Gaetz nominated for AG

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TRM said:

Axios is reporting some House Republicans might not be onboard with a recess.
Of course. They love the status quo.
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And they'll be primaried.
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txags92 said:

Maybe I am dense and will confess I haven't read the exact language in the constitution, but what does the house have to do with this? The Senate has the advice and consent role, not the house, so if the Senate is in recess, isn't that sufficient to do recess appointments?
if the house votes to adjourn, but the senate does not, then the president can force an adjournment



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He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.
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Who?mikejones! said:




Lol!
That prepared statement is the most cogent thing Hostin has ever uttered on The View.

Her expression and tone are so good. You can tell she was seething inside to have to say it.
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Reports that he's withdrawn his nomination after reports of a second underage victim that allegedly testified before the ethics committee.
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Gaetz is withdrawing from consideration.

Must have been some substance to the "noise."

So odd that he would resign immediately right before the ethics report was scheduled to be released.
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MemphisAg1 said:

Gaetz is withdrawing from consideration.


Thank God. This was too much of a distraction and potential derail. Ironically this proves Gaetz gets it and puts country over his own priorities.

Hopefully Trump will find a spot for him somewhere.
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Im Gipper
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WOW!

Did not see that coming! Lots of crow to be eaten by many of us!

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So he just won reelection to the House for a new term starting in January.

He resigned from this term.

Can he show up in January and say "I'm back!"

Serious question.
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So he's now free to be appointed to Rubio's seat? Would rather him than Lara Trump. She's much more valuable where she is and working on 2026 midterms.
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Not shocking. Hopefully he'll serve Trump in SOME capacity.
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aggiehawg said:

So he's now free to be appointed to Rubio's seat? Would rather him than Lara Trump. She's much more valuable where she is and working on 2026 midterms.
I don't think DeSantis is going to give much thought to appointing Gaetz to that seat!

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If he goes back they'll release the report
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I saw scuttlebutt on X that there is a possible sextape leak eminent.

TTFWIW
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Saw this coming a mile away. Not a bad move by him. He gets appointed to something else now? Or he stays involved with the Trump machine.
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tremble said:

Saw this coming a mile away. Not a bad move by him. He gets appointed to something else now? Or he stays involved with the Trump machine.
He should be a bulldog role with no confirmation required!

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Who?mikejones! said:

If he goes back they'll release the report
Even if he's in the Senate and not the House? They'll leak it anyway.
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aggiehawg said:

So he's now free to be appointed to Rubio's seat? Would rather him than Lara Trump. She's much more valuable where she is and working on 2026 midterms.


That would really chafe some of those RINO senators. It would be great to see.
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aggiehawg said:

Who?mikejones! said:

If he goes back they'll release the report
Even if he's in the Senate and not the House? They'll leak it anyway.
Looks like the f***ing swamp won this round. I wonder who Trump has on deck.
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Good, let's move on to the next person, too much baggage although I would have liked to see the chaos.

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McInnis 03
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He resigned the 118th congress.

Not the 119th where he is congressman elect Gaetz
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will be interesting to see this play out
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McInnis 03 said:

4 said:

Seeing where multiple Republican Senators speaking on condition of anonymity are saying he will never be approved, full stop.

I wonder if Trump knows this and will come in behind him with someone like Paxton who will then look like a solid compromise after the fact, though may have received a little resistance had he been the first nominee?


Ann Coulter thinks its 4D chess....





Coulter may have nailed it
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aggiehawg
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Paxton?
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aggiehawg said:

Paxton?


Wouid be a great choice!

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This was the plan all along. Gaetz gets an excuse to resign from Congress before the Ethics Committee report and Trump get his real pick in.
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Was this the play all along. Gaetz has a damning report coming out.. he gets tapped as AG, so he resigns before report, so it becomes just more partisan noise, but theres truth to it in reality, but this lets him save face, he withdraws as a distraction, has resigned from house in a safe seat to be replaced, report never comes out or is official, but he can still have a spot in Trump administration that doesnt carry senate conformation and people move on….
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Good. Gaetz was going to burn up way too much political capital and simply not worth it.

And the biggest problem with Gaetz was his antics last year when he very nearly handed the House to the Democrats. Even Trump didn't support what he was doing in 2023.

There are plenty of good candidates out there for AG who will get confirmed and can wreck shop as needed, without dragging a 5 mile long train of baggage with them.

I know MAGA loves the guy and will defend him against any criticism, but in the long run, it is better for everyone that Gaetz is gone, and the #1 beneficiary is Trump himself.
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
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looking forward to the ethics report leaking anyway
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EOT...

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Agree with all of that. Plenty of strong AG candidates out there without the baggage who can serve Trump better than Gaetz.
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McInnis 03 said:

He resigned the 118th congress.

Not the 119th where he is congressman elect Gaetz

Has anyone seen if he is going to take the seat in which case the ethics report would likely be restarted and released (I assume the investigation would have to be reinitiated by the new Congress)?
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I want Matt Whitaker as ag but he's going to nato.
 
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