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

      I have a suspicion the House is holding it over his head to keep him from swearing in for the next congressional session. He won his election this year, so he could just simply re-jiin the House even though he resigned for this term.

  • tacosplease@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    He can pull out now. But he may have already come a little

    too close to getting the job. Might have blown it.

    The house could birth an investigation that spawns many problems.

    Shouldn’t have been so childish.

  • affiliate@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    i wonder if he’s going to transition into being another annoying right wing pundit. he was always more of a talker than a doer in the house, and i can’t imagine him going back there because of the pending ethics report. maybe he’ll take pete hegseths place on fox news

    • pelican7663@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      If that happens, then they should release the report. At a bare minimum, he should never hold public office again.

  • Furbag@lemmy.world
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    2 days 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.

    • DerArzt@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      as long as he has the cover of being a private citizen

      Man, if you get elected into ANY government office you shouldn’t be able to be considered a private citizen.

    • Draces@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      I’m hoping against everything else that Johnson will stop protecting him because he’s now not worth anything to them now and isn’t worth the political capital to protect 🤞

  • Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    Huh. I would have thought they left him in, even if it was as a lightning rod to attract attention while the other nominees all got through.

    Must have been he didn’t want to be questioned too much.

  • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
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    2 days 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.

  • sarcasticsunrise@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Alright Marjorie Trailer-Queen, time to nut up (🤮 sorry) and leak (it keeps getting worse) that incriminating info about your fellow GOPedo colleagues that you were so brazen about earlier

    • Zess@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      She got a hush appointment so she won’t be talking about ethics reports anymore.

    • pelican7663@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      She never had any intention of releasing anything. She was trying to keep the Gaetz report from coming out.

  • LeadersAtWork@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Oh well now that he’s not in contest as a nominee I guess no media is stopping him from taking any office.

    Roadblock cleared! Sephiroth him.

  • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
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    2 days 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.

  • Bosht@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Please just slink into the shadows never to be heard from again. Besides him being a pile of shit I can’t stand that dudes fucking face.

  • Sludgehammer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’m guessing that while Trump picked him, the power('s) behind the throne quietly strongarmed him into withdrawing.

  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days 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?

    • Today@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      I heard that on the radio yesterday. They said they expected two or possibly three to withdraw because Orange Dipshit will never admit that he was wrong in choosing them.

      • spongebue@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        I would imagine someone has a file on Tulsi that she wouldn’t want to get out. Things are not going great for Hegseth either. Unfortunately I think our physical education curriculum will be disproportionately based on wrestling and CMS will be run by a TV doctor

        • Today@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          I’m not a reasonable person, but I play one on TV. Oh, wait, nope, not there either.