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Trump AG pick Matt Gaetz says he's withdrawing (www.cnbc.com)

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[-] Furbag@lemmy.world 62 points 6 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 11 points 6 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 8 points 6 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 🤞

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[-] sarcasticsunrise@lemmy.world 49 points 6 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

[-] pelican7663@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago

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

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[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 39 points 6 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.

[-] TunaCowboy@lemmy.world 37 points 6 days ago

I'm more disappointed that Democrats didn't grow a spine

So you are perpetually disappointed, got it.

[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago

Yeah, pretty much.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

He's already announced his next pick. It's Carole Baskin

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[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 30 points 6 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.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 27 points 6 days ago

Or Gaetz is hoping that no further details from the ethics report leak, and he can salvage his career after this blows over. If it ever does that is.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago

I don't think the GOP was honestly expecting him to win.

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[-] Red_October@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago

He REALLY does not want that ethics probe released. Which means we absolutely should.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 days ago

My conspiracy theory is that he wasn't a serious contender for AG. He got the nom which allowed him to resign from Congress. This forced the ethics committee to stop investigating him because he was no longer a member.

While he was a contender for AG, the Senate pushed for the release of materials anyway. Gaetz withdrawals from consideration, making the report moot.

This has Bannon written all over it.

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[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 19 points 6 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 11 points 6 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 8 points 6 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

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[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago

Cool, hope he dies.

[-] tacosplease@lemmy.world 12 points 6 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.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

I appreciate the effort.

[-] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 days ago

Tobias, you blow hard!

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Can they just release the report? Why is this guy still walking around free?

[-] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 5 points 6 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.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 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.

[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago

So sexual assaulters aren't welcome in the Trump administration. When will Trump step down?

[-] whithom@discuss.online 7 points 6 days ago

Just the ones who don’t own it haha

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

It’s gonna be my pillow guy, hulk hogan, or kid rock.

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 6 points 6 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

[-] JTskulk@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Aww this clickbait headline got me, I thought he was withdrawing from life :(

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[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 days ago

Excited to see who the next nominee will be. My money is either Don Jr. or PDiddy.

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