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DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Republicans baffled after Trump picks ‘reckless’ Gaetz for attorney general

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Republicans baffled after Trump picks ‘reckless’ Gaetz for attorney general

www.theguardian.com

DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Congressman decried as ‘person of moral turpitude’ amid questions over whether Senate will confirm nomination
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    What are they fucking baffled about? What is it they think they voted for?!

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      Some are disingenuous, Susan Collin style.

      Others are genuine, utter dipshits.

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    We’ll see how baffled they really are after they unanimously approve him.

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    This is not as surprising to me as him picking a Fox News host to be the secretary of defense.

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      Neither is too surprising to me, but the TV star less so. A TV host picking another TV host to be in his cabinet was what I was expecting in 2016.

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        He definitely wanted to, but there were still people around to tell him “no” back then. Not any more.

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      It’s fine, I got a bottle of booze set aside for when WE3 or American Civil War: 2 Dumb 2 Prevent kick-starts our final doom.

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    They’ll be as “concerned” as Susan Collins for 4(+) years, won’t they.

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    Whaaaat, the man who told us what he’d do for years is now going to do it!? Wiiiiiilllllld /s

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    Did they think his cognitive decline and bad decision making was exclusively directed at democrats?

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    Baffled how?

    Like the cup game?

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    Reckless isn’t the word for his perversity

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    Trump’s M.O.: Try to do the craziest thing that you can think of. If it doesn’t work, people will be more accepting of the 2nd craziest thing you can think of. Repeat.

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    Russian asset.

    Trump doesn’t want any more nudes of his wife getting shared so Putin is calling these shots no, no question.

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    The same people who were concerned about the equity of affirmative action

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    Just a reminder to some members of the GOP. It was ‘America First’ and not ‘Fist America’.

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    Even if I survive the next four years I doubt my liver will…

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    Are they baffled that he kept his promise to put his supporters in charge so he could do whatever he wants or the Democrats were right?

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