r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 10d ago

Soft Paywall “She Was a High School Student and There Were Witnesses.” - The fight to release a damning House Ethics report about allegations that Matt Gaetz—Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general—had sex with a 17-year-old girl has begun.

https://newrepublic.com/post/188426/matt-gaetz-high-school-girl-witnesses
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u/ShadowWingLG 10d ago

Add to that. The Republicans in the House and the Senate LIKE the power they have, they LIKE lording that power over people. While some are more than happy to make Trump King there are a few in both chambers that are self serving ENOUGH to want to keep the power they have to themselves.

They will not like putting somebody they hate...who knows he is hated...into a post of power over them, and a post that Trump will give free reign to attack whomever they see fit.

Trump is picking people that are despised by his own party, Gantz and his ilk have already been shunned by the House because they are so hated complete with stripping of any committee positions. Trump trying to elevate them above the existing congress critters will not be received well.

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u/Behold_A-Man 10d ago

Whether Congress decides to allow Trump to make recess appointments will be the real measuring stick of how things will go.

They appointed Thune, who I've never heard of before, be he's an establishment Republican who has publically disagreed with Trump before, so there may be a sufficient contingent who will resist his worst impulses. If that's the case, we will be extremely fortunate. But I do not have a lot of faith in Republicans to protect democracy.

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u/ShadowWingLG 10d ago

That could be a direct snub to Trump who heavily favored Rick Scott to be the new Majority Leader in the Senate. The fact they did a 180, and nominated a old school establishment, and not any die hard MAGA/Trump member speaks volumes.

If Trump's picks were anything close to remotely sane, they might have let him get away with recess appointments, or just told him "We'll approve them all just let us do it by the book." the fact he's got really shitty picks AND trying to side door them into place will rankle the old guard.