Trump picks Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general
www.cnbc.com
Donald Trump loyalist Matt Gaetz offered his resignation from Congress the same day he was tapped to be U.S. attorney general, House Speaker Mike Johnson said.
    • Nougat@fedia.io
      28·
      9 days ago

      Those exact words literally came out of my mouth upon reading this headline.

    • Billiam@lemmy.world
      282·
      9 days ago

      But what was I supposed to do, vote for that bitch who didn’t go on my alt-right manosphere podcast of choice!?

  • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    9 days ago

    Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told Punchbowl News she was “shocked” by the pick.

    She’ll end up voting for him, I guarantee it.

  • Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world
    31·
    9 days ago

    No.

    Not the Onion?

    Really?

    May the women and girls of your country shun you for the rest of your days and beyond, even after the resistance maims, jails, and hangs you.

  • tipicaldik@lemmy.world
    20·
    9 days ago

    I’m wondering what position MTG is gonna get now… ain’t too many people kissed his ass more than that thing has…

  • ThrowawayOnLemmy@lemmy.world
    20·
    9 days ago

    So a pedophile sex trafficker runs the justice department.

    I expect a slew of resignations. Probably exactly what Trump wants anyways.

    • Nougat@fedia.io
      8·
      9 days ago

      If you get enough resignations, the department is unable to operate, because those empty roles are going to get filled with more people who are so stupid they can’t even crime correctly.

      Widespread incompetence may be our only hope.

        • Sc00ter@lemm.ee
          2·
          9 days ago

          My perspective is that in his first term, he rewarded loyalty but also attempted to place some pieces based on merit. He learned that he needed more loyalty to do what he wanted, (Pence wouldn’t do what trunp wanted on j6), so he’s going all out loyalist this go around.

          Hopefully yall are right. They incompetence is so great they’re wildly useless. Because we’ve already seen they’re will be no consequences for their actions

  • Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
    10·
    9 days ago

    Man, mandatory voting in my country was never popular, but am I glad we have it. We still elect right wing nutjobs, but compared to their American counterparts they’re positively benign.

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      9 days ago

      I’m not really sure more people voting would have kept Trump out of power. We were already getting to some extremely dumb people in the undecided category, and those were the ones that made the smallest of efforts to participate in democracy.

  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOP
    8·
    9 days ago

    "I was shocked at the nomination. This is why the Senate’s advice and consent process is so important. I’m sure that there will be many, many questions raised at Mr. Gaetz’s hearing.”

    — Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), quoted by Punchbowl News, on the nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to be Attorney General.

    The book will be open on Gaetz.

    Must see TV.

    Then there’s this