WSJ: Botched Gaetz Nomination Shows Limits of Trump's Hold Over GOP

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Some Republican senators are voicing private concerns about Gabbard, who would be Trump’s director of national intelligence, according to one person familiar with the matter, raising the prospect of a new round of scrutiny for Trump’s picks.

When asked about Gabbard, Sen. Thom Tillis (R., N.C.) said the director of national intelligence should be someone who supports Ukraine in its defense against Russia, as he does.

“I’m going to have to have a very compelling story for anybody who’s going to influence policy in Ukraine,” Tillis said. “At DNI, I don’t know if that’s her or not, but when I get into the nomination process, I have no intention of supporting anybody who equivocates on support for Ukraine.”

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D., R.I.) said that since Gaetz has withdrawn from consideration, scrutiny will “shift to these national-security picks, and that will, I think, raise additional questions about fitness.”

[sop]

1. The way things are going, the GOP will have to impeach and remove Trump to stop him.

[Happy Hoosier]

2. How about "Botched Gaetz Nomination Shows Trump is Still a Cockwomble"?

[Blues Heron]

3. their mess, they own it.

maybe some are catching on to the major threat TSF poses.

[Bettie]

4. It doesn't show that at all

Gaetz removed himself from the nomination because of more damaging information coming out.

Did CNN even run the story? Either way, he chose not to continue because of more of his own criminal actions possibly coming to light.

The US media is not our friend, it is not even a neutral observer/reporter. It is an arm of the Republican party these days, with a very few notable exceptions.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. WSJ spin distorts

Don't read that nonsense

[hatrack]

6. WSJ - "See!! Guardrails!! It's not NEARLY as bad as you libtards think it is!!"

[Aristus]

8. Still, it is encouraging to see a Republican expressing his support for Ukraine so publicly.

For the moment at least, he’s neither in Putin’s well-lined pockets, nor afraid of his pro-Russia GOP colleagues.

[Hugin]

7. Eh, not so much.

Knock it off with the normalization WSJ. You are now Pravda. People will only pay attention to learn what’s not true.

[4th gen blue]

9. Exactly this.

Exactly this. WSJ is running cover for the fact that Trump got exactly who he wanted, by suckering sensible , moderate Republicans to go all in against Gaetz so now Bondi (much more competent and dangerous) looks like a great choice. Don't buy their BS.