FED UP Republicans LOSE IT on Fox over Trump Picks
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Why are Fox hosts like Trey Gowdy publicly condemning Trump’s pick of Matt Gaetz for Attorney General?
When you've lost Fox and Trey Gowdy, the former Congress member, Republican who led the Benghazi hearings against Hillary Clinton, that's saying something. And Matt Gaetz and Donald Trump appointing Matt Gaetz is setting even Fox off for most of their hosts and most of their panels. Here's Trey Gowdy on Fox. Referring to the fact that the House Ethics Committee has completed an ethics report on Matt Gaetz, who Donald Trump has now nominated to be the Attorney General of the United States of America. And Trey Gowdy says, look, that report's going to come out. I know that the MAGA Republicans in the House want to try to bury it, but it's either going to come out one way or another. So let it come out right now.
Let's know what the people said about Matt Gaetz and the underage girls who testified before the House Ethics, the witnesses out there who were saying that Matt Gaetz was having sex with underage girls. Let's get it out there. The public deserves to hear it. This is on Fox. Here's what Trey Gowdy says on Fox. Republican, play this clip.
Yeah, the overwhelming majority of his picks will sail through because they were grand slam picks. But to Molly's point, you don't root out corruption at the Department of Justice by picking a corrupt person to lead it. So Matt Gaetz, either the report comes out and he's not going to be the attorney general or the report doesn't come out and he's not going to be the attorney general. The problem, Brett, is all the good picks, John Lee Radcliffe, Elise Stefanik, Lee Zeldin, Mike Walsh, all the good picks. Nobody's talking about those right now. They're talking about this wild card pick of someone who had to get out of the House to avoid being sanctioned by the House Ethics Committee. That dumbfounding pick is just sucking the oxygen out of all the good ones he made.
you are referring to the situation with the report in the house ethics committee um johnson here he
is again on the brett bear show and gowdy says i don't even think it's 50 50 amongst republicans in terms of the support for matt gates he goes republicans don't support this guy in the senate that is now the house is a whole different story but watch trey gowdy here play this clip
All right. Let me ask this back to our cabinet casino. If you have $100 in chips, this is an audible, what percentage of those chips are you putting down that at least one of these cabinet nominees does not make it through? Trey.
Can I get more than 100? Everything I have. I talk to senators all the time. One of them is not going to get through.
What does the House Ethics Committee report say about Matt Gaetz’s alleged misconduct?
because you're confident that the head count is not there?
The head count is not even 50-50 on one of them. One of them can't even get half the Republican senators. But I'll let you guess from our earlier discussion who that might be.
I sense where that's going with you. Okay, Molly. In this line
by Trey Gowdy, it's not even a matter here of if you have to pick between someone who's competent but has low character. He's like, gates lacks both competence and character
here play this clip well we'll see i i think like i said at the beginning a lot of these senators want to get most of these through if not all that they can trey i'll give you last word on this about molly's point about the doj not going forward the fbi not going forward with with charges against
gates well Yeah, with all due respect to Molly, I was there for it. If you want to give credit to somebody, give it to Kash Patel, Jim Jordan, John Radcliffe, James Comer. Don't give it to the guy that was out putting on makeup while other people were doing the investigation. He just picked Jay Clayton, he just picked Todd Blanch, both of whom would be fantastic. They would do exactly what you want it done. You don't have to pick between character and competency. You can actually have both in a nominee, but Gates doesn't have both.
You know, there's a lawyer from California named Mitch Jackson says, he goes, oh, brilliant move, America. Out of a country full of seasoned lawyers and judges, your guy is really going with Matt Gaetz for attorney general, the guy under investigation for, let's see, sexual misconduct, drug use, and obstruction of justice.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why are Fox hosts like Trey Gowdy publicly condemning Trump’s pick of Matt Gaetz for Attorney General?
0:00–2:53
2
What does the House Ethics Committee report say about Matt Gaetz’s alleged misconduct?
2:53–5:19
3
How do Republicans on the Senate side evaluate the overall quality of Trump’s cabinet picks?
5:19–7:40
4
Why do critics argue that appointing Gaetz undermines the DOJ’s ability to combat drug and sex‑trafficking crimes?
7:40–11:04
5
What is Matt Gaetz’s actual legal experience according to the hosts?
11:04–13:31
6
How are Senate leaders and the checks‑and‑balances process expected to handle the Gaetz nomination?
13:31–15:43
7
What do pro‑Trump voices claim about Gaetz’s stance on civil rights and the Constitution?
15:43–16:33
8
Why do the hosts believe the Gaetz appointment could be a ‘political witch‑hunt’ or a dangerous precedent?
16:33–16:41
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