Gaetz withdraws from AG

[riclag]

 Next in line is Trumps second pick

as deputy AG Todd Blanche who assisted him in the NY trial .

 

or he stays as the pick for DAG

and chooses maybe

Texas AG Ken Paxton.

or Ex Fla Ag Pam Bondi

 

https://nypost.com/2024/11/21/us-news/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-attorney-general-consideration/

 

 

 

 

 

Edited Thursday at 06:30 PM by riclag

[NanLaew]

So, about two days after documents with damaging Gaetz testimony are accessed (but not made public) in an apparent breach, the "best man" for the AG job, according to so many members here, calls it quits.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/19/trump-administration-transition/#link-LIR3EDDTO5GTJKWXTMY72D7Q6A

[riclag]

6 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

So, about two days after documents with damaging Gaetz testimony are accessed (but not made public) in an apparent breach, the "best man" for the AG job, according to so many members here, calls it quits.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/19/trump-administration-transition/#link-LIR3EDDTO5GTJKWXTMY72D7Q6A

Thats what happens when A elephant is positioned to enter a china closet!

 

No loss theres a opening in the Fla Senate , Rubio’s old job

[AlexRich]

Matt Gaetz's foul behaviour eventually catches up with him. 

[riclag]

8 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

Matt Gaetz's foul behaviour eventually catches up with him. 

You have as much credibility as Sonny Hostin of the view.

 

 

https://nypost.com/2024/11/20/entertainment/the-view-co-host-sunny-hostin-forced-to-read-out-awkward-memo-after-trashing-matt-gaetz/

[theshu25]

1 hour ago, riclag said:

 Next in line is Trumps second pick

as deputy AG Todd Blanche who assisted him in the NY trial .

 

or he stays as the pick for DAG

and chooses maybe

Texas AG Ken Paxton.

or Ex Fla Ag Pam Bondi

 

https://nypost.com/2024/11/21/us-news/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-attorney-general-consideration/

 

 

 

 

 

Or Crusty The Clown

[riclag]

21 minutes ago, theshu25 said:

Or Crusty The Clown

What ever it takes to expose the weaponized agencies!

 

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

So, about two days after documents with damaging Gaetz testimony are accessed (but not made public) in an apparent breach, the "best man" for the AG job, according to so many members here, calls it quits.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/19/trump-administration-transition/#link-LIR3EDDTO5GTJKWXTMY72D7Q6A

He withdrew because he was becoming the topic in the woke media, and detracting from the Trump push to assemble a team to destroy the woke liberals that have been running amok for the past 4 years.

 

All Trump picks will suffer the same attacks, but Gaetz had too much baggage to survive, even if it wasn't true.

 

Hopefully Trump's team will get payback for him too.

 

It's going to be a great spectacle come January 21.

[thaibeachlovers]

41 minutes ago, riclag said:

What ever it takes to expose the weaponized agencies!

 

Yes even Crusty if he rips the woke departments open to let in the light and expose their dirty dealings.

I'm expecting loads of the usual suspects to resign ahead of Jan 20.

[bubblegum]

555

[thaibeachlovers]

10 minutes ago, bubblegum said:

555

Excellent comment.

Can you keep all your posts to such eloquent comments please.

[bubblegum]

23 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Excellent comment.

Can you keep all your posts to such eloquent comments please.

[Walker88]

Goodness...he was such the perfect candidate! He gave new meaning to the term sycophancy...he was so far up 47's backside that he got the first bite of cheeseburger! And if he really is a kiddie diddler, as witnesses in his investigation allege, that behavior had to win him the respect of the guy known to enter teens' dressing rooms during beauty pageants.

 

And talk about qualified! King Solomon is jealous! Gaetz made that Matthew Whitaker guy from 45 1.0---the guy who schlepped deep water toilets for the well-hung man and who sold time shares in time travel machines---look like a mere posseur (although 47 has now nominated Whitaker, with those impressive credentials, as NATO Ambassador).

 

One wonders just how egregious the allegations---with witness testimony and photographs and Venmo receipts---must be against him. While he is unlikely to be named anything other than a public nuisance by FL Gov De Santis, I'm going to guess he ends up with a Prime Time show on Fox or Newsmax. Fox, in particular, has a way of hiring alleged rapists like Pete Hegseth (who paid a financial settlement to his accuser) and guys who engage in inappropriate sexual advances in the workplace like Bill O'Reilly, Ed Henry, Roger Ailes.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-sexual-assault-allegation-payment/

 

 

[Walker88]

Looks like Gaetz has been replaced by former FL AG Pam Bondi, a woman with an interesting history.

 

Perhaps her main 'qualification' is that she once led chants of "Lock her up!" re Hillary Clinton during the 2016 Republican National Convention, indicating that she isn't hampered by that 'silly' "innocent until proven guilty" thing enshrined in the US Constitution.

Edited Friday at 12:04 AM by Walker88

[Hanaguma]

Smart guy, but always had the whiff of sleaze about him. I thought Gaetz might be used as a sacrifical lamb to placate the Democrats and make the other nominees a little easier to confirm. 

[Hanaguma]

12 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

Looks like Gaetz has been replaced by former FL AG Pam Bondi, a woman with an interesting history.

 

Perhaps her main 'qualification' is that she once led chants of "Lock her up!" re Hillary Clinton during the 2016 Republican National Convention, indicating that she isn't hampered by that 'silly' "innocent until proven guilty" thing enshrined in the US Constitution.

True. Very little in the way of qualifications.

 

Except  being a prosecutor. And an assistant state attorney. And the Attorney General of a rather large state.

 

Other than that, nothing. 

[spidermike007]

Thankfully, Gaetz has withdrawn from consideration. Though Trump prefers low end, low quality, bottom of the barrel type candidates, he set the bar even lower this time. Gaetz was beyond unqualified. Two years practicing low end law. Yikes. See ya, Matt. You won't be missed. 

[herfiehandbag]

A bit of a shame really, the muck spreader had been parked in a prime spot - I was rather looking forward to seeing someone pull the big red lever!

[Briggsy]

Trump likes to instal individuals with a lot of dirt in their closet into these powerful positions. That way he can ensure he can blackmail and control them and they won't turn against him. His mentor (handler?), Vladmir, probably encouraged this behaviour.

[GypsyT]

Donny doesn't know others than "Gaetz'es", those are his people.

So give him a break.

 

PS. Now other great nominees have been targeted. It's all political...

 

[pattayasan]

1 minute ago, GypsyT said:

Donny doesn't know others than "Gaetz'es", those are his people.

So give him a break.

 

PS. Now other great nominees have been targeted. It's all political...

 

 

Give him a break for not vetting his picks? There would have been no shortage of warnings if Trump had engaged in any consultation at all.

[Walker88]

58 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

True. Very little in the way of qualifications.

 

Except  being a prosecutor. And an assistant state attorney. And the Attorney General of a rather large state.

 

Other than that, nothing. 

Is that Kamala Harris you're describing?

 

I don't seem to remember you being so effusive in your championing of Harris' qualifications. Harris also has on her resume Senator and VP.

 

FL might be a large State, but CA is the world's 5th largest economy and home to 40,000,000 people.

[EveryG]

This is great news- Gaetz is out of congress and out of consideration for government positions.

 

What's next for the pedophile cokehead? 

[tilaceer]

1 hour ago, Hanaguma said:

True. Very little in the way of qualifications.

 

Except  being a prosecutor. And an assistant state attorney. And the Attorney General of a rather large state.

 

Other than that, nothing. 

Isn't Bondi the AG that decided not to pursue charges against Trump University after she received $25,000 from Trump as a donation for her campaign in 2013 ? 
Seems that makes her eminently suitable as a candidate for Trumps cabinet.
Wonder if there will be any nominations who are either qualified, or do not have the stench of corruption hanging round them ?

 

 

 

 

Edited Friday at 01:31 AM by tilaceer

[pattayasan]

5 minutes ago, EveryG said:

This is great news- Gaetz is out of congress and out of consideration for government positions.

 

What's next for the pedophile cokehead? 

 

 

Since Gaetz didn't need to resign from congress to take up the cabinet post we can only conclude that his reason for doing so was to escape publication of the report.

 

Gaetz didn't have to resign from Congress to serve in Trump's Cabinet, said David Lublin, the chair of the government department at American University. If he returns to Congress now, Gaetz will lose all of the seniority he had amounted from serving since 2017.

 

https://www.axios.com/2024/11/21/matt-gaetz-house-seat-special-election-ag-withdrawl

 

 

[Hanaguma]

10 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

Is that Kamala Harris you're describing?

 

I don't seem to remember you being so effusive in your championing of Harris' qualifications. Harris also has on her resume Senator and VP.

 

FL might be a large State, but CA is the world's 5th largest economy and home to 40,000,000 people.

Thought someone might bring that up. Harris wanted to be PRESIDENT, not a cabinet member. I will stipulate that Kamala was more than qualified for cabinet. 

[brewsterbudgen]

8 minutes ago, EveryG said:

This is great news- Gaetz is out of congress and out of consideration for government positions.

 

What's next for the pedophile cokehead? 

 

He'll probably get Rubio's Senate job.  That will be fun!

[novacova]

10 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

 

He'll probably get Rubio's Senate job.  That will be fun!

Won’t that make the lefties squeal now will it, much fun indeed!

[simple1]

6 hours ago, AlexRich said:

Matt Gaetz's foul behaviour eventually catches up with him. 

 

Now selected is Pam Bondi who supported trump's claims, among other issues,  of a Stolen Election in 2020. IMO anyone who supports trumps claims with zero evidence is unworthy to be AG, but we know in MAGA it's a requirement. Let's see how many trump appointees end up with charges as they did during his last administration.

[pattayasan]

In March 2016, CREW discovered that the Trump Foundation had broken the law by giving an illegal $25,000 contribution to a political group supporting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. Charitable foundations like the Trump Foundation are not allowed to engage in politics. Even more problematic was the fact that the contribution was given as Bondi’s office was deciding whether to take legal action related to Trump University.

 

https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/the-trump-foundation-pam-bondi-scandal/