Down goes Matt Gaetz
If one is driving and repeatedly cuts off other cars with a grin on their face and an upraised middle finger, it is safe to say that this person will have a lot of angry drivers around them.
Such is the case, metaphorically speaking, with Matt Gaetz. After years of treating his coworkers on Capitol Hill with insolence, disdain, using drama, and choosing to destroy his caucus from within, Gaetz has finally — but FINALLY! received his just desserts.
As Bill Palmer told you, Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration for AG. I bet a whole heck of a lot of employees at the Department of Justice are now breathing sighs of relief.
It was always going to go this way for Gaetz. It’s not just that he’s been accused of nasty and disgusting crimes. His impetuousness has alienated so many people on Capitol Hill, that he did not have one solid defender in his camp except for the Senate mascot, Lindsey Graham.
So Gaetz pulled his own nomination. Reportedly, it happened just because CNN was about to report MORE damaging accusations about the Venmo-loving quack. Gaetz likely would have been able to get through a confirmation process. He is, to put it inelegantly, used and significantly damaged goods.
So what now? Well, we can expect another Trumper to be nominated, but hopefully, this one will not have accusations of sleeping with underage girls in their CV. As for Gaetz and his future? Some are saying he might return to Congress — the NEXT Congress, that is, in 2025, where he was duly elected. I doubt he will, though. Why?
The terror of that ethics report’s release might keep Gaetz from THAT plan. Honestly, he’d likely get expelled anyway. Since he went rogue on Kevin McCarthy, many of his fellow House members have wanted revenge and now they got it. Gaetz won’t only NOT be AG, but he’s out of Congress, too. What more could they want?
Of course, the real winner in all of this is we, the American people. But there is one other winner. There is another person whom I expect is likely, even as I write these words, doing a dance, a jig, of victory. That person is Kevin McCarthy, and I’m on his side for once.
