, Biden has NEVER been accused of sex with many minors...and spare me the Ashley thing that NOTHING ever came out of.... Nice try to put a totally unrelated spin on things.

 

[Lycanthrope]

If your ploy was to reward his loyalty by getting him to quit the House so the ethics report goes away, then I guess kind of "good job" though the info leaked anyway.

That was my thought - Donald can find him something cushy to do now that he's off the hook. Maybe Secretary of the newly created Department of High School Security and Defense?

Eleventy dimensional, Donald!

 

[Mr Person]

Yes…but the resignation only applies to finishing out this term. Since he was re-elected, he can reclaim his seat when the next Congress is seated.

Or at least that’s what I’m reading on a few sources

Oh. Damn. Either forgot or didn't notice that. Well....at least he's got to **** off for a couple months. That's.... something

 

[Ethel2]

Yes…but the resignation only applies to finishing out this term. Since he was re-elected, he can reclaim his seat when the next Congress is seated.

Or at least that’s what I’m reading on a few sources

He can, but then he would again be subject to House rules and the ethics report could come out officially.
Next up: Hegseth then Kennedy.

Graphic details about a sexual assault allegation against Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth have come to light in a newly-released police report.

The woman at the center of the allegation told police that Hegseth physically blocked the door to stop her from leaving his hotel room and took her phone away, before sexually assaulting her, according to the police report, seen by The Independent.


The woman, referred to throughout the 22-page report as Jane Doe, also told police she remembered saying “‘no’ a lot” to Hegseth during the alleged assault which took place after a Republican women’s conference at the Hyatt Hotel in Monterey, California, on October 8 2017.

Pete Hegseth blocked woman from leaving room and sexually assaulted her after she said no, accuser claims in police report

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-police-report-assault-trump-cabinet-b2651139.html Pete Hegseth blocked woman from leaving room and sexually assaulted her after she said no, accuser claims in police report The police report said that Hegseth, tapped as...

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[gbg3]

Didn't he already resign from the house (and is thus mercifully gone) or am I imagining things?

He resigned from his current term but was just elected to the next term - so I think it's his if he wants it.