President Trump Names Matt Gaetz as AG Pick, McCarthy Thinks Senate Won’t Confirm Him

President Donald Trump just announced his attorney general pick.

It’s Matt Gaetz.

A collective sigh along with cheers was heard far and wide among the MAGA crowd.

But Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy didn’t approve.

He predicts Gaetz will have zero chance of Senate approval, though he left the “why” up to everyone’s imagination.

Whoa…

Matt Gaetz has been nominated as Trump’s ATTORNEY GENERAL

Dude… is gonna…. Light it up 🔥

Congrats @mattgaetz ! pic.twitter.com/aY8baujX3x

— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) November 13, 2024

He continued:

Kevin McCarthy doesn’t sound too excited about this though.

The Hill reports:

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) predicted Wednesday that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), President-elect Trump’s pick for attorney general, will not get confirmed by the Senate.

Asked for his response to Trump’s Cabinet picks so far, McCarthy told Bloomberg Television in an interview, “I think the choices are very good, except one.”

“Look, Gaetz won’t get confirmed,” he continued. “Everybody knows that.”

McCarthy, a loyal Trump ally while serving in the House, was asked why the former president would bother tapping Gaetz if he knew the Florida Republican couldn’t get confirmed.

“You can talk to [the] president, but it’s a good deflection from others, but it also gives …” McCarthy responded, cutting himself off. “I’ll let it stand at that.”

Pressed again for some insight into Trump’s thought process, McCarthy said, “You’d have to ask the president, but Gaetz couldn’t win in a Republican conference, so it doesn’t matter.”

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McCarthy has had a long-standing feud with Gaetz, who spearheaded the effort to oust the California Republican from his leadership post last fall. The former Speaker resigned from the House late last year and has maintained that Gaetz only wanted to remove him over an ethics complaint.

For some reason Democrats just aren’t happy about this.

Take Harry Sisson for example:

Somebody give this soyboy some tissues… lol https://t.co/4vpDUDrDzL pic.twitter.com/nRPd8GKmKZ

— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) November 13, 2024

I, for one, am over the moon about Gaetz getting picked for this!

.@mattgaetz, the new Attorney General 👇

– Reporter: “Did you say that women attending abortion rallies are ugly?
– Gaetz: “Yes”
– Reporter: “What do you say to people who think these comments are offensive?”
– Gaetz: “Be offended”
🤣 pic.twitter.com/i8Ua3fdVcF

— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) November 13, 2024

We are so back!

Since Matt Gaetz is trending, here’s a video of him destroying politicians in Congress. Do not retweet

All of the Politicians pandering to lobbyists will be very mad 👏 pic.twitter.com/4eBwC2k9VM

— Marjorie Taylor Greene Press Release (Parody) (@MTGrepp) November 13, 2024