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Gaetz Withdraws From Attorney General Consideration

  • #Ethics
  • #United States of America
  • #Politics
  • #Governance
Gaetz Withdraws From Attorney General Consideration
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NOV 2024
Above: Matt Gaetz (L) and Vice Pres.-elect JD Vance (R) on Nov. 20, 2024. Image copyright: Kevin Dietsch/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images
story last updated NOV 2024

The Spin

Republican narrative

As a profoundly gifted lawyer, Gaetz would have rooted out systemic corruption at the DOJ. Though his decision to withdraw his name is a setback for the president-elect, this is an unfortunate outcome of political witch-hunting and a smear campaign by the Washington establishment, who were terrified that Gaetz would have cleansed the institutional corruption and leftist lawfare that has ravaged America.

New York Post

Democratic narrative

With a potentially damning congressional ethics report still hanging over his head, it was natural that he wouldn't have been allowed to shirk responsibility for his alleged sexual misconduct. So, Gaetz saw the writing on the wall that he wouldn't win enough GOP support to be confirmed and withdrew of his own volition to avoid having his name pulled publicly by Trump.

BBC News

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