Update (1905ET) According to House Speaker Mike Johnson, Gaetz has resigned effective immediately. "I think out of deference to us, he issued his resignation letter effective immediately, of Congress," said Johnson.
"That caught us by surprise a little bit. But I asked him what the reasoning was, and he said, well, you can't have too many absences. So under Florida State law, there's about an eight week period to, select and fill in a vacancy. And so by doing so today, that allows me I've already placed a call to Governor DeSantis in Florida and said, let's start the clock. He's in Italy at the moment. And so we're going to talk first thing in the morning about this. And if we start the clock now, if you do the math, we may be able to fill that seat as early as January 3rd when we take the new oath of office for the new Congress." (h/t @ChadPergram)
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The hits to the establishment keep on coming - as President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for Attorney General of the United States.
"It is my Great Honor to announce that Congressman Matt Gaetz, of Florida, is hereby nominated to be The Attorney General of the United States," Trump said in a statement.
"Matt is a deeply gifted and tenacious attorney, trained at the William & Mary College of Law, who has distinguished himself in Congress through his focus on achieving desperately needed reform at the Department of Justice."
In response, Gaetz said on X; "It will be an honor to serve as President Trump's Attorney General!"
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele tossed his support behind Gaetz.
Nayib Bukele @nayibbukele
I knew you were destined to do great things, my friend.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1856808839707873566
Western Lensman @WesternLensman
🚨NBC News reports that the "general vibe" on The Hill over Trump cabinet picks is “WTF."
"Senators, Republican lawmakers, even one of them in a closed door meeting said, ‘oh my God' when they saw the [Gaetz] post from Donald Trump."
DC is freaking out.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1856823126228632017
Of all Trump's nominees, DC seems to be going the most insane over Gaetz...
Edward Dowd @DowdEdward
Very promising for Covid accountability!
Paul D. Thacker @thackerpd
Trump does not care what the DC establishment thinks.
Elon Musk @elonmusk
The Hammer of Justice is coming
Poster Comment:
more tweets at source. THIS IS HUGE. DOWD AND MUSK KNOW THIS IS AIMED AT BIG PHARMA AND DOJ-FBI.