Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

applegrove

(123,111 posts)
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 08:37 PM Tuesday

Trump's Calls on Behalf of Matt Gaetz Are Not Going Well

Trump’s Calls on Behalf of Matt Gaetz Are Not Going Well

November 19, 2024 at 4:49 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 155 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/11/19/trumps-calls-on-behalf-of-gaetz-are-not-going-well/

"SNIP.............

“As Republicans circle the wagons around Matt Gaetz and his nomination to be attorney general, Donald Trump and his surrogates have started calling GOP senators to feel them out on the confirmation battle,” NOTUS reports.

“The calls are not going well.”

“According to three sources familiar with the conversations, Trump and his team are receiving an overwhelmingly negative reaction with regard to Gaetz. One of the sources told NOTUS that multiple senators have even told Trump and his team they won’t be voting to confirm.”

.............SNIP"

22 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Trump's Calls on Behalf of Matt Gaetz Are Not Going Well (Original Post) applegrove Tuesday OP
Good newdeal2 Tuesday #1
I don't think it has anything to do with him not being qualified. Phoenix61 Tuesday #2
He's only 42. He finished law school in 2007 and... 3catwoman3 Tuesday #3
There is a book called the Peter Principle magicarpet Tuesday #4
Nepo baby Iris Yesterday #15
I read that book back in the early 80s, and it explained so much about how things went on. mucholderthandirt Yesterday #16
They'll cave...MTG just threatened them with the kompromat JT45242 Tuesday #5
At this point it's obvious that these people have been making bad choices on our behalf Hope22 Tuesday #9
If We Believe Her ProfessorGAC 23 hrs ago #19
Amazing.. I expected every maga to bow & Cha Tuesday #6
Early times . . . hatrack 23 hrs ago #18
You're right. TY Cha 16 hrs ago #20
Big fucking deal. Recess appointment. Or four years with an interim tag. GoYouPackersGo Tuesday #7
correct Skittles Tuesday #12
"I'm a pervert. He's a pervert. We're all perverts. Wouldn't you like to be a pervert too?" struggle4progress Tuesday #8
Perfect! Nt Hope22 Tuesday #10
one pervert pimping for another pervert Skittles Tuesday #11
Pfffft. Maru Kitteh Tuesday #13
The Trump Inquisition will be unbelievable and the base will love it. NoMoreRepugs Tuesday #14
"If you hate the people we hate and you can find a way to hurt the people we hate, we are down with it!" (MAGA motto) Jit423 23 hrs ago #17
I don't think it matters. totodeinhere 15 hrs ago #21
Who would be next on Trump's list? Has to be a partisan I presume. Jim Jordan? andym 15 hrs ago #22

Phoenix61

(17,641 posts)
2. I don't think it has anything to do with him not being qualified.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 08:47 PM
Tuesday

Or being a criminal, or a rapist or anything else. That doesn’t seem to matter to the Repukes. Disloyalty on the other hand… this is payback for Kevin and the ensuing shit show and public ridicule.

3catwoman3

(25,430 posts)
3. He's only 42. He finished law school in 2007 and...
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 08:57 PM
Tuesday

.passed the bar in 2008. By 2010, he was in the Florida House, so he has minimal experience as an attorney in a firm that dealt only with civil matters.

Here is their website: https://anchorsgordon.com/practice-areas/

Ya wouldn't want to let a little thing like no fucking expertise hold you back, now, would ya?

magicarpet

(16,501 posts)
4. There is a book called the Peter Principle
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 09:12 PM
Tuesday

.... Gaetz is called - The Frat-boy Pricky Little Dick Toxic Male Who Never Fucking Grew Up Principle.

mucholderthandirt

(1,147 posts)
16. I read that book back in the early 80s, and it explained so much about how things went on.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:58 AM
Yesterday

I've never been able to find anyone else who'd read it, and anyone I tried to talk to about it said I was crazy, that it made no sense and that wasn't how any of the world worked. And yet...

Forty plus years of experience, and it's exactly how the world works. Sane people also elect crazy people, dangerous people, to the government, and that's been happening since elections started.

JT45242

(2,886 posts)
5. They'll cave...MTG just threatened them with the kompromat
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:17 PM
Tuesday

They will be receiving manilla envelopes or emails of what Putin and mango Mussolini have on them.

They all have skeletons in their closets and no spines in their backs.

They will cave before MTG needs to leak the first picture, venmo receipt, sexting email, or text chain.

Hope22

(2,841 posts)
9. At this point it's obvious that these people have been making bad choices on our behalf
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 11:09 PM
Tuesday

Out of fear of their Manila envelope showing up someday for quite awhile! The thing is everyone has to have a big dose of kink in order to keep the members in line. Everyone must have dirt. Personally I’m over their sickness. Back in the * days I felt that a new Congress person was immediately taken to a party, doped up and forced to have sex with a goat. Don’t ask me why I thought goat. Naïveté I guess! The tapes and photos were stored for just these times. But I was so wrong! It was a party with drugs but the goats were actually children. The photos will be heart stopping for the average person. It’s time to put it all on the table. This madness must stop! If we look back at poppy Bush, at one point during his presidency there was an incident with young boys visiting the WH in the early hours of the night. Newspapers had articles but nothing ever came of it. This has got to stop and only good people can make that happen. It’s pretty clear that the choices T is making are a deliberate assault on all of us!

ProfessorGAC

(69,852 posts)
19. If We Believe Her
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:12 AM
23 hrs ago

I have no reason to believe she actually has what she claims to have.
Committing extortion in public view has me very suspicious that she's just braying for attention.

GoYouPackersGo

(133 posts)
7. Big fucking deal. Recess appointment. Or four years with an interim tag.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 11:07 PM
Tuesday

It doesn't matter if Republicans, or anyone, objects. The time for Republicans to stop this shit was the second (or first) impeachment trial vote.

Skittles

(159,240 posts)
12. correct
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 11:15 PM
Tuesday

when have these fucking cowards ever shown true courage? It will be Trump over America EVERY TIME

Maru Kitteh

(29,085 posts)
13. Pfffft.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 11:22 PM
Tuesday


The Senate will roll over with little more than a whimper. I want you to imagine for one moment, the absolute FURY of the mouthbreather nation against “one of their own” if they dare to stand against the Orange Lord. You think any R has the spine to stand against that kind of hot, stupid wind from their own base? Some will put up a superficial fuss, and then every sea will part because “a president deserves to pick his cabinet.”

Jit423

(276 posts)
17. "If you hate the people we hate and you can find a way to hurt the people we hate, we are down with it!" (MAGA motto)
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:03 AM
23 hrs ago

And Dem MAGAs are the worst ones feeling this way. And there are more of them than you realize.

andym

(5,682 posts)
22. Who would be next on Trump's list? Has to be a partisan I presume. Jim Jordan?
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 03:06 PM
15 hrs ago

Jordan might not want the job though.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Trump's Calls on Behalf o...