By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-21 18:02:50 | Updated at 2024-11-28 06:39:44
6 days ago
Matt Gaetz withdraws his name to become Trump's attorney general
X ^ | 21/20/24 | Matt Gaetz
Posted on 11/21/2024 9:30:54 AM PST by hardspunned
"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."
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government
KEYWORDS: attorneygeneral; gaetz; iran; israel; levinson; mattgaetz; transition
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RATS!!
1 posted on 11/21/2024 9:30:54 AM PST by hardspunned
To: hardspunned
2 posted on 11/21/2024 9:31:19 AM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: hardspunned
Bet ol’ Sonny Hostin is just overjoyed. This is bogus.
3 posted on 11/21/2024 9:32:05 AM PST by dware (Americans prefer peaceful slavery over dangerous freedom)
To: hardspunned
It’s the right move. Should never have accepted in the first place considering the circumstances.
4 posted on 11/21/2024 9:32:57 AM PST by Fuzz
To: hardspunned
5 posted on 11/21/2024 9:33:00 AM PST by Pollard
To: hardspunned
It's possible that Gaetz was tossed out there as a sacrificial lamb (with Gaetz's consent).
This makes it very hard for the senate to reject Trump's next choice, such as a Ken Paxton.
I'm quite sure Gaetz ends up playing an important role in the Administration.
6 posted on 11/21/2024 9:33:26 AM PST by SamAdams76
To: Pollard
7 posted on 11/21/2024 9:33:36 AM PST by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
To: hardspunned
8 posted on 11/21/2024 9:33:37 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
To: Pollard
9 posted on 11/21/2024 9:34:16 AM PST by VMI70 (My Goal in Life is to be the Kind of Person My Dog Thinks I Am)
To: Carry_Okie
10 posted on 11/21/2024 9:34:29 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: hardspunned
I’m guessing he’s a free agent now since he already resigned from the House. Guess he should’ve waited...
11 posted on 11/21/2024 9:34:43 AM PST by Hurricane Andrew (There are no evil thoughts except one: the refusal to think.)
To: Fuzz
The left will find some reason to block whoever else Trump picks for AG. They have on speed dial whatever women they need who all of a sudden remember something from decades ago.
12 posted on 11/21/2024 9:34:47 AM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: Pollard
So question: Does the Deputy Attorney General have to go through Senate confirmation too?
13 posted on 11/21/2024 9:34:59 AM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
To: hardspunned
RDS is going to appoint him to the Senate?
14 posted on 11/21/2024 9:35:03 AM PST by Paladin2
To: hardspunned
15 posted on 11/21/2024 9:35:05 AM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
To: hardspunned
This is probably a good move.
Before the next (and the next, and the next) media driven attacks on all the others, it’s very important to get out for comparison the sorts of people who have served as cabinet members since, oh let’s say, 1963.
Trumps appointments are quite in line with all the others.
16 posted on 11/21/2024 9:35:12 AM PST by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
To: hardspunned
he’ll probably end up somewhere else, perhaps a position not needing confirmation. moving on ‘cuz time’s-wastin’.
17 posted on 11/21/2024 9:35:14 AM PST by avital2
To: hardspunned
I loved the appointment, but let’s be honest. This guy is a clown who would be selling used cars for a living if Congress didn’t exist.
18 posted on 11/21/2024 9:35:26 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Well, maybe I'm a little rough around the edges; inside a little hollow.” -- Tom Petty, “Rebels”)
To: VMI70
Correction:
Matt Whitaker
19 posted on 11/21/2024 9:35:32 AM PST by VMI70 (My Goal in Life is to be the Kind of Person My Dog Thinks I Am)
To: hardspunned
Anyone else a threat to the Deep State and Dem lawfare will be just as roughly handled. Anyone willing to bow down and allow the Do"J" run roughshod over the Constitution will be welcomed in no matter what his background.
President Trump, the left tried to assassinate you to keep people like Gaetz from interfering in their power. This is your "fight, fight, fight" moment.
20 posted on 11/21/2024 9:35:33 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Now unburdened by the Biden/Harris administration that has been.)
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