Will Matt Gaetz actually make it through a Senate confirmation for AG?

[In It to Win It]

Assuming they don't follow Trump "recess appointment" plan.

[33taw]

1. Every one of Trumps nominees will succeed.

[Jersey Devil]

2. There won't be any hearings or Senate vote

Trump will recess Congress to get his appts through as recess appointments.

[Rebl2]

3. Won't

be any confirmations. They will be installed no matter what.

[Skittles]

4. LOL

[haele]

5. No. Too many R Senators hate his smarmy ass.

And they know he's dumber than 9 roosters.
He's not on the same page as the few R senators more interested their power than lobbyist money. They would rather someone smart and venal, not greedy and dumb.

Haele

[kelly1mm]

6. Yes, of course. All of his nominees will make it through. It is his party now. nt

[brettdale]

7. Yes

Not one repug will go against trump.

[Emile]

8. Republicans are ass kissers. If Trump wants Gaetz,.they

will march in lockstep to confirm him.

[lame54]

9. Ask Kavanaugh

[rzemanfl]

10. Get him a beer first. n/t

[BlueTsunami2018]

11. These nominations are really just to push buttons and freak us out.

And of course we dutifully follow the script.

Even if these people get through, it’s all just for show, they’re idiots and misfits. The people to worry about are the Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society people behind the scenes who will be pulling the strings. These people really know what they’re doing, they’re the real danger. Not an imbecile like Matt Gaetz.

[Silent Type]

12. At least 3 trump nominees had to withdraw in his first term, maybe a few GOPers will reject

this POS. In any event, it should be an interesting hearing.

[Autumn]

13. It will be a recess appointment. nt

[GreenWave]

15. Ask Gaetz if Reps who helped the Jan. 6th invasion should be executed for treason.

Then watch his Adam's apple betray him.

[Arger68]

16. A death threat here, a death

threat there, if trump wants them they'll be approved. Weren't there several senators that voted against impeachment due to death threats? If they had any courage at all we wouldn't be in this mess right now

[Maru Kitteh]

17. I think he will get full confirmation. All the pukes put together have less than 1 vertebrae.

It will happen.

[B.See]

18. Hadn't you heard? Trump has already ordered his Senators

to stand down.

Trump demands Senate allow him to circumvent hearings to appoint cabinet - The Guardian Trump urges support from Rick Scott, John Thune and John Cornyn for ‘recess appointments’ while US Senate is paused

Donald Trump has demanded that the three frontrunners to lead the Senate allow him to appoint officials to his new administration without confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, as a future Republican government began to take shape the week after his election victory.

In a demonstration of his political muscle, [he] urged support for “recess appointments”, which allow... appointments while the Senate is temporarily paused, and can be used to circumvent the confirmation process....

It... signaled Trump’s determination to press ahead with his agenda without being encumbered by congressional oversight, which is mandated by the US constitution.

[0rganism]

19. yes, easily

Any senator who impedes Trump's cabinet appointments is putting themselves and their families on a very special list. All will be approved, likely by wide margins.

[C_U_L8R]

20. Even if GOP bootlickers confirm this clown

He may only last a few Scaramucci's. He's a sex trafficker, for god's sake. Abusing children. What could go wrong, will go wrong.

[Zeitghost]

21. It's a win for Trump either way

It's a loyalty test. If Gaetz gets through, he knows the Senate will follow his agenda and he has an AG that will do whatever he wants.

If he fails to get through, it makes it look like Senate Republicans are doing their job and he'll know who to target in future legislative battles. And they will just approve the next loyalist he nominates.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

22. well he quit his day job..so he must think so

[TroubleMan]

23. 100% - they're already saying they'll do it.

There's already video interviews out there saying they will.

[roamer65]

24. No.