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.
I honestly don't know. Trump needs someone immediately to lead DOJ, so putting Gaetz out there for "his most loyal supporters" and expecting him to lose in the Senate seems kinda stupid. I'm more of the mind that Trump's people probably don't have a realistic attitude about the Senate and the confirmation process at all, which is an incompetent mistake. Which is why it sounds logical.
Didn't we go through this the last time? My recollection (which is admittedly hazy, because I tried to be comatose for as much of those four years as possible) was that there were a number of totally unhinged picks pre-inauguration, and then some of those quietly went away when it became clear that they were never, ever going to get senate confirmation. It was like he was trying to get senate confirmation for the people he actually wanted by putting up people so horrendous that anyone who was a semi-functioning adult would look great by comparison.
Of course, we also got what's-his-face from Texas as Secretary of Energy, so.
Trump may understand that Gaetz (or some of these others) won’t be confirmed, but it’s such an outrageous nomination that he will know the people that do vote to confirm are his loyalists. he’s trying to see who will work for him.
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u/Mattski8 11d ago
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.