By FRITZ PETTYJOHN
Lisa Murkowski is itching to vote against Republican firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz as U.S. 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 Thune will play ball.
The Gaetz appointment is a giant middle finger to those in the Department of Justice 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 closet, purportedly looking for evidence of a crime.
Trump will not allow this invasion of his wife’s privacy will not go unavenged. Heads will roll down the entire change of command which 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 Secretary of the 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.
Fritz Pettyjohn’s first venture in politics was working for Barry Goldwater for president in 1964. He served in the Alaska Legislature in the 1980s and writes the blog ReaganProject.com.
Is this oped satire? It sure reads that way…
“Fearless”is a subjective term of art for a politician. Trump is old and he doesn’t give a rat’s batooti what anyone else thinks about him at this point. The Democrats always overplay their hand when in power. So let’s just say that it will be Trump’s objective intent to get even with the conspirators who plotted against him, while he straightens-out the corrupt elements of government. It will be an exciting ride into the history books.
Good thing the Coles won’t be writing this history.
He should be on a red horse, not a lion.
One to talk that rides on a blue donkey
The second of the 4 horseman…. read it up!
Captain Fritz’ analysis may be correct but know this: Matt Gaetz is a turkey. He should not be confirmed.
He won’t be. FBI may get a shot at him.
No. Because Trump is already lining up a firing squad for the corrupt FBI bosses. Gaetz will get confirmed. Trump knows how to play the US Senate to a tee. No handicap required. And Murkowski will be lucky to get a lowly position on the Committee to Investigate Nepotism and Fraud.
30 senators say you are incorrect.
Old Forky has a direct line to the Senators.
Barf!!!
Trump will force their hand. Gaetz will get in, because the Senators are scared to death of crossing Trump.p
I hope cman, Frank rast, and the fake Alaskan all have a happy 4 years of great leadership taking this country in the correct direction.
Settling Trump’s grievances need to be done within the guardrails of the US Constitution. Senator’s Murkowski and Sullivan’s responsibility on advice and consent must also follow the US Constitution
You don’t even know what the constitution says, let alone out Senators or congress person
I’m going to go with 13 in age…..no, 12.
A cabinet full of incompetent buffoons, to match the incoming president. The GOP can save it self, or confirm the nominations or go with recess appointments that they have spoken against previously. The ball is in their court will they put Trump before country and let the conspiracists rule, or they can stand up for what is right.
Must suck that the conspiracies become headlines with in days, alone weeks. Must be hard to deal with TDS
I repeat what I had read on another site regarding to potential of Gaetz’s being denied the position by RINO’s shooting his confirmation down. Marco Rubio will no doubt succeed in being confirmed Sec. of State, this opens up his seat in the Senate, Rubio is from Florida as is Gaetz. Governor DeSantis appoints the interim replacement and could appoint Gaetz to the seat. Novel thought at best, and would drive the Libs crazy. Its as good an idea as Biden resigning and Harris becoming a short term President. Strange times and opportunities!!
Cheers.
We don’t like him. He’s done.
We?
We.
Is the we, you and the mouse in your pocket?
Sshhh… might be a secret coming
I pray that righteousness and the love of God Almighty will prevail over the darkness that is not going to go down quietly.
Trump needs an AG he can trust. Matt Gaetz has been a target of the DOJ. He’s on the Judiciary Committee and he is a firebrand. Today’s Thune interview with Bret Baer displayed an unknown courage & loyalty to the mandate by the Senate leader. He refused to rule out a recess.
What Trump needs are professionals who will tell him when he has no clothes on, not just what he wants to hear. But he’s surrounding himself with yes-men, because that’s what he wants, blind loyalty. True mark of a leader right there…
He destroyed the Republican coalition. Made enemies. Might be jailed. Trump wants him gone. Ron may be in on it too.
Republican party is now Trumps. The old neocon, warmongers are no longer welcome in the party of all americans.
Won’t the RINO Thune bar Trump from making recess appointments, just like the RINO McConnell did?
Won’t the RINO Murkowski eagerly volunteer to be the first in line to wield the gavel at the pro forma sessions, just like she was the first in line under the RINO McConnell?
Fritz, if the department of Justice is infused with arrogance, then Gaetz will fit right in. How else does a pedophile justify his actions if not by self-centered arrogance? “She wanted it”; “She had it coming”; “I’m cool and she couldn’t resist”, is how slimy sex offenders like Gaetz can live with themselves.
That’s it. He lost the weight and thought he was Adonis.
Fritz:
“These people think their loyalty is to their ideas about the law…”
And you are describing Gaetz, perfectly. The AG must be ethical. No one who has worked with Gaetz would describe him as ethical.
Gaetz is an example of why incest in this country is illegal.
Something’s afoot. Gaetz’s surprise appointment is announced earlier this week. He immediately resigns his seat (purportedly to allow FL to elect his replacement ASAP). That abruptly halts the House Ethics Panel’s investigation. They were planning to issue their final report today.
I want to see a thorough a—kicking at the DOJ and FBI to make up for all the armed door-kicking of political opponents that they’ve been doing these last four years.
But Gaetz? I fear Trump is needlessly throwing away precious political capital way too early.