Tom Nichols

I mean, when I wrote that piece, I actually went and I watched those clips.

I mean, when I wrote that piece, I actually went and I watched those clips.

I mean, when I wrote that piece, I actually went and I watched those clips.

and he's having the time of his life i mean he's yucking it up with george galloway and you know shooting the breeze with the hosts and trashing america at will and you know normally republicans back in the day back when they were still a party would have said you know trashing your own country on russian television and going on there 150 times

and he's having the time of his life i mean he's yucking it up with george galloway and you know shooting the breeze with the hosts and trashing america at will and you know normally republicans back in the day back when they were still a party would have said you know trashing your own country on russian television and going on there 150 times

and he's having the time of his life i mean he's yucking it up with george galloway and you know shooting the breeze with the hosts and trashing america at will and you know normally republicans back in the day back when they were still a party would have said you know trashing your own country on russian television and going on there 150 times

Probably not a, you know, that's probably disqualifying to become a senior Justice Department appointee. So it may be it may be not just that he pissed off Tom Tillis, but that that first his record is on this is so egregious. But the other thing is, does Ed Martin have the kind of institutional and White House juice that say, you know, Pete Hegseth had, right? I mean, Trump went and twisted arms.

Probably not a, you know, that's probably disqualifying to become a senior Justice Department appointee. So it may be it may be not just that he pissed off Tom Tillis, but that that first his record is on this is so egregious. But the other thing is, does Ed Martin have the kind of institutional and White House juice that say, you know, Pete Hegseth had, right? I mean, Trump went and twisted arms.

Probably not a, you know, that's probably disqualifying to become a senior Justice Department appointee. So it may be it may be not just that he pissed off Tom Tillis, but that that first his record is on this is so egregious. But the other thing is, does Ed Martin have the kind of institutional and White House juice that say, you know, Pete Hegseth had, right? I mean, Trump went and twisted arms.

Hegseth gets through by a single vote. Does Martin really have anybody who's saying, oh, yeah, Ed Martin, I'll go to bat for that guy?

Hegseth gets through by a single vote. Does Martin really have anybody who's saying, oh, yeah, Ed Martin, I'll go to bat for that guy?

Hegseth gets through by a single vote. Does Martin really have anybody who's saying, oh, yeah, Ed Martin, I'll go to bat for that guy?

Now, again, I'm making a big assumption. You would think they'd say, you know, we do want somebody in the DC, you know, as the DC AUSA to be effective and really, you know, put the fear of God into some of these people. That's not Ed Martin. I mean, this, what Ed Martin is doing is clownish and won't stand up and, you know, it's just for public consumption.

Now, again, I'm making a big assumption. You would think they'd say, you know, we do want somebody in the DC, you know, as the DC AUSA to be effective and really, you know, put the fear of God into some of these people. That's not Ed Martin. I mean, this, what Ed Martin is doing is clownish and won't stand up and, you know, it's just for public consumption.

Now, again, I'm making a big assumption. You would think they'd say, you know, we do want somebody in the DC, you know, as the DC AUSA to be effective and really, you know, put the fear of God into some of these people. That's not Ed Martin. I mean, this, what Ed Martin is doing is clownish and won't stand up and, you know, it's just for public consumption.

So I don't know if you were a hardcore MAGA person, wouldn't you say, you know, I don't really want a guy who's, you know, doing the kind of

So I don't know if you were a hardcore MAGA person, wouldn't you say, you know, I don't really want a guy who's, you know, doing the kind of

So I don't know if you were a hardcore MAGA person, wouldn't you say, you know, I don't really want a guy who's, you know, doing the kind of

carnival barker stuff i want somebody who's actually going to make people's lives miserable with really with you know using the law don't give many ideas tom i know i know that's the problem right there's a part of me that says no no everything you know you're doing fine keep everybody right where they are you know because as you say what happens if they get someone who combines that kind of politics with a minimal level of competence and then then i think we're actually worrying about something even worse

carnival barker stuff i want somebody who's actually going to make people's lives miserable with really with you know using the law don't give many ideas tom i know i know that's the problem right there's a part of me that says no no everything you know you're doing fine keep everybody right where they are you know because as you say what happens if they get someone who combines that kind of politics with a minimal level of competence and then then i think we're actually worrying about something even worse