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Trump's pick for Attorney General - Matt Gaetz - is OUT! - Glenn Kirschner
Donald Trump's pick for Attorney General, Matt Gaetz, just withdrew his name from consideration after it became clear that the Senate Republican would no go along with Trump's desire to install Gaetz as the nation's top law enforcement official.
Importantly, this is the second defeat that Senate Republicans delivered to Trump, after refusing to go with Trump's pick for Senate Majority Leader, Rick Scott.
Will Senate Republicans keep standing up to Trump as he tries to tear down the institutions of government? Or will they begin bending a knee to future whims of their dear leader? - Glenn Kirschner - 11/21/2024.
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A confirmed lawbreaker as AG, one with alleged ties to America's adversaries as national intelligence director, one who opposes vaccines and had a worm in his brain as the protector of America's health?? This sounds like a sick joke, but it's real... 