Summary

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) warned Republicans against opposing Donald Trump’s nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as attorney general, stating that MAGA supporters would target their jobs if they break ranks.

Tuberville defended Trump’s right to choose his team, urging senators to “vote with President Trump.”

Gaetz, who recently resigned from Congress, is a divisive figure within the GOP, having faced FBI and House Ethics investigations over alleged misconduct.

Some Republicans are openly concerned about the nomination and are deliberating their next steps.

  • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
    33·
    11 hours ago

    Gaetz, who recently resigned from Congress

    What!? How did I miss that?
    Are you telling me he was gone and now Trump has brought him back… what the fuck.

    This must be how Marty McFly felt. This really is a Biff timeline

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      4 hours ago

      This really is a Biff timeline

      Biff is based on donvict, because it’s been known for decades just what a total asshole he is.

      https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/back-to-the-future-writer-biff-is-donald-trump-190408/

      In the movie, Biff Tannen – Hill Valley’s number-one citizen, America’s greatest living folk hero and Marty McFly’s arch nemesis – resides in a palatial penthouse atop a casino, which bears a striking resemblance to the Trump Plaza Hotel, which opened its doors five years before the film premiered.

    • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      44·
      10 hours ago

      What!? How did I miss that?

      They announced it at some off hour, specifically hoping it would fly under the radar.

      But the dots are really simple to connect.

      • Gaetz was about to be exposed as a kiddy diddler facing a lifetime on the sex offender registry list.
      • Trump swoops in and offers him the AG position. This gives Gaetz not only political cover to resign from congress without looking suspect, but also gives him a path to make the sex trafficking issues go away.
      • Gaetz quits congress abruptly, knowing that house ethics rules mean the report exposing his exploits with teenage girls will not be published after all.
      • With the ethics report safely under wraps and the Senate firmly in Trump’s pocket, Gaetz is going to get the AG nod.
      • Gaetz makes his own sex trafficking investigation disappear, makes the Trump investigations disappear, and vows to continue doing Trump’s bidding as AG without question.
      • Most likely, Trump and Gaetz will start to meddle in Trump’s state cases as well. While state governments and legal scholars will decry this interference as highly illegal, the Trump administration will continue to push forward, with the backing of the Supreme Court, under the legal premise of “We’re in charge now. Deal with it.”
    • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
      50·
      11 hours ago

      I believe it happened right after Trump’s AG news was announced. It also conveniently came right before an ethics report was about to be released on him after the investigations finished

    • Billiam@lemmy.world
      13·
      10 hours ago

      He has to resign to be AG. But yes resigning on just the nom, with the ethics report set to be released Friday, does make the whole thing stink. Especially given that Trump is transactional.