Trump intends to nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general and former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence, surprising many lawmakers who will have to confirm them.
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"for the purposes of the Recess Appointments Clause, the Senate is in session when the Senate says it is, provided that, under its own rules, it retains the capacity to transact Senate business." #recessappointment
Why is anyone shocked at this point?! I mean this is expected in our Kakistocracy! That’s the problem! People being “surprised” for the last year! And not doing a damn thing about it!! The Criminals shall rule!
I just heard Jeanine Herbst mispronounce the name of the Sandy Hook elementary school town, which is Newtown not Newton. This was in the 8:30am MT newscast.
Arent you paying attention????
He wants to do recess appointments, circumvent the confirmation process....
And they will let him do it.
Gaetz will not have to get in front of Congress
I don't know why anyone, much less the denizen of Capitol Hill, are surprised by Trump's appointments.
Just ask for any given position: who is the least qualified vocal Trump supporter? That will be his pick.
All the criminals are lining up to get their new jobs in the White House. That's what you get when you elect a criminal to run the country. It's only going to get worse. And yes I told you so.
The Republicans party no longer has any integrity or ethics at all. Most of their candidates are grifters, cheaters, criminals, opportunist or just plain scoundrels who care more about their power and fame than their constituents. They really have their followers conned. Bunch of snake oil salesmen
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What do people expect from the minions of the Antichrist - “a person prophesied by the Bible to oppose Jesus Christ and falsely substitute themselves as a savior in Christ's place”.
And he also resigned from Congress today so that the findings of the ethics investigation against him won’t get released. But yeah, everything’s fucking fine.
Nobody should be shocked. The majority of voters in the US election voted for this and now they should take responsibility for it. There are zero surprises here in the selections being announced.
We have a convicted felon, sex offender, 5 times draft dodger coward, fascist trash choosing a potential child offender who did nothing in congress as AG. Great !!! Rest of his appointments same. Respect the right to vote for citizens yet there may be consequences. Should own it.
Per Robert Reich, "nominating Gaetz to be Attorney General is only slightly less ridiculous than nominating Vladimir Putin to be Secretary of Defense."
I've hated that guy since day one...
What a disservice to this country having such a horrendously unqualified individual serve in that capacity.
He is the textbook definition of "conflict of interest."
But that's just my opinion.
They don’t, but if they don’t confirm him the second they recess Trump will make a recess appointment which will hold until the next Congress is sworn in.
Being originally from Thunder Bay, I know that area well in summer. Minus 40 in winter... nope. However, American "refugees" are certainly welcome any time of the year.
Sue clutching her pearls as usual. As a Mainer, I hold her responsible for not impeaching that mad man when she had a chance. Perhaps she’ll decided that Gaetz will also learn his lesson.
Probably. It’s the opposite of what they did to Obama. Refused to have hearings on his nominees, and then did not recess specifically to block recess appointments. I’d like them to do that, but I don’t have much hope they will.
An illicit drug user, a rapist, and a sex trafficker gets appointed to the top cop job in the nation. Don’t let facts cloud your opinion, they speak for themselves.
Oh please NPR. At least pretend to be smart journalists. Why oh why do you think Donald Trump would suggest outrageously annoying, unqualified, and even conflicted people other than to stick it to us, decent people, for humiliating him?
Why are any of them surprised? It really shakes one's confidence in their ability to assess the criminal mind, and a very stupid criminal mind at that.
This friggin’ cabinet is starting to seem like the Legion of Doom from the Super Friends cartoon show when I was a kid. I hope there are enough sensible Congressmen left to say, “Are you shittin’ me,” during confirmation hearings.
"Trump intends to nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general and former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence, surprising many lawmakers who will -h̶a̶v̶e̶- definitely vote to confirm them."
This statement from a Putin aide and Trump’s insistence on recess appointments all make sense now re: the Gabbard nomination. What can we do? We are not safe!
So the man who hangs out with a sex trafficer and is adjudication of committing rape hires a man a man who is accused of sex trafficking for the Attorney General of the United States? Make it make sense that there is not a revolution....
We have organized in this district working against him and all of his crazy rhetoric. I find it very tragic that the same alleged behavior with minors sent his buddy to prison and he wants to be the AG? At some point right and wrong has got to become a thing.
No one should be surprised by any of this. All I read of Project 2025 was summaries and I'm not a political scientist, and I'm not surprised. Well, if they're referring to current Republican members of Congress, maybe it does make sense after all.
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the palace
becomes a circus."
Turkish Proverb
*sighs in dystopia*
They will, because they too are spineless criminals and perverts, but they dont HAVE to.
Does this surprise you or anyone? I’d be surprised if he nominated folks who are competent and trustworthy. 🤔
This crappy clown car show is par for the course. Everyone who voted for him will reap what they sow. Crap for crap. 💩
He wants to do recess appointments, circumvent the confirmation process....
And they will let him do it.
Gaetz will not have to get in front of Congress
Just ask for any given position: who is the least qualified vocal Trump supporter? That will be his pick.
The party of boot-licking sycophants will confirm boot-licking sycophants.
Your equivocation is stunning and I'm very close to done with your normalization/cya style editorial choices.
Once, back in McNeil-Lehrer days, NPR was a bastion...
Now, quickly becoming an embarrassment.
In fact, they should unanimously vote NO.
But republicans won't. Half of them are cult members, and the other half are too coward even to speak. They are scared of trump's mean tweets.
T mobile needs to breakup with Elon!
What a disservice to this country having such a horrendously unqualified individual serve in that capacity.
He is the textbook definition of "conflict of interest."
But that's just my opinion.
A Sex Trafficking gangster as
America's AG and
Russia's favorite
Sweet darling, as. CIA Director 😢 and
The circus 🎪 still in WIP 🤯
It’s gonna be a Kakistocracy for a while before tyranny
Fixed it.
the ethics investigation will make him staying in the House untenable,
the mango Mussolini knows he won’t be confirmed,
and this is a way to give him a chance to leave his seat and save face.’
Trump made par.
next up, hes gonna nominate someone like alex jones to run the fbi
the administration hasnt even started and its already a nightmare
Or maybe it's just whoever calls dibs fastest?
Much like last time: is there not someone who's like... Qualified AND a sycophant?
America has lost all morals!