Gotta think it will be tough to get him confirmed. Isn't well liked.

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Marjorie Taylor-Green as Transportation Secretary has to be next.

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I want to see Boobs as Secretary of Education

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That was going to be my second guess. The cabinet meetings would be lit, as Boobs and Greene hate each other's guts.

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Susie Wiles going to have her work cut out for her.

Confirmation hearings are going to be entertaining. Dems are going to lose their ****, and I love it.

Gaetz will be easier to confirm than Paxton. I love this move.

Isn't the house margin razor thin? The governor does not get to appoint seats in the house. They have to be elected in special election.

All safe districts

BoydCrowder13 said:

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Gotta think it will be tough to get him confirmed. Isn't well liked.

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But think how easy it will be for the AG nominee if Gaetz nomination is shot down! All they have to say is, "I'm not Gaetz." and they will be a shoe-in.

Teslag said:

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Gaetz job is to burn it down.

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Question if he "burns it down" or burns Trump down.

aggiehawg said:

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Ugh!

And another one from the House. Johnson is going to have the worst job in DC.

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He gets replaced by DeSantis, no?

But I hear you...my wife says the same as you.

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Gaetz job is to burn it down.

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Including Trump? I can see a scenario where he defends Trump so hard that he does something illegal and brings Trump down.

Gaetz is a toolbag, but this should be fun to watch.

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Gaetz will be easier to confirm than Paxton. I love this move.

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I find it extremely hard to believe you have more Senate votes to confirm a firebrand House Rep than a successful and proven state AG.

Senators would get replaced by the Governor until the next general election. Representatives get replaced by special election.

AggieVictor10 said:

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Time for revenge

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I believe the word you are looking for is J U S T I C E!

Not sure I see the appeal of Gaetz here.

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All safe districts

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My point is that it's going to take time for the election to occur. Unlike the Senate, house seats remains unfilled until that happens. So whatever the house margin was, it's thinner now until that happens.

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Gaetz job is to burn it down.

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If he gets confirmed (not a sure thing) and names someone competent as Solicitor General, it could be interesting. I don't care for him at all, but if I find him irritating, I can't imagine what the liberal apparatchiks in DOJ leadership will think of him. Maybe they will quit in disgust and save the trouble of firing them.

I'm with hawg, though, on being concerned about naming House members to the Cabinet. Yes, he will be replaced by a Republican, but only after some significant period of time has passed with his seat vacant.

One bit of potential comedy would be if Thune and Johnson follow through on the 10 day recess required for recess appointments, Gaetz assumes his job as a recess appointment (and resigns from the House as a consequence), only to have the Senate fail to confirm him (has to happen within one year).

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All safe districts

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Just adding this on to your post:

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Teslag said:

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Gaetz job is to burn it down.

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Question if he "burns it down" or burns Trump down.

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Trump can't run again. There's nothing to burn down.

More than a bit surprised by this choice. Hungry lion in the cage...but, is it necessary to reform the DOJ?

Can't all these congress person appointees keep their seats until confirmed? If they are from safe districts in red states the elections could happen pretty fast.

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aggiehawg said:

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Ugh!

And another one from the House. Johnson is going to have the worst job in DC.

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what do mean Hawg?

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If I understand her right, I agree with her. What she means is that the house, if we win it, we will hold by a razor-thin margin.

Trump has now nominated three Republican house members for positions in his cabinet.

That leaves us absolutely zero room for error until the special elections can take place and then HOPEFULLY they will all be replaced by other Republicans.

Frankly, I think he is starting to play with fire here. Holding the house is EVERYTHING to implement his agenda.

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How long does it typically take for the special elections to take place and for the winner to be seated?

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Months

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Exactly. There goes any first 100 day agenda. So Desantis can name Rubio's replacement qucikly. But to be able to call for a special election, there needs to be a vacancy, meaning resigning before confirmation. Or if they choose to wait to resign until after confirmation? DeSantis could be faced with calling two special elections and cannot be held on the same day for obvious reasons.

Now who will be determining the order of these confirmation hearings? Thune. This could go sideways very fast.

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The lady gets it

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Just adding this on to your post:

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That's Gay!!!!!!!

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Gaetz feels Ike a message being sent to those who have engage din lawfare that they are going to have to face the music…

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I think it's mostly that Trump wants someone who won't be steered away from the pursuit of justice. And picking a guy who has a personal axe to grind is a great way to hedge against him letting folks off to ingratiate the DC political clique.

will25u said:

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JUST IN: Senator Chuck Grassley, upon hearing the news Matt Gaetz would be Trump's Attorney General, was "exasperated" in reaction and just stood there "stonefaced for 30 seconds" - @bresreports

LMAO.

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 13, 2024

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Love Chuck, but he and Johnson are all talk!

whatthehey78 said:

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More than a bit surprised by this choice. Hungry lion in the cage...but, is it necessary to reform the DOJ?

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Here's a picture of a DOJ Reformer.