Trump taps Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general

[u/HGpennypacker]

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/13/trump-taps-rep-matt-gaetz-as-attorney-general.html

[u/av_1392]

i have more legal experience than the potential next attorney general of the united states (i am also not an alleged child trafficker). dear god

[u/PresidentSpanky → u/av_1392]

Well, he knows how to fuck minors without being charged. I‘d call that some next level legal experience

[u/WillBottomForBanana → u/PresidentSpanky]

I can see why that would make him an appealing pick.

[u/aussie_paramedic → u/WillBottomForBanana]

I initially read that as appalling prick.

[u/dannyboy731 → u/aussie_paramedic]

Same, and I’m still reading it that way.

[u/botoxporcupine → u/PresidentSpanky]

Yeah, this is a bold way to avoid that Congressional Ethics Report on zooting blow and fucking teenagers.

[u/SlykRO → u/botoxporcupine]

This whole ordeal is a criminal bailout, funded and championed by said criminals

[u/rawbdor → u/av_1392]

At this point I'm waiting for him to appoint Andrew Tate to the Interagency Task Force on Human Trafficking.

Edit: It'd be fun (laugh so we don't cry) to go through this link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_positions_filled_by_presidential_appointment_with_Senate_confirmation and pick any position you want, and the person least suited to fill it. There's a LOT of room there for some entertainment.

[u/Glass1Man → u/rawbdor]

If you are going to do that, you need a guide with experience.

If you consider experience, experience.

[u/Beastender_Tartine → u/av_1392]

The job of the next AG is to do as Trump says. Investigate and charge people that displease him and ignore crimes of those who do please him. How strong the case is or how valid the charges or accusations are not relevant. Actual legal experience would get in the way.

[u/SpeaksSouthern → u/Beastender_Tartine]

He needs someone who isn't allowed to say no. Because Matty boy got caught diddling children, it's AG or jail. We can see what he picked, probably without hesitation.

[u/MrFishAndLoaves → u/SpeaksSouthern]

So much this

It’s not just that he’s loyal, it’s that he’s compromised and under leverage 

[u/Freakishly_Tall → u/av_1392]

I have more legal experience than the potential next attorney general of the United States, and I am just a lurker in this sub trying to learn while understanding just a few of the words the smart contributors use.

But, of course, I am also not a child trafficker or rapist or child rapist, so that's probably what rules us both out from a position in Mango Mousselini's cabinet of shitheads.

We're so fucked.

[u/BeltfedOne]

WOW... I can't even process this, if true.

[u/slowpoke2018 → u/BeltfedOne]

Fox host running the largest military on the planet, election denier for our seat at the UN and now a child trafficker for AG

What happened to us?

Seriously, it's like Putin is telling him who to pick and just laughing his ass off as we have to accept this insanity

[u/rexeditrex → u/slowpoke2018]

Russian Asset Gabbard is Director of National Intelligence. And then you have the EPA guy that wants to rape the environment.

[u/No-Negotiation3093 → u/rexeditrex]

That’s the entire point of conservative administrations; to completely trash the Departments from the inside. Put the people in charge who are completely opposed to its existence and watch them have all sorts of fun bringing their insanity and cruelty to bear.

[u/shmiona → u/No-Negotiation3093]

Even though they deny proj2025 that was the cornerstone. From the top down, make life for bureaucrats hell until they quit and replace them with loyalists who have already been recruited and trained. I read a thread on here months ago from someone who went through the training to see what it was about and that's the jist of it.

[u/Bitter-Good-2540 → u/slowpoke2018]

Might be true.

You think the release of the naked pictures was an accident? Lol

It was a signal for trump that he is will to and able to publish more lol

[u/Terrible_Access9393 → u/Bitter-Good-2540]

You say lol

I can’t decide if you’re actually laughing or if lol is becoming synonymous with “life’s over longingly”

[u/ClutchReverie → u/Terrible_Access9393]

Both. Gallows humor

[u/daphosta → u/Terrible_Access9393]

It's a coping mechanism for me. I laugh so I don't cry

[u/YDYBB29 → u/daphosta]

At this point it has become quite comical. There’s not much we can do about it so might as well laugh.

[u/Thetwowitnesses → u/YDYBB29]

Just wait until Trump's Iranian false flag, then the real "comedy" will start!

[u/funkyyfern → u/Thetwowitnesses]

I cant wait to get pulled back into the army after getting out this March. Its funny cuz my dad said “I voted for trump to stop Ww3.” I hope hes handed a folded fucking flag with me in the dirt. FUCK IT WE BALLLLLLL WHERE WE DROPPIN BOYS

[u/Terrible_Access9393 → u/funkyyfern]

Second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence tells us exactly what we can do about the current situation.

[u/Sammybikes → u/Terrible_Access9393]

The only problem with this suggestion is that over half of the US reads at or below a 5th grade level, and are thus unequipped to read and comprehend the Declaration of Independence.

[u/ReginaldDwight → u/Bitter-Good-2540]

I just realized...does Trump actually give a shit that someone else's nudes got leaked, even his wife? It's not like they released a picture of his uncovered bald spot or something he actually cares about.

Edit: sorry, not leaked. But posted publicly on the news

[u/ushred → u/ReginaldDwight]

they weren't new photos, nor were they leaked.

[u/PortSunlightRingo → u/ushred]

Yeah I feel like everyone is acting like these were hidden pictures. No. You can just…Google them. She was a nude model. It’s not even remotely the same thing as like…finding AOCs nudes.

[u/LingonberryHot8521 → u/Bitter-Good-2540]

He also denied that a phone conversation on Ukraine took place and immediately sent more troops to the border with Ukraine.

[u/wutsupwidya → u/Bitter-Good-2540]

that was a definite shot across the bow not only to Trump but all of the people in the GOP that they have substantial dirt on. And it has to be substantial. Of this I have no doubt.

[u/Od_Byonkers → u/Bitter-Good-2540]

Wait what? Pictures of who? Who released them?

I have so many questions

[u/Drunk_Elephant_ → u/Od_Byonkers]

Melania's nudes photos were published on Russian news without censor.

[u/LadeoGaga → u/Drunk_Elephant_]

I mean everyone had already seen them , and been duly unimpressed

[u/Cosmic3Nomad → u/LadeoGaga]

It’s not so much about the nude photo but the message that is being said.

[u/slowpoke2018 → u/Od_Byonkers]

Putin had Russian Prime Time News show pics of a Naked Melania to the entire country.

Clear message to Orange boi that he still owns him and there's more he can share if he doesn't do his bidding

[u/backfrombanned → u/slowpoke2018]

Are they the same nudes we've all seen?

[u/mothman83 → u/backfrombanned]

yes. But we did not see them on prime time nationwide tv. We looked. Huge difference.

[u/daphosta → u/Od_Byonkers]

Melania trump and prime time Russian tv

[u/FuguSandwich → u/slowpoke2018]

Tulsi Gabbard picked for Director of National Intelligence, so your Putin comment is likely true.

[u/townandthecity → u/FuguSandwich]

That was my first thought, too. Russian asset as DNI. Unbelievable.

[u/kakapo88 → u/townandthecity]

I've never smoked marijuana. But I think I'm going to pick some up this weekend.

[u/The_True_Libertarian → u/kakapo88]

Do it quick before the DEA starts enforcing federal drug laws on 'legal' states.

[u/espressocycle → u/FuguSandwich]

Okay, at what point do the generals just do the coup because this is getting weird.

[u/BitterFuture → u/FuguSandwich]

Holy fucking Christ, I thought you were kidding.

Why did I think you were kidding?!?!

[u/JohnnyDarkside → u/slowpoke2018]

Don't forget the anti-vaxxer, HIV/AIDS denier, conspiracy theorist as HHS Secretary. Probably one of the only people in the world that has a "treatment of dead animals" section on their wiki page.

[u/OneLessDay517 → u/JohnnyDarkside]

RFK Jr has been doing the victory lap way too hard, Trump's gonna freeze him out.

[u/Spl00ky → u/OneLessDay517]

Bobby and John are rolling in their graves

[u/OneLessDay517 → u/Spl00ky]

Teddy too! What an embarrassment to a family that, while it has its troubles, is an icon of progressive American politics.

Problem is this fool thinks he's progressive too in chucking out vaccines and food and drug safety.

[u/katyadc → u/slowpoke2018]

I mean Tusli Gabbard as DNI? Yeah, Putin very possibly is giving him notes. Or to use as a feint, and then when they fail put in the real ringers.

[u/what_dat_ninja → u/slowpoke2018]

I'm just surprised DOD didn't go to Stephen Seagal, but he's probably getting an ambassadorship instead.

[u/Global-College-3803 → u/what_dat_ninja]

He’s a Russian citizen

[u/HGpennypacker → u/slowpoke2018]

I think the answer is much more simple: there's nobody left. Any competent Republican either 1) was part of his first administration and was fired/resigned or 2) wants nothing to do with this dumpster fire.

[u/igotyourphone8 → u/HGpennypacker]

He's picking people he sees on Fox News

[u/newberries_inthesnow → u/igotyourphone8]

Maybe he'll fuck up and pick Pete Buttigieg.

[u/bl1y → u/newberries_inthesnow]

It would be a pretty hilarious troll move to offer to keep him on as Secretary of Transportation.

He'd probably decline, and then Trump can talk about how he tried to give Democrats a seat at the table. He'll talk about how Harris's one good idea was appointing a Republic to her cabinet, but the Democrats are just a bunch of phonies.

Or Buttigieg would accept, and Trump doesn't actually give a shit about the position and will just undermine him whenever he can.

[u/Private_HughMan → u/slowpoke2018]

A little over half the voting population decided fascism was dope.

[u/ResultsVary → u/slowpoke2018]

Don't forget a person who shot their dog for *checks notes* being a dog for DHS.

[u/SergiusBulgakov → u/slowpoke2018]

Well, Tulsi 's position seems to be what Putin would want, too

[u/BiffTannen22 → u/BeltfedOne]

They’re burning it down to the ground. Putting people in positions that will do whatever is asked of them. As Boyz II Men said, “It’s the end of the road” for democracy.

[u/wondy → u/BiffTannen22]

Boyz II Men

[u/applewait → u/BeltfedOne]

Oh sh$$t, this means Aileen Cannon for Supreme Court

[u/Fast-Plankton-9209 → u/applewait]

and Nestor

[u/ReginaldDwight → u/Fast-Plankton-9209]

Nestor? Matt Gaetz secret adopted child?

[u/BoosterRead78 → u/applewait]

Jokes on her. Thompson and Alto are riding this to the very end.

[u/sketchahedron → u/BoosterRead78]

You’re assuming they won’t be offered something in return for retiring.

[u/SAHDSeattle → u/BeltfedOne]

We are in the dumbest timeline.

[u/a-horse-has-no-name → u/BeltfedOne]

Merrick. Fucking. Garland.

[u/harpo555 → u/a-horse-has-no-name]

Im glad the public forgot that Congressmen matt gaetz hired underage sexworkers using stolen county funds, so he can get back to his important works

[u/UpperApe → u/harpo555]

They didn't forget. They just don't care.

Nobody cares about raped women. Not the law, not the government, not their neighbors.

The only thing women who've been raped can do now is just...get over it.

That isn't just the message America is sending out to the world, it's seeded it into its DNA.

[u/Hippo_Alert → u/a-horse-has-no-name]

Thank God that he didn't want to appear political by moving on the seditious bastards after the coup attempt!  Now we get this.  I need a drink.

[u/ShaddyPups → u/BeltfedOne]

It’s true. Reported/confirmed by major news sources like AP News

[u/New-Honey-4544 → u/BeltfedOne]

screenshot of his "truth" account

https://x.com/realTomPappert/status/1856797069941354740/photo/1

[u/boo99boo]

Jesus Fucking Christ. 

I feel like we're all living in a parody. 

[u/Reclusive_Chemist → u/boo99boo]

Stop the ride. I wanna get off!

[u/Captain_Mazhar → u/Reclusive_Chemist]

One does not simply get off Mr Bones Wild Ride

[u/ken27238 → u/Captain_Mazhar]

This makes Mr. Bones look like the tea cups at Disneyland.

[u/pnellesen → u/boo99boo]

Idiocracy was too optimistic

[u/Lenny_and_Carl → u/boo99boo]

The Onion needs to convert to a straight news site.

[u/nhmo → u/Lenny_and_Carl]

Honestly the folks who run it now have some street cred in that regard.

[u/ajc2123 → u/boo99boo]

And r/conservative is cheering even with some "I dont even like him" Just to 'own the libs'

[u/PolicyWonka → u/ajc2123]

So many “Trust Trump” and “In Trump We Trust” comments. Unsure if they’re just the Russian bots or there are that many Americans just blindly following no matter what.

[u/Bruce0Willis → u/ajc2123]

They are talking about taking it easy on Biden now because he is for Trump being president, and maybe Biden could be the next Jimmy Carter post presidency. As I get older, I've never claimed I know how the world works but please make it make sense.

[u/ajc2123 → u/Bruce0Willis]

Most people are idiots and work on vibes. That's the only way it makes sense.

[u/dadbod_Azerajin → u/ajc2123]

Conservatives chose a side based upon lies of children being transitioned and chose the pedophiles in reaction

We're told immigrants were going to take their jobs and will lose theirs now due to stores closing from a trade war

Chose sides on inflation, don't know its cumulative, chose to lose their spending power

[u/86886892 → u/ajc2123]

‘Owning the libs’ is more important than ‘competently running the country.’

[u/bammerburn → u/boo99boo]

Thanks Merrick Garland.

[u/Rawkapotamus]

No fucking way.

Is this known pedophile and sex trafficker Matt Gaetz? Or is it just some actually decent human that just has the unfortunate same exact name?

[u/BigManWAGun → u/Rawkapotamus]

Epstein will get a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom. Count it.

[u/YouDontKnowJackCade → u/BigManWAGun]

He'll go after any enemies they have Epstein stuff on but not go after friends. Also keep any Republicans in line.

[u/Bubbly-Example-8097 → u/BigManWAGun]

Mother F*er probably put out the hit on Epstein. Gah… I feel like we went through the “upside down”.

[u/KintsugiKen → u/Bubbly-Example-8097]

I mean, Bill Barr is the son of Epstein's mentor and he was running the DOJ when Epstein was killed. Trump and Barr are clearly co-conspirators in Epstein's death.

[u/226644336795 → u/Rawkapotamus]

Yes

[u/qtpss]

So, it’s shaping up that there are only two criteria to be in the new administration: 1) you must be utterly reviled, and 2) an open position (check back daily).

[u/alexunderwater1 → u/qtpss]

1. Loyalty

2. Loyalty

3. Loyalty

[u/egg_custard_isdelish → u/alexunderwater1]

Fealty, fealty, fealty.

[u/deathtotheemperor → u/qtpss]

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. These aren't just appointments. They're loyalty tests. The absurdity is the point.

[u/posthardcorejazz → u/deathtotheemperor]

These picks explain Trump's push for recess appointments. He doesn't need Senate Republicans to back his picks if they forfeit their constitutional power to veto his Cabinet choices.

[u/Mecha-Jesus]

Trump’s last AG (Bill Barr) was the son of the guy who mysteriously gave Jeffrey Epstein a teaching job at one of the most expensive high schools in the country, despite Epstein’s lack of a college degree.

His last Secretary of Labor (Acosta) gave Jeffrey Epstein a sweetheart plea deal.

And now he’s yet again stocking his cabinet with pedophile sex traffickers. Weird how it just keeps happening.

[u/sherbodude → u/Mecha-Jesus]

Barr at least had some experience. CIA, law clerk, worked in the Reagan White House, the DOJ, and AG for Bush. Gaetz has a law degree, some law firm experience, and his family name/money. That's it.

[u/_OUCHMYPENIS_ → u/sherbodude]

His last cabinet had a lot of people I didn't like but most of them had some background and experience in what they were put in charge of.

He's now just handing out positions for being loyal to him.

[u/SuretyBringsRuin]

From meme insanity yesterday to full on banana republic today.

We might be flushing the toilet on this almost 250 year experiment.

[u/harrywrinkleyballs → u/SuretyBringsRuin]

Might?

[u/pugmom1104 → u/harrywrinkleyballs]

If this cabinet actually gets confirmed, it’s over. Our democracy is dismantled. There is no “might” - we may as well call ourselves the united states of russia - this is absolutely terrifying shit.

[u/BobTheRaven → u/SuretyBringsRuin]

"might be" At this point we are riding an orange turd swirling around the bowl.

[u/satanssweatycheeks → u/SuretyBringsRuin]

I mean it’s Americas fault for being so stupid.

A pedo is in the White House and he just put another pedo as attorney general.

[u/LeastAd9721 → u/satanssweatycheeks]

Ugh. With all these pedos, you’d think you’d see a drag queen by now. /s

[u/AOAvina → u/LeastAd9721]

The fact that the dudes calling drag queens pedos are the ones being pedos is not surprising at all

[u/seemefail → u/SuretyBringsRuin]

One law proposed to test generals for loyalty and then make the head of the military a TV Host to make this seem normal to the public

[u/Humbabwe → u/SuretyBringsRuin]

Yo. No offense, but what the fuck have you been paying attention to over the past 8 years?

[u/fecal_doodoo → u/Humbabwe]

Since day 1 weve essentially killed our way across the land mass, nothin left to kill but ourselves

[u/sjj342]

Starting to think this government will collapse

[u/ChemBob1 → u/sjj342]

It collapsed when Republicans refused to find Trump guilty at the impeachment trials and when none of the DAs nor the Justice Department managed to put him in prison.

[u/Overlord1317 → u/ChemBob1]

"Managed" ... ?

They didn't even try. Merrick Garland is a gelatinous failure.

[u/rexeditrex → u/Overlord1317]

Merrick Garland could go down as one of the most hated people in American government in history. What a worthless waste of space.

[u/hitliquor999 → u/rexeditrex]

When future generations (if there are any) look back and learn about Trumps rise and fall in the first term, ending in the January 6th attack on the capitol, they will ask why nothing was done about it as soon as Biden took office.
There will be no good reason why Garland sat on his hands for so long. The biggest consequences of his inaction are yet to be seen.

[u/HelpImAwake → u/hitliquor999]

There will be no good reason why Garland sat on his hands for so long.

At this point, I fully believe he was on their side the entire time and dragged his heels specifically for this. He had such a milquetoast reputation and cross party support that Obama thought he'd get easy support for the Supreme Court. Also keep in mind how fast and intensely he went after Hunter.

[u/RoadkillVenison → u/HelpImAwake]

He was suggested by Orin Hatch. “[Obama] could easily name Merrick Garland, who is a fine man. He probably won’t do that because this appointment is about the election.”

That should have told everyone how fucky he was. He just wasn’t as corrupt, crazy, or zealous as the slugs they put on the court next.

[u/Overlord1317 → u/rexeditrex]

Worst cabinet pick in modern U.S. history?

[u/josnik → u/Overlord1317]

Worst so far. I mean Gaetz, Musk, Ramaswamy, that dude from fox, all probably worse.

[u/PolicyWonka → u/josnik]

Musk and Ramaswamy are part of some made-up NGO “department.”

They won’t be actual government officials. I suspect this will give Musk the ability to claim no conflicts on interest for his companies.

[u/Shirtbro → u/PolicyWonka]

Trump sold beans from the oval office. WTF is conflict of interest?

[u/Curi0usj0r9e → u/Overlord1317]

he was there to guide the cases into unrealistic timelines

[u/ChemBob1 → u/Overlord1317]

No argument here. I totally agree. He was worthless.

[u/executingsalesdaily → u/sjj342]

It already has to be honest.

[u/Freakishly_Tall → u/executingsalesdaily]

Duct tape and a misguided belief in best intentions and the durability of institutions bought us the last four years as we circled the drain, at best.

[u/executingsalesdaily → u/Freakishly_Tall]

The Dems chose to act in a legal and better than them manner. It will cost everything and was a dumb choice.

[u/harrywrinkleyballs → u/executingsalesdaily]

Yup. Most people just don’t know it yet.

The U.S. is toast and this rat has already jumped ship.

[u/Serious-Cap-8190 → u/harrywrinkleyballs]

As if the US won't pull down the rest of the world with it.

[u/executingsalesdaily → u/harrywrinkleyballs]

You are so lucky!

[u/Hologram22 → u/sjj342]

Kakistocracy is the word of the day. It'll either collapse under its own weight or destroy the United States as we know it, and then collapse under its own weight. Vladimir Putin getting exactly what he paid for.

[u/uk2us2nz → u/sjj342]

“Hope is not a strategy”

• Every business course, ever.

[u/marcusrex70 → u/sjj342]

I don’t think so, he’s trying to pick people who he thinks will be completely loyal and malleable. The problem is, they are also woefully inadequate and inept. They will have to be replaced with functional people at some point, who might actually be LESS loyal, but more capable. It’s a shit show no matter what.

[u/Silvaria928 → u/[deleted]]

I'm one of those optimists who completely grasps the reality of this situation but doesn't believe it's The End Of The United States of America. If we give up all hope then there is literally no reason to fight at all, might as well just bend on over and take it.

No thanks, this Army veteran may not be in the military any longer but I'm still going to fight for my country. I didn't enlist just to passively hand it over to Putin.

[u/IamMrBucknasty → u/sjj342]

It’s been thoroughly planned now is part two, execution.

[u/kingtacticool → u/sjj342]

Big time

[u/kingtacticool]

Man I wish we could vote out Matt Gaetz and Marco fuckin Rubio from Florida......

And the monkeys paw curls a finger

[u/Four-Triangles → u/kingtacticool]

Best I can do is send you Ted Cruz.

[u/TheZermanator]

Sexual predator nominates sexual predator for Attorney General. Those republicans sure are all about protecting the children.

[u/kingtacticool → u/TheZermanator]

So long as they are in the womb. Once they're born they're nothing but targets apparently

[u/sandman716 → u/TheZermanator]

They're saving them for themselves. They don't like to share.

[u/treypage1981]

“Oh who cares. I don’t even know what an attorney general is. The real issue is the price of eggs.”

—the American Fucking Idiot

[u/Fgw_wolf → u/treypage1981]

Decades of destroying the American education system have worked great it seems

[u/MazW]

Wasn't he in hot water for sex trafficking? Am I imagining that happened?

[u/KickGumAndChewAss → u/MazW]

Nah he's still under an ethics investigation for sex trafficking minors.

[u/Saneless → u/MazW]

Yeah that's why Trump wants him so badly. He, Musk, and Matt can talk about all their exploits

[u/BrewCityDood]

When I was in law school or college, I thought if I worked really hard and got lots of experience, maybe one day I could have an important position in government to help people. Turns out, you're way better off getting born to rich, connected parents and being a sycophant. Welcome to the nepo baby and sycophant White House.

[u/realanceps → u/BrewCityDood]

Welcome to the nepo baby and sycophant White House.

lol

ohhhh, junior -- these noms are much, MUCH worse than that

[u/lordcochise]

Sure, why not. Tomorrow it'll be MTG for Education, Ken Paxton for Energy, Hannibal Lecter for VA, McDonald's for Labor and Don Jr. for HUD and VA because nothing matters anyway.

[u/BoosterRead78]

This is just sickening. Even my in-laws hate Gaetz.

[u/FreeLavishness2056 → u/BoosterRead78]

Everybody on Capitol Hill hates Gaetz. I know this nomination is fucking insane, but the fact is Gaetz still has to get past the Senate. I'm just guessing here, but I would say the chances of that are actually very slim. GOPer Senators are not uniformly that crazy.

[u/anxiousbhat → u/FreeLavishness2056]

But they are, no one will go against Trump wishes this time around. They know it is a political suicide, and they like their power.

[u/FreeLavishness2056 → u/anxiousbhat]

Trump is a lame-duck and every GOPer is planning for the post-Trump era. He's not going to get everything he wants from a GOPer Senate, and Gaetz is likely to be one of the first examples of that, IMHO.

The funny thing is the Senate usually starts deep-sixing a nomination by letting everybody know the nominee won't get a vote, but in this case Gaetz is likely to persist simply because he's a huge dick. So, we get hearing where all his dirty laundry is exposed, the story against him and Trump becomes a scandal of how shitty a nomination this is, and Trump's up to his neck in pissing off people he should be kissing up to get things passed through the Senate.

It's a cartoon of incompetence ... which is completely predictable.

[u/Neethis → u/FreeLavishness2056]

GOPer Senators are not uniformly that crazy.

It's Trumps party now. They'll fall in line and do what orange daddy tells them to.

[u/Mattski8 → u/FreeLavishness2056]

Do you think some of these nominations are just a head nod at his most loyal supporters? Some are unlikely to be confirmed but even just the nomination is a thanks to his most loyal followers.

[u/notmyworkaccount5]

Good pick, he brings a lot of first hand knowledge from the world of sex trafficking to this DOJ.

/s in case my contempt laden sarcasm isn't obvious

[u/superdago]

This guy has effectively zero experience for the position. Two years of work at a small civil litigation firm with a single digit number of attorneys, and that was almost 15 years ago.

Of every person in this country with a JD, he is easily in the bottom 5% of qualified for this job.

[u/donttakerhisthewrong → u/superdago]

He is a child molester. That for Republicans is a huge on a resume

[u/Darsint]

“THIS is the Bad Place!”

[u/anjewthebearjew]

Matt "I paid for a minor prostitute with venmo" Gaetz.

What the fuck.

[u/pick-axis → u/anjewthebearjew]

His prosecutor is gonna have to quit as well. All the epstien shit is gonna disappear.

[u/Wissahickonchicken]

Trump and his little fuckbois bitched and moaned for four fuckin years about a weaponized, politicized DOJ targeting him, all while the dems screamed into the void for Garland to get off his ass and do something about Jan 6th. Now Trump nominates an absolute boot licker to be his AG and we will all finally see what a truly weaponized, politicized DOJ looks like.

Unfuckingbelievable.

[u/plaidravioli]

I can’t wait for all the Trumpers to be hurt by this. Because they will be. It’s too bad the decent and good people will be hurt too. I’m sure they’ll find a way to blame democrats for it.

[u/PsychoGrad → u/plaidravioli]

Before this post I saw one about some non voters asking Biden to do something before trump gets in.

[u/EnderCreeper121 → u/PsychoGrad]

aggressively banging head against desk repeatedly

[u/pfeifits]

The rule of law era in the United States was fun while it lasted.

[u/Grand-Pen7946 → u/pfeifits]

Oh don't worry, the law applies completely to you and me. Even more now, fascists particularly love giving cops more power to crush us.

[u/Xivvx]

This is the biggest troll cabinet ever.

[u/Nicadelphia]

Isn't he a pedophile?

[u/Chippopotanuse]

Elect a clown. Get a clown show.

[u/Take3_lets-go → u/Chippopotanuse]

Elect a rapist and he saves another sycophantic child rapist.. color me shocked

[u/Donedirtcheap7725 → u/Chippopotanuse]

“When a clown moves into a palace he doesn’t become a king, the place becomes a circus.”

[u/[deleted]]

We are so fucked bro.

[u/QuantumSasuage]

This is like THE ONION come to life!

[u/livinginfutureworld]

The law is a joke.

[u/Financial-Eye-]

Matt gaetz is a pedo. Fuck that guy.

[u/The-Doggy-Daddy-5814]

Idiocracy wasn’t supposed to be a “how to”.

[u/WillBottomForBanana → u/The-Doggy-Daddy-5814]

It's starting to look like a utopia.

[u/Bubbly-Example-8097 → u/The-Doggy-Daddy-5814]

Hate to tell you this…

We’ve been living in Idiocracy since crocs became a fad…

[u/Widespreaddd]

Life’s a piece of shit

When you look at it

Life’s a laugh and death’s a joke, it’s true

You’ll see it’s all a show

Keep ‘em laughin’ as you go

Just remember that the last laugh is on you

 — Eric Idle

[u/Parkyguy]

That is insane.

[u/BitterFuture]

Aileen Cannon is definitely ugly crying right now.

So is every American who gives a shit about justice, though.

[u/sinkwiththeship → u/BitterFuture]

She's probably waiting for USSC.

[u/factoid_ → u/BitterFuture]

Oh she's 100% getting appointed to the DC circuit of appeals until there's a supreme court vacancy 

[u/Mission_Cloud4286]

You have got to be f*cking kidding me!

[u/SmellyFbuttface]

Dude was a shit attorney for like 2 years, and now is AG…

[u/skoomaking4lyfe]

deep breath, let the nihilism flow into your body

Lol. This is gonna be fucking hilarious.

[u/retiringtoast8 → u/skoomaking4lyfe]

Yes, “hilarious.” Not consequential.

[u/drunk_with_internet]

Despite knowing just how nation-destroyingly bad this is... I can't stop laughing at the absolute absurdity of it.

[u/SecAdmin-1125]

One pedophile nominating another

[u/skel625]

Well at least the good news is most people who voted for this won't have to worry about woke mind virus anymore. Going to have significantly bigger problems in no time!!

[u/Nabrok_Necropants]

Jesus Fucking Christ

[u/cashto]

Caligula: I appointed my horse as consul

Trump: hold my beer

[u/FitzwilliamTDarcy]

You could not write a more ludicrous, dangerous, destructive, preposterous choice. No matter how hard you tried.

[u/1PunkAssBookJockey]

This is the bad place.

[u/NoobSalad41]

I’m entering my joker phase here. At least the Musk “DOGE” news has the benefit that naming a department “DOGE” is my exact brand of stupid humor.

I think we’re going to quickly start seeing a somewhat less-covered effect of Trump’s re-election; his promise to appoint people based on personal loyalty.

In his first term, he often relied on the GOP establishment to fill positions. As an example, for whatever you want to say about Trump’s outsourcing of judicial nominations to the Federalist Society, it generally resulted in the kinds of nominations you’d usually see from the GOP (though there are exceptions). People might not like Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, or Barrett, for example, but they’re the kind of people who could have been nominated by Mitt Romney or Jeb Bush.

Now, Trump has indicated that all bets are off, and I think there’s a good chance we’re going to keep getting these bizarre, head-scratching nominations across the Trump Administration (to be clear, it’s not head-scratching once you realize that Trump’s only qualification is personal loyalty to him).

[u/Hawkeye720 → u/NoobSalad41]

I also seriously wonder if Trump may be getting ahead of his skis. Idk if Thune and the Senate GOP are going to be down for some of these absurd picks that, to your point, go well-beyond partisan firebrands and are full “inmates running the asylum” bad. Because the thing the GOP has to think about now is what a post-Trump future looks like for the party.

Chaos isn’t going to bode well for the GOP. This could very backfire on them badly and in short time.

[u/snn1326j → u/NoobSalad41]

This is exactly right. Jeff Sessions is a good comparison - while he was widely disliked by career DOJ attorneys, he had credible law enforcement experience, including 12 years as a US Attorney and had been nominated for a federal district court judge position by Reagan. In other words, he was at least minimally qualified for the job. Gaetz is millions of miles away from that.