Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) delivered a threat to any Republican who might break rank on confirming Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as Donald Trump's next attorney general: MAGA will come for your job.“I don’t know, you’re finding all the swamp creatures coming out right now” to oppose Gaetz's nomination, T...

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) warned Republicans against opposing Donald Trump’s nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as attorney general, stating that MAGA supporters would target their jobs if they break ranks.

Tuberville defended Trump’s right to choose his team, urging senators to “vote with President Trump.”

Gaetz, who recently resigned from Congress, is a divisive figure within the GOP, having faced FBI and House Ethics investigations over alleged misconduct.

Some Republicans are openly concerned about the nomination and are deliberating their next steps.

  • tempest@lemmy.ca
    115·
    7 days ago

    I mean if you were hoping for some gotcha on them being hypocrites you should know by now that they don’t care and neither do their supporters.

    • frezik@midwest.social
      81·
      7 days ago

      Tuberville himself wouldn’t, but a lot of Republicans thought that was dumb as shit and was directly hurting military readiness. He does not have a good reputation in his own party thanks to that stunt. Tuberville’s voters will still come out for him, but it takes more than that to get things done in Congress.

      It’s quite possible that more than a few Republicans will ignore Tuberville. The senate breakdown will be 47/53, so it doesn’t take many to stop it.