The Gaetz appointment is a masterstroke

[OKSTATE1]

November 15, 2024​

The Gaetz appointment is a masterstroke​

By Fritz Pettyjohn

Lisa Murkowski is itching to vote against firebrand Matt Gaetz as attorney general. She may not get the chance. If the new Senate leadership recesses the Senate for three days, Gaetz can take office as a recess appointment, circumventing the confirmation process. It remains to be seen if Senate Majority Leader John Thune will play ball.

The Gaetz appointment is a giant middle finger to those in the Justice Department who have harassed Trump since before he took office in 2017. It started with the Russia hoax, and it's been going on nonstop for eight years. The final straw came when the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago, including searching Melania's bedroom, purportedly looking for evidence of a crime.

Trump will not allow this invasion of his wife's privacy to go unavenged. Heads will roll down the entire chain of command that was responsible for this travesty. If these people are smart, they're already packing their bags.

If Thune refuses to allow a recess appointment, it's highly unlikely Gaetz can be confirmed. If that's the case, Trump's replacement appointment, regardless of who it is, will look reasonable by comparison.

Gaetz also serves to distract attention from other controversial appointments, such as Pete Hegseth for Department of Defense.

The Department of Justice is infused with arrogance. These people think their loyalty is to their ideas about the law, not to the democratically elected President who appoints them. As the execrable James Comey put it in the title of his book, they have A Higher Loyalty.

But the courts decide the law, not the Department of Justice. They are the President's lawyers and are obliged to advocate for him. President Trump, with his appointment of Gaetz, is putting these people in their place.

It's pleasant to think that this is just the beginning of four years of fearless leadership.

 

[Ponca Dan]

November 15, 2024​

The Gaetz appointment is a masterstroke​

By Fritz Pettyjohn

Lisa Murkowski is itching to vote against firebrand Matt Gaetz as attorney general. She may not get the chance. If the new Senate leadership recesses the Senate for three days, Gaetz can take office as a recess appointment, circumventing the confirmation process. It remains to be seen if Senate Majority Leader John Thune will play ball.

The Gaetz appointment is a giant middle finger to those in the Justice Department who have harassed Trump since before he took office in 2017. It started with the Russia hoax, and it's been going on nonstop for eight years. The final straw came when the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago, including searching Melania's bedroom, purportedly looking for evidence of a crime.

Trump will not allow this invasion of his wife's privacy to go unavenged. Heads will roll down the entire chain of command that was responsible for this travesty. If these people are smart, they're already packing their bags.

If Thune refuses to allow a recess appointment, it's highly unlikely Gaetz can be confirmed. If that's the case, Trump's replacement appointment, regardless of who it is, will look reasonable by comparison.

Gaetz also serves to distract attention from other controversial appointments, such as Pete Hegseth for Department of Defense.

The Department of Justice is infused with arrogance. These people think their loyalty is to their ideas about the law, not to the democratically elected President who appoints them. As the execrable James Comey put it in the title of his book, they have A Higher Loyalty.

But the courts decide the law, not the Department of Justice. They are the President's lawyers and are obliged to advocate for him. President Trump, with his appointment of Gaetz, is putting these people in their place.

It's pleasant to think that this is just the beginning of four years of fearless leadership.

My only regret is Trump picked him instead of Marjorie Taylor Green. I was really hoping for MTG.

 

[fatman76]

November 15, 2024​

The Gaetz appointment is a masterstroke​

By Fritz Pettyjohn

Lisa Murkowski is itching to vote against firebrand Matt Gaetz as attorney general. She may not get the chance. If the new Senate leadership recesses the Senate for three days, Gaetz can take office as a recess appointment, circumventing the confirmation process. It remains to be seen if Senate Majority Leader John Thune will play ball.

The Gaetz appointment is a giant middle finger to those in the Justice Department who have harassed Trump since before he took office in 2017. It started with the Russia hoax, and it's been going on nonstop for eight years. The final straw came when the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago, including searching Melania's bedroom, purportedly looking for evidence of a crime.

Trump will not allow this invasion of his wife's privacy to go unavenged. Heads will roll down the entire chain of command that was responsible for this travesty. If these people are smart, they're already packing their bags.

If Thune refuses to allow a recess appointment, it's highly unlikely Gaetz can be confirmed. If that's the case, Trump's replacement appointment, regardless of who it is, will look reasonable by comparison.

Gaetz also serves to distract attention from other controversial appointments, such as Pete Hegseth for Department of Defense.

The Department of Justice is infused with arrogance. These people think their loyalty is to their ideas about the law, not to the democratically elected President who appoints them. As the execrable James Comey put it in the title of his book, they have A Higher Loyalty.

But the courts decide the law, not the Department of Justice. They are the President's lawyers and are obliged to advocate for him. President Trump, with his appointment of Gaetz, is putting these people in their place.

It's pleasant to think that this is just the beginning of four years of fearless leadership.

Thune said he's open to recess appointments.

 

[GunsOfFrankEaton]

It won't surprise me if both Oklahoma senators vote against Gaetz. Both of them see themselves, and the senate itself, as being above it all and untouchable.

 

[OKSTATE1]

It won't surprise me if both Oklahoma senators vote against Gaetz. Both of them see themselves, and the senate itself, as being above it all and untouchable.

True

 

[Rdcldad]

It won't surprise me if both Oklahoma senators vote against Gaetz. Both of them see themselves, and the senate itself, as being above it all and untouchable.

they talking big to save their own ass

patriots are in control

 

[Rdcldad]

they talking big to save their own ass

patriots are in control

 

[fairdinkem]

November 15, 2024​

The Gaetz appointment is a masterstroke​

By Fritz Pettyjohn

Lisa Murkowski is itching to vote against firebrand Matt Gaetz as attorney general. She may not get the chance. If the new Senate leadership recesses the Senate for three days, Gaetz can take office as a recess appointment, circumventing the confirmation process. It remains to be seen if Senate Majority Leader John Thune will play ball.

The Gaetz appointment is a giant middle finger to those in the Justice Department who have harassed Trump since before he took office in 2017. It started with the Russia hoax, and it's been going on nonstop for eight years. The final straw came when the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago, including searching Melania's bedroom, purportedly looking for evidence of a crime.

Trump will not allow this invasion of his wife's privacy to go unavenged. Heads will roll down the entire chain of command that was responsible for this travesty. If these people are smart, they're already packing their bags.

If Thune refuses to allow a recess appointment, it's highly unlikely Gaetz can be confirmed. If that's the case, Trump's replacement appointment, regardless of who it is, will look reasonable by comparison.

Gaetz also serves to distract attention from other controversial appointments, such as Pete Hegseth for Department of Defense.

The Department of Justice is infused with arrogance. These people think their loyalty is to their ideas about the law, not to the democratically elected President who appoints them. As the execrable James Comey put it in the title of his book, they have A Higher Loyalty.

But the courts decide the law, not the Department of Justice. They are the President's lawyers and are obliged to advocate for him. President Trump, with his appointment of Gaetz, is putting these people in their place.

It's pleasant to think that this is just the beginning of four years of fearless leadership.

"Turn out the lights, the party's................"

 

[GunsOfFrankEaton]

 

[BarneyMiller]

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Republican or democrat, all need to be exposed.

 

[Tulsaaggieson]

If the senate wants to set up a confrontation with trump it would be unwise. They have a once in a lifetime opportunity to effect change on a massive scale and not be blamed for anything that goes wrong. It's a get out of responsibility card. All they have to do is give trump what he wants and let him take all the pressure of it working. If it doesn't work then the Trump takeover would also be undermined and they could reestablish themselves as controllers of the Republican agenda. It's the best possibility for them to reestablish establishment control. Coarse if it works out....well what do they have lose they already lost control with no ability to get it back.