Matt Gaetz said he is withdrawing his name from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. attorney general.
  • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Please don’t nominate him for anything else. He resigned from Congress. This could be incredibly hilarious.

    Edit: and if any Democrat on the ethics committee doesn’t leak the report they should all be primaried and removed from their posts.

    • cAUzapNEAGLb@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Note that while he resigned from this current Congress, he did get reelected to the next Congress, so he’ll still be a US rep in Florida once the session starts in late January. Just kind of an extended two month vacation really.

      • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Maybe not, according to https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11/21/us/trump-gaetz-news/5e296b83-bf2f-50cc-96b8-5049b764b8a9:

        Absent extraordinary events, we do not expect to see Gaetz back in the House next Congress. When he submitted his resignation to the House last week after being tapped for attorney general, he wrote: “I do not intend to take the oath of office for the same office in the 119th Congress.”

        It is always possible that Gaetz can invoke the ancient privilege of “SIKE!!!” And take it all back. But then the ethics report will get released…

        • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Unfortunately for him I mumbled “no takesies backsies” when he resigned so that’s off the table

    • SlippiHUD@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Scaramucci actually got the job, so it’s probably negative Scaramucci’s

      He held the nomination for .8 Scaramuccis, and was fired 6.2 Scaramuccis before his earliest possible hire date.

      Edit: Did Scaramucci math

  • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I mean okay, I mean Trump will just pick something worse. I’m more disappointed that Democrats didn’t grow a spine and just release the house report on Gatez.

  • HorreC@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    not so quick, maybe you are running from something, we should look into that. We wouldnt wanna spend all that tax payer money on nothing.

  • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Gotta be something big to quit congress after being reelected and then decline the cabinet nomination used to justify pulling out.

    This sounds like something serious. Someone should search his couches!

  • Furbag@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Resigning from the 119th congress is essentially an admission of guilt at this point. Whatever is in that report will most likely remain sealed as long as he has the cover of being a private citizen once again, which is why he turned these two opportunities down - to keep the evidence of his wrongdoing under wraps so he can’t be held accountable by either the public or the justice department.

    So, Matt Gaetz is a pedophile and a child molester. And knowing the state of our shitty fucking country he’s probably going to get away with it.

  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I forget who on the NPR politics podcast said that he would get pushed out in backroom conversations, and not on the floor of the house, she nailed it.

    They don’t want the public drama and infighting, because it makes them look even more incompetent. If they’re going to push you out, they’re going to do it behind closed doors.

    So, which clown is next? RFK, the WWE lady, Doctor Oz?

  • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Weird. Either there’s a 4D chess move here, or Trump doesn’t have full control of the GOP like he wants.

    That’s going to cause problems.