Rogue "Republican" Seantors Force Matt Gaetz's Withdrawal

Matt Gaetz @mattgaetz

I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday. I appreciate their thoughtful feedback - and the incredible support of so many. While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition. There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I'll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General. Trump's DOJ must be in place and ready on Day 1.

I remain fully committed to see that Donald J. Trump is the most successful President in history. I will forever be honored that President Trump nominated me to lead the Department of Justice and I'm certain he will Save America.

Matt Gaetz wouldn't have been my pick -- as Megyn Kelly said, sometimes I find these constant attention-seekers exhausting -- but I don't like the loss. Once he was named, I was behind him, because of the principle involved-- Trump deserves his picks, and he deserves, yes, "loyalists."

If you didn't want Trump to appoint "loyalists," you shouldn't have attempted to subvert his entire first term and contrive an FBI/CIA investigation into him based on Hillary Clinton's fictional oppo file.

I don't know what Trump can or should do about the Rogue Regime "Republicans." On one hand, he doesn't want to completely set them on fire, because these liberals will just declare themselves independent and caucus with the Democrats.

On the other hand, I don't know if he has any choice but to announce he will make it the goal of his presidency to defeat Cornyn, Lankford, Cassidy, Thune, McConnell, Collins, and Murkowski, even if it means electing actual acknowledged Democrats in their place.

And of course that snake Lindsey Graham.

A Trump advisor makes that threat:

I don't think the threat really counts until Trump signs his name to it.

I don't know if he's ready to torch the Senate, though.

Maybe they struck a deal with Trump that if Trump got Gaetz to withdraw, they'd give the rest of his nominees a positive vote.

I doubt it, though. And I wouldn't trust any of these snakes to keep their word.

posted by Ace at 01:01 PM

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