Brilliant gambit, sir
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This account of the decision to cut Hey Seventeen loose is entertaining in many respects, including BasedMikeLee assuring him that everything would be just fine:
Despite the daunting obstacles Gaetz faced—including overcoming the anger of his fellow Republicans over his past criticisms of them—he sounded optimistic about his confirmation prospects in recent conversations.
Judiciary committee member Mike Lee (R-Utah), who met with Gaetz on Wednesday, said the ex-congressman sounded upbeat in their conversation.
“Give me a hearing. Give me a chance to make my case,” Gaetz begged, according to Lee, who liked what he heard.
“If people have concerns, I’m confident in my ability to address and refute those in a hearing,” Lee recalled him saying. “But if people were hell-bent on opposing me, that certainly shouldn’t mean that I don’t even get a hearing. I should get a hearing, and I’m confident that once I have my hearing, I’ll be able to disabuse people of those concerns.”
Frankly, I would have liked to have seen him try to talk his way out of it. He should have gone down with the ship after humiliating himself like Robert Bork!
Anyway, you will never guess who told Trump that nominating Gaetz would be an epicsauce lib owning:
Gaetz’s nomination was made essentially on the fly, both figuratively and literally—he and Trump were on the president-elect’s ‘Trump Force One’ airplane at the time. Trump made the decision in consultation with billionaire Elon Musk and longtime Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn, a Gaetz’s friend recalled. Trump said he didn’t like any of the other lawyers who applied for the job because they didn’t have the right attitude and approach for the DOJ.
“Those other guys are stiffs,” Trump said. Musk howled in approving laughter.
I’m not sure the billionaire who spends a considerable portion of his theoretical working hours serving as a Cat Turd Two reply guy is going to give reliable political advice.