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Tommy Tuberville threatens to end career of any GOP senator who blocks Matt Gaetz (www.rawstory.com)

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) warned Republicans against opposing Donald Trump's nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as attorney general, stating that MAGA supporters would target their jobs if they break ranks.

Tuberville defended Trump’s right to choose his team, urging senators to “vote with President Trump.”

Gaetz, who recently resigned from Congress, is a divisive figure within the GOP, having faced FBI and House Ethics investigations over alleged misconduct.

Some Republicans are openly concerned about the nomination and are deliberating their next steps.

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[-] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 52 points 20 hours ago

What!? How did I miss that?

They announced it at some off hour, specifically hoping it would fly under the radar.

But the dots are really simple to connect.

Gaetz was about to be exposed as a kiddy diddler facing a lifetime on the sex offender registry list.
Trump swoops in and offers him the AG position. This gives Gaetz not only political cover to resign from congress without looking suspect, but also gives him a path to make the sex trafficking issues go away.
Gaetz quits congress abruptly, knowing that house ethics rules mean the report exposing his exploits with teenage girls will not be published after all.
With the ethics report safely under wraps and the Senate firmly in Trump's pocket, Gaetz is going to get the AG nod.
Gaetz makes his own sex trafficking investigation disappear, makes the Trump investigations disappear, and vows to continue doing Trump's bidding as AG without question.
Most likely, Trump and Gaetz will start to meddle in Trump's state cases as well. While state governments and legal scholars will decry this interference as highly illegal, the Trump administration will continue to push forward, with the backing of the Supreme Court, under the legal premise of "We're in charge now. Deal with it."

[-] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 15 points 19 hours ago

The swamp gets ever deeper and deeper.

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