I still don't believe it

[Septua]

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4991658-gaetz-nomination-senate-republicans/

Headline yesterday:

GOP senators: Gaetz nomination to head Justice in serious trouble

Republican senators are warning that former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) nomination to serve as President-elect Trump’s attorney general is in serious trouble, even though Republicans will control 53 seats in the upper chamber next year.

Some Senate Republican sources are speculating that Trump’s choice of Gaetz to head the Justice Department may be intended to draw scrutiny and opposition away from other controversial nominations.

Two other controversial nominees are Pete Hegseth, the Fox News anchor Trump picked to head the Pentagon, and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), Trump’s choice to serve as director of national intelligence despite her past statements defending Syrian President Bashar Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump’s controversial choices to head the Department of Justice, the Pentagon, the nation’s intelligence agencies, and the Department of Health and Human Services are already causing tension among Senate Republicans.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), a loyal Trump ally, warned fellow Republican senators that they should get in line and vote for Trump’s nominees or face political consequences.

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), who was elected to take over as Senate majority leader next year, told reporters Wednesday that he won’t know whether Gaetz has the votes for confirmation until the Senate formally receives and begins to review his nomination. “I don’t know until we start the process, and that’s what we intend to do with him and all the other potential nominees,” he said.

(Thune has previously said "nothing is off the table." )

As the saw goes, don't listen to what they say, watch what they do...

The Senators intimating the "warnings" are playing a game of chicken with Trump and are outmatched.

[Walleye]

1. I expect everyone of his unserious appointees will be installed

[chicoescuela]

2. Not one R will go against tsf, they all saw what happened to Liz Cheney.

[Walleye]

4. it's not just that they are afraid of him, they agree with him

They have supported all of his crackpot power moves up until now, and they aren’t gonna stop

[Fish700]

3. Yep, the is the timeline we are in now.

[Dave Bowman]

5. I keep pinching myself to be sure I'm not having a crazy nightmare.