McCarthy says Gaetz won’t get confirmed: ‘Everyone knows that’

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1. So this is cover to let him escape from trouble for his coke and pedo habits?  If true, he’ll probably run for governor since DuhSantis is term limited

2. Yeah well people said Trump would never be reelected too so

3. Which is why they’re gonna try recess appointments.

4. He doesn’t have to. He can work as long as possible as a recess appointment before Trump trades him in on another terrible person, and the cycle repeats.

5. *Do* we all know that? Really?

6. This is why I can’t stand this country anymore. Everyone is relying on him not making it through the process, but everyone will ignore the fact that Trump nominated someone so horrible we have to pray they fail for our safety. He made this horrible, moronic choice, like all of his choices. No time will be spent reflecting on having a President who can’t even make the right choice when hiring people, when the whole job is to just make decisions.

7. Sure, jan, sure; until he does. He should be in prison for trafficking minors but those gop pedos of a feather flock together, so they will never face justice.

8. He is a bluff to Nominate a real federal judge… Aileen Cannon. Book it.

9. Trump can break any law he wants as long as it’s an official act. Remember?

10. Well if the famously always-correct McCarthy says so then it *must* be true…🙄

11. Weird that he resigned to not get confirmed.

12. Famous last words Kevin. Y’all elected a monster who doesn’t care about the process, just what he wants.

13. i’d be surprised if he wasn’t confirmed

    he goes into a friendly republican senate.

14. Not to be optimistic, but there’s a chance that with total control, the party will tear itself apart.

15. Trump will never _______.

    Yes he will. Every time people have said “Trump will never do X” he does it. The guy gets away with everything and has a sneaky trick for every situation. This has become the thing they say to keep people calm while they do a horrible thing and then just ram it through.

16. A country stupid enough to make a convicted criminal and rapist its president is definitely stupid enough to make a pedophile its AG.

    Anyone who thinks it is not possible isn’t rationally considering the available evidence.

17. Everyone knows roe v wade is settled law.

    Everyone knows the courts will hold trump accountable.

    What else does everyone know, I wonder.

18. But now Gaetz can quit his current political position with the excuse he did it because he will be the AG when in reality it’s so all the investigations into him stop because he knows if they continue he’s going down. Trump gave him an easy out knowing he won’t get approved to reward his loyalty in the election race.

19. Oh, well, if Kevin McCarthy is saying this, I sure feel reassured. As we all know, the guy is just a master wheeler-dealer whose party is so loyal to his leadership.

20. It’s likely going to take some arm-twisting to get it done, but there’s a good chance he isn’t confirmed.

    Gaetz was going to resign from Congress, anyway, to avoid his ethics probe… Maybe this was a way for him to “save face” and then he can play the victim when his nomination is spiked. He can lock up a show on DailyWire or FoxNews in the aftermath.

21. Haha yeah that’s what they always say right before they confirm them anyways.

22. This Kevin says it can’t be done. [This Kevin](https://www.heritage.org/political-process/commentary/can-the-president-adjourn-congress-and-make-appointments-without) disagrees.

    I guess we know why Trump’s preferred brand of Kevin is more of a Roberts than a McCarthy. Which is weird…I thought McCarthyism was pretty on brand for his whole deal.

23. First this gets Gaetz an out to avoid the House investigation. Secondly, I think Trump will probably put in a few dud nominees to test the loyalty of his real choices, i recall he had a few other AG noms that were pretty scary, might just be trying to see who will be willing to break the most laws for him. Also with Tulsi an Gaetz as some of the first nominees, the second round of nominees may face less scrutiny.

24. Six months from now:

    McCarthy says Hulk Hogan won’t get confirmed to the Supreme Court: ‘Everyone knows that.’

25. Just like when Mitch said “the courts will hold him accountable”

26. If there’s anything I’ve learned in this horrible timeline, it’s that the things that shouldn’t happen do. So…he will.

27. You dumb mother fuckers have been wrong about literally EVERYTHING. Same idiots who thought Trump would never get elected in the first place.

28. Hopium: There have to be more Republicans in both the Senate (like Thune) and House who hate Trump and themselves don’t want to hand over any more power than they have to. They will look for ways to flex their power, and perhaps mitigate some of the more extreme decisions, including not confirming Gaetz as AG.

29. The amount of “We know Trump has said he would do lots of bad things and he’s even shown detailed plans on how he intends to do so, but he won’t because…” people who keep saying this shit when, in fact, he *does* just shows you how fucking stupid this country has gotten.

30. I think he will be confirmed. Susan Collins will be shocked.

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