This week’s political news was dominated by former Congressman Matt Gaetz withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general to replace the worst […]
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This week’s political news was dominated by former Congressman Matt Gaetz withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general to replace the worst AG in US history, the lawless Merrick Garland. While Gaetz could have been a change agent well-suited to clean house from top to bottom at the DOJ, as Gaetz said as he withdrew his name from consideration, his confirmation battle would have been a needless distraction from the Trump 47 agenda. We agree.
The horse-trading that occurs when a new administration takes charge is substantial. Names are floated with confirmations far from guaranteed. We believe that Trump knew all along that a Gaetz confirmation was a long shot, that he put his name forward as much to get Democrats, liberals, progressives, and the dying legacy media’s heads to explode as it was for the revenge or retribution of the past nine years.
