Senate Republicans on Wednesday chose calm, soft-spoken John Thune (R-SD) as the next majority leader, even as the “conservative” House faction gave up on running an opponent to contest Mike Johnson’s continued speakership: The path is smoothing out wonderfully for President-elect Donald Trump to truly usher in the promised “Golden Age.”
Then Trump announced Matt Gaetz as his pick for attorney general.
We understand why the once-and-future prez wants a complete loyalist in that job: The Justice Department played a key role in hamstringing Trump four years ago with its horrific bungling of the utterly-made-up Russiagate nonsense.
But Gaetz has made a lot of personal enemies in his few years in Congress; more knives will be out for him than were for Sen. John Tower — the last Cabinet nominee rejected by the Senate, back in 1989.
Any Senate confirmation hearing will be a tawdry spectacle, featuring the sex-trafficking and drugs claims that have swirled around Gaetz. Not a good look.