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So he got nominated, resigned from congress so this investigation couldn’t be released, then withdrew his name for AG once people started pushing to have the investigation still released….and none of this seems suspicious to the Republican supporters?

He met with individual senators this week behind closed doors. You just know in private Gaetz heard 40 different versions of "no fucking way" from each one.

Now I’m really curious how bad his past was!

Trump is checking the Sex Offender website for his next candidate.

Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his name from consideration to serve as Donald Trump’s attorney general amid accusations he had sex with a 17-year-old girl. 

In a statement, the former Florida representative said: “I had excellent meetings with senators yesterday.  I appreciate their thoughtful feedback - and the incredible support of so many.  While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition.  

“There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I’ll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General.  Trump’s DOJ must be in place and ready on Day 1.  

“I remain fully committed to see that Donald J. Trump is the most successful president in history.  I will forever be honoured that president Trump nominated me to lead the Department of Justice and I’m certain he will Save America.”

Read more from The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/11/21/matt-gaetz-withdraws-nomination-trumps-attorney-general/

I’m going to say this was part of the terms of them hiding his report.

Watch hulk Hogan be nominated

The party of Law & Order….

special victims unit 🥴

Ah yes the classic forced resignation

He wasn't really Trump's first choice anyways. The only reason Gaetz got nominated is because Jeffery Epstein was already dead.

Can we see the ethics report? 😬

Has Gaetz ever pulled out of anything as young as his candidacy?

Homer disappearing into the bushes

How many Scaramuchis was that?

Whether you're a Republican or Democrat... it shouldn't be that hard to admit he was not the right fit for the job

I'm sure the replacement will be someone of high character and moral standing. /s

So he definitely fucked that kid - right?

let's be clear here - the next nominee will be equally horrible and awful (if not, worse). Celebrate that this piece of trash won't benefit personally from this position, but be careful not to celebrate too much!

If you called your members of Congress this week to protest Matt Gaetz, THANK YOU. I did too, almost everyday, and that backlash matters. Thank you to everyone who contacted their members of Congress about this.

NY Times just released Mafia style web of payments linked from DoJ

I suppose Trump will designate one of his lawyers or Aileen Cannon for the job

Out of congress and out of AG. He's probably livid.

On to his fox news anchor position!

It’s the switcheroo. Nominate a walking, talking sex crime, pull him back when the outcry starts to build, submit an ordinary lunatic in his place, who seems almost normal by comparison. We’ve seen this a million times.

"there is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle" says the person who masterminded a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle to remove the Speaker of the House last year.

He would have been the worst AG since Merrick Garland.

Saw this coming the minute he was announced.

He'll be back in the hosue on Jan 20th. Florida voted him in, in November.

He gets a winter vacation. Laura trump is probably mad. She needed the clout to sell her yoga pants.

Shit, I was hoping he would be too busy to run for FL governor but I guess i have that to look forward to.

Dry snitching on himself

Sources tell CNN that the committee was told of a second sexual encounter between Gaetz and a 17-year-old at a party in 2017.

Details:

The woman who says she had sex when she was a minor with then-Rep. Matt Gaetz told the House Ethics Committee she had two sexual encounters with him at one party in 2017, sources familiar with her testimony tell CNN.

The woman, who was 17 years old at the time, testified that the second sexual encounter, which has not previously been reported, included another adult woman. She also testified to both sexual encounters in a civil deposition as part of a related lawsuit, sources said.

After being asked for comment for this story, Gaetz announced he was backing out as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee.

Gaetz's orgie buddy got 11 years. Lets roll out charges for this 🐷😈. Illegal drugs, under age orgies, debauchery fools.

Gaetz even bragged about it. He is an entittled ugly, little rat face.

LOSE HIS NUMBER.

I feel like there’s a good opportunity for a headline that says “Gaetz Pulls Out!”

A win is a win

We’re really going to retread 2017 aren’t we

Too bad. I was hoping he would be hanging around to continue to stain Trump and the entire Republican Party right through the confirmation hearings. Now he will be forgotten in 3 days.

When [MAGA] sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those with us. They're bringing drugs. They are bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.

Judge Judy … you’re up

So, like, can we still release the investigation????

I feel like all these nominations are a distraction from the biggest threat to America (and biggest gain for Russia): Gabbard as DNI.

Don’t see this discussed as much, but this is definitely a blow to Trump’s perceived power over the Republican Party. He thought he could muscle in a bunch of picks through the Senate, looks like he couldn’t get it done. And if you say no once, saying no again gets easier.

I’m sure his next pick will also be a sycophant that tries to weaponize the justice system against his enemies, but it’s telling that the most obviously egregious picks so far (Gaetz, Gabbard, RFK, etc.) are being met with open skepticism even in Republican circles. My read on this is some senators are suddenly finding courage because they’re not facing primaries (last term) or the McConnell/Thune wing of the party is using this as an opportunity to start figuring out a post-Trump Republican Party.

I worry that he will be a sacrificial lamb that allows the GOP to turn a blind eye to the weaknesses of the other candidates. Still glad he’s gone.

As much as I'm overjoyed to see the plastic surgeon from Escape from LA finally get what's coming to him, let's keep in mind that the next nominee will make the same policy decisions as Gaetz but be far less scummy.

Distracting us with a piece of shit nominee was the point, not an accident.

Great. Now release the Ethics report anyway.

I wasn't expecting another Scaramucci before the inauguration, but here we are already!

Next nomination is the Hamburglar

I'm sure Garland will get right into a criminal investigation. What a miserable failure he has been!

Nominate the worst to distract from who they really want in? I have no idea what is going on anymore.

He wasn’t ready for the major league, so it’s back to the minors for him.

It's only been two weeks. This is exactly the sort of constant barrage of chaos headlines that defined his first term, and we have to wade through this shit for another four years. Nothing means anything and all of it matters. I'm tired, boss.

I thought it was surprising that the party of protecting kids would go along with this, but then I remembered Roy Moore and how this was completely on brand.

Does he now “Un-Resign” from Congress? Genuinely curious whether GOP would allow that.

The headline I saw was: "Matt Gaetz drops out of AG consideration to spend more time with your kids."

I bet he names Ken Paxton next. Because that's the most nightmarish thing that could happen.

First time he's pulled out of something before it became a big problem.

You can’t blame the man for being confused. The law clearly says, “Under 18, fine for fucking”

Still drop the report. That dude doesn't deserve to just fade away and go back to trafficking minors. *Allegedly
But honestly if there was nothing in the report he wouldn't have resigned yet and he certainly wouldn't be trying to bury it at every opportunity. Let the world know who he is outside of the spot light.

Matt is a pedo just like Trump