Continued from Part 1.
But the real whammy was handed down Wednesday afternoon when Trump announced he was nominating known sex creep and owner of DC’s most punchable face Matt Gaetz to head up the Department of Justice as Attorney General.
*TRUMP NOMINATES MATT GAETZ FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL pic.twitter.com/hopMCVn5y9
— Kailey Leinz (@kaileyleinz) November 13, 2024
It’s so fun that we’ve already had our first “Wow, Trump is surprisingly normal this week? Oh wait nevermind” news cycle. Get ready for about 208 more of these https://t.co/baceiQRMaQ
— Max (@maxtmcc) November 13, 2024
oh im going to jail https://t.co/hBytp7QdyW
— derek guy (@dieworkwear) November 13, 2024
Matt Gaetz is about as close as you can get to putting Sean Hannity in charge of the Justice Department. A total loyalist who will run investigations into whichever political enemies Trump wants hounded.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) November 13, 2024
texting friends who are taking a break from the news about Matt Gaetz pic.twitter.com/rhcRqgR59Y
— Maddy (@MadelinePawlak) November 13, 2024
Pretty telling that even JD Vance couldn’t mount a strong defense of him.
The main issue with Matt Gaetz is that he used his office to prosecute his political opponents and authorized federal agents to harass parents who were peacefully protesting at school board meetings.
— JD Vance (@JDVance) November 14, 2024
Oh wait, that's actually Merrick Garland, the current attorney general.
i think the main issue with matt gaetz is that there's a credible pedophilia investigation that caused him to resign before the house ethics committee voted to release it… https://t.co/YH9z4RxBmm
— hasanabi (@hasanthehun) November 14, 2024
I try not to over-editorialize but if you’re a prominent figure on the left and find yourself defending Matt Gaetz, consider what you are doing!
Matt Gaetz wrote an amicus brief supporting the FTC’s noncompete ban. He’s a genuine populist on antitrust, arbitration agreements, and corporate power. https://t.co/0qh422CImG
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) November 13, 2024
Matt Gaetz is good on a lot of stuff:
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) November 13, 2024
Surveillance
Press freedom
Forever wars and congressional war powers
Psychedelics/drug policy
Skepticism of pro-Israel lobby
What am I missing? https://t.co/D63cqCNugp
He loves fintech too! Especially Venmo. https://t.co/WVGKadE0ew
— Tahra Jirari (@tahrajirari) November 13, 2024
Matt Gaetz would be leading the same agency that investigated him for years for allegations related to sex trafficking and obstruction of justice — an investigation started under the Trump admin w/ AG Bill Barr. https://t.co/RTQDPPAeKB
— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) November 13, 2024
Finally we will have an attorney general intimately familiar with human trafficking, age of consent, and the war on drugs
— tyson brody (@tysonbrody) November 13, 2024
Attorney General Matt Gaetz's "not involved in sex trafficking" T-shirt has a lot of people at his confirmation hearing asking questions already answered by his shirt.
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) November 13, 2024
one characteristic of a good pick for attorney general is you go to wikipedia to see if they even have a law degree and there’s a section called “legal issues” which is about the many criminal allegations against the person rather than their legal philosophy or experience
— law dog, esq. (@ggooooddddoogg) November 13, 2024
the party of “protecting children” is gonna be run by a bunch of fucking pedophiles https://t.co/dduX7UgjRh
— matt (@mattxiv) November 13, 2024
darkly funny that the endgame of qanon was making a pedophile in charge of law enforcement
— america's only lounge singer (@KrangTNelson) November 13, 2024
I get the sense that he’s essentially the Ted Cruz of the House, loathed by most if not all.
Source in room where House Republicans are waiting to start leadership elections tells me there were AUDIBLE GASP when Rep. MATT GAETZ was announced as President-elect Trump's pick for Attorney General.
— Emily Brooks (@emilybrooksnews) November 13, 2024
I’m looking at a House Republican who is laughing so hard in a group of members that he’s wiping away tears https://t.co/qf6jzNsQrk
— Meredith Lee Hill (@meredithllee) November 13, 2024
Get ready for four more years of this:
Have these people been awake this last decade? The aw shucks routine is so tired.
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) November 13, 2024
You got in bed with a clown now put on the big red nose and the makeup this is life now. https://t.co/EXYZEmce3X
my brother in christ you are an actor in this play, not a spectator https://t.co/Y3LDwRziJO
— Jessy Han (@hjessy_) November 13, 2024
I'm sure Susan Collins will find the decision to confirm Matt Gaetz a very painful one.
— Michael Tomasky (@mtomasky) November 13, 2024
we're already at a code red on the susan collins advisory system pic.twitter.com/BBt2omqwi4
— Liz Charboneau (@lizchar) November 13, 2024
I do respect that Kevin McCarthy hates him and says it with his chest:
Never forget: Kevin McCarthy said, “I'll give you the truth why I'm not speaker. It's because one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old.” That member is Matt Gaetz.
— Victor Shi (@Victorshi2020) November 13, 2024
pic.twitter.com/BizmacfUJC
Demanding Senate Republicans back Gaetz as attorney general and Hegseth as Defense Secretary is the 2024 version of forcing Sean Spicer to say it was the largest inauguration crowd ever.
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) November 13, 2024
These aren't just appointments. They're loyalty tests. The absurdity is the point.
beginning to better understand the desire for recess appointments
— Sam Stein (@samstein) November 13, 2024
Non-zero chance that the Green Party will gift this country Attorney General Matt Gaetz. pic.twitter.com/k0MqKqhDRQ
— Hunter📈🌈📊 (@StatisticUrban) November 13, 2024
🚨 🚨BREAKING NEWS FROM @PunchbowlNews :
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) November 14, 2024
Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) resignation from Congress came two days before the House Ethics Committee was set to vote on releasing a “highly damaging” report outlining its investigation into the Republican, according to multiple sources…
At least we have a temporarily dwindling Republican House majority:
The matt gaetzness of it all is one thing but it’s also another house member
— Matthew Zeitlin (@MattZeitlin) November 13, 2024
Guy with a ~3 seat lead in the house going "what if I pulled a bunch of house members into my cabinet", how did we lose to this tactical genius
— Joey Politano 🏳️🌈 (@JosephPolitano) November 13, 2024
I wonder how many times I’ll have to post this over the next four years pic.twitter.com/dYMFT4Owo7
— Jack Cocchiarella (@JDCocchiarella) November 13, 2024
I'm assembling a team of the world's most hideous frauds and perverts
— I'm on Bluesky btw (@InternetHippo) November 13, 2024
the worst cabinet pick SO FAR pic.twitter.com/iadsE41dEz
— Liz Charboneau (@lizchar) November 13, 2024
Continued in Part 3.
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