Klobuchar says she hopes Bondi aims to 'uphold the Constitution' as AG

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

11/24/24 2:47 PM ET


Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said she hopes President-elect Trump’s attorney general pick, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, will aim to “uphold the Constitution” if the Senate confirms her for the position. “Pam Bondi will have a hearing and will be able to make her views clear. I think the things that I look at, is this someone competent? And are they going to uphold the law? It is so important,” Klobuchar said Sunday on ABC News’s “This Week.”

“Does it concern me that revenge would be part of her mission? Of course it does,” she continued. “I hope that’s not the case. I hope that what she wants to do is uphold the Constitution because that is a really important job.” Trump has begun compiling his nominees, but they’ve been swarmed by controversy.

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) was nominated to be attorney general, but a sexual misconduct allegation and House Ethics Committee report tanked his chances. He withdrew his name from the nomination last week, and Bondi was later named. Bondi served as a senior adviser on Trump’s first impeachment defense team and is now an attorney for Ballard Partners, a group founded by Florida lobbyist Brian Ballard, who is the former 2016 chair of Trump Victory.

She served as attorney general of Florida from 2011 to 2019. As Klobuchar mentioned, there’s concern that Trump’s choice for attorney general might turn the department into a legal powerhouse that will grant his wishes and go after his enemies.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5007040-klobuchar-says-she-hopes-bondi-aims-to-uphold-the-constitution-as-ag/

[William Seger]

1. Sure, you can ask Bribery Barbie if she'll uphold the Constitution

... and later, when it turns out she lied about that, we can make YouTube videos about it.

[Blue Owl]

2. She wasn't appointed by tRump to think

She is just there to follow commands by the new turd reich

[jmowreader]

22. Pretty much, yeah

The only reason he's picking ANYONE is it would look a little weird if he was passing down edicts straight off his desk. They have to go through someone so it looks like the guy isn't really running a full-blown Mussolini-style fascist dictatorship.

[flamingdem]

3. She's a proponent of the Big Lie

so we can expect the worst.

[chowder66]

4. Dear God. Is Klobuchar going to forget the lies the SC picks told? Is she going to excuse the $25k she got to sweep

Trump Uni under the rug? This is deeply concerning.

[tikka]

5. Sounds like Susan Collins BS excuse

[question everything]

14. Who got $25K?

[HUAJIAO]

18. Bondi

[question everything]

20. Thanks. I could not follow the attacks on Klobuchar - one of our best senators

[Self Esteem]

6. lol

[NewHendoLib]

8. .

[republianmushroom]

9. She will,

but as she interrupts it meaning.

[rsdsharp]

10. Write this on your hand, Amy, so you don't forget:

“She can serve Trump, or she can serve the Constitution. She can’t do both.”

Which one do you think she’ll choose?

[djacq]

11. Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele is right...

Each of Trump's cabinet nominees will LIE to get confirm.

[Galraedia]

12. She accepted an illegal $25,000 donation to drop an investigation into Trump University

I'm pretty sure that answers the question of whether or not she's going to "uphold the law".

[question everything]

15. Who accepted "illegal $25K donation?" Bondi or Klobuchar?

[HUAJIAO]

19. Bondi

[markodochartaigh]

13. I don't know much about Senator

Klobuchar, but this quote from The Hill seems to make her seem like a damn fool.

This article seems to show that she isn't some innocent waiting to be taken advantage of by malign forces.


https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/klobuchar-make-decision-trump-nominees-fbi-background-checks/story?id=116168372

[Old Crank]

16. No Democratic senator

Should vote to install Bondi.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

17. AG Garland said that Trump would be treated like everyone else under the law.

I expect the same under AG Bondi.

Why do senators keep pretending there will be confirmation hearings? Is it a wishful attempt to remain relevant? The House and Senate Repugs have already ordered their rubber stamps to approve whatever edicts Dear Leader sends to them. After a while he'll stop doing even that and just do whatever the hell he wants to.

But, hey, he promised to lower the price of eggs.

[maxrandb]

21. I hope for a unicorn that poops rainbow sherbet

Better chance my hope will come true.