{"id":1049746,"date":"2024-11-13T18:31:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1049746"},"modified":"2024-11-14T12:33:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T17:33:36","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8donald-trump-announces-ultra-maga-loyalist-matt-gaetz-as-ag-pick-after-gaetz-called-to-defund-federal-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/%f0%9f%9a%a8donald-trump-announces-ultra-maga-loyalist-matt-gaetz-as-ag-pick-after-gaetz-called-to-defund-federal-law-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8Donald Trump Announces Ultra-MAGA Loyalist Matt Gaetz as AG Pick After Gaetz Called to Defund Federal Law Enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Donald Trump tapping Matt Gaetz as his attorney general,<\/em> DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump doesn\u2019t care about the rule of law, he only cares about the rule of Trump \u2013 that\u2019s why he\u2019s attempting to elevate an unqualified and unserious loyalist like Matt Gaetz to follow through on his dangerous plans for revenge and retribution. Gaetz\u2019s closest connections to the Justice Department are being the subject of a federal criminal investigation and pushing to defund federal law enforcement. Trump chose Gaetz for one reason: He knows an unfit lackey like him would always put Trump ahead of our justice system and would enact Trump\u2019s extreme and reckless agenda that would leave Americans less safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udea8 <\/strong>BREAKING: Donald Trump just chose ultra-MAGA extremist Matt Gaetz as his attorney general because he knows Gaetz is a loyal \u201c<\/strong>warrior<\/strong><\/a>\u201d in his dangerous plans for revenge and retribution.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meridith McGraw, Politico<\/a>: \u201cTrump names Matt Gaetz as his Attorney General\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cGaetz will help lead the implementation of Trump’s agenda and steer any efforts to investigate \u2014 and prosecute \u2014 the president-elect’s enemies.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cGaetz\u2019s antics have won him praise from Trump […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018They are our warriors,\u2019 Trump said of Gaetz <\/strong>and other House members at a September 2020 rally in Jupiter, Florida. […]\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaetz wants to defund federal law enforcement, calling to abolish agencies like the FBI.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cAn unburdened Rep. Gaetz calls for abolishing the FBI, CDC, ATF\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMinutes later, Gaetz, now serving on the select committee investigating the so-called weaponization of the federal government, suggested eliminating federal investigative agencies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018I don\u2019t care if it takes every second of our time and every ounce of our energy, we either get this government back on our side or we defund, get rid of, abolish the FBI CDC, ATF,\u2019 Gaetz said to applause.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

USA Today<\/a>: \u201cAt CPAC, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz calls for abolishing FBI, CDC, other federal agencies\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsweek<\/a>: \u201cMatt Gaetz Tweets \u2018Defund The FBI\u2019 Then Deletes It Amid FBI Probe\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Examiner<\/a>: \u201cWhite House says Republicans want to defund law enforcement\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome Republicans, such as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), have called to abolish the FBI and Justice Department altogether.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cGaetz and MTG Are Suddenly in Support of the \u2018Defund\u2019 Movement\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaetz has facedis currently facing numerous investigations over allegations of sexual misconduct, soliciting a minor for sex, and illicit drug use.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cMatt Gaetz Is Said to Face Justice Dept. Inquiry Over Sex With an Underage Girl\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cEthics probe into Matt Gaetz now reviewing allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cGaetz says he will no longer voluntarily cooperate with House Ethics probe\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USA Today<\/a>: \u201cEthics Committee expands Matt Gaetz investigation as it looks into sexual misconduct, drug use allegations\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cHouse Ethics panel subpoenas DOJ for Gaetz records\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cHouse ethics probe of Gaetz seeks information from DOJ and woman who allegedly had sex with congressman as a minor\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cGaetz subpoenaed by woman he allegedly had sex with when she was a minor in defamation suit brought by friend\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cWitness tells House Ethics Committee that Matt Gaetz paid her for sex: Sources\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vanity Fair<\/a>: \u201cGOP Rep. Matt Gaetz Attended Drug-Heavy Sex Party With 17-Year-Old: Legal Docs\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardian<\/a>: \u201cMatt Gaetz scandal deepens as associate admits paying 17-year-old for sex\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaetz is a loyal election denier who voted against certifying the results of the 2020 election and backed a resolution to erase Trump\u2019s role in January 6.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida Politics<\/a>: \u201cA dozen Republican members of Florida\u2019s U.S. House Delegation ultimately voted against certifying President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s Electoral College victory. <\/strong>Nevertheless, the attempt to block the win hours after pro-Donald Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[M]ost of Florida\u2019s Republican Representatives voted no on certifying slates of electors for both Arizona and Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVoting in favor of objections to both slates were … Matt Gaetz …\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cU.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz will hold a press conference at 11:45 a.m. with 25 colleagues on a resolution \u2018reaffirming \u201cPresident Trump did not engage in insurrection or rebellion against the United States.\u201d\u2019 The resolution has 60 cosponsors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Trump called his MAGA minions to provide emotional support while he was on trial, Gaetz <\/strong>said<\/strong><\/a> he was \u201cstanding back and standing by\u201d \u2014 referencing Trump\u2019s infamous call to the Proud Boys, whose leaders later violently attacked the Capitol on January 6.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Independent<\/a>: \u201cMatt Gaetz invokes Trump\u2019s infamous call to Proud Boys at trial: \u2018Stand back and stand by\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBS News<\/a>: \u201c\u2018Stand back and stand by\u2019: Trump declines to condemn white supremacists at debate\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reuters<\/a>: \u201cTrump, asked if he would denounce white supremacists and militia groups during Tuesday night’s U.S. presidential debate, told the right-wing group the Proud Boys to \u2018stand back and stand by.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump to far-right extremists: \u2018Stand back and stand by\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cTrump\u2019s debate callout bolsters far-right Proud Boys\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cProud Boys celebrate Trump\u2019s \u2018stand by\u2019 remark about them at the debate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cAt least 10 men wearing the uniform of the Proud Boys, a violent extremist group, appeared outside the entrance of a [Trump] rally.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NJ.com<\/a>: \u201cSpotted along the boardwalk were a few people wearing T-shirts that read \u2018Proud Boys,\u2019 a right-wing group the Anti-Defamation League has labeled as extremist. Among the crowds gathered at the entrance to the beach awaiting Trump\u2019s arrival were three masked Proud Boys members.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

REMINDER: Trump has repeatedly threatened violence against his political opponents, vowed to go after the \u201cenemy from within,\u201d and pledged to be a dictator on \u201cday one\u201d of his new administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cI think the bigger problem is the enemy from within \u2026 totally destroying our country <\/strong>\u2026 [I]n terms of Election Day, I think the bigger problem are the people from within. We have some very bad people. We have some sick people, radical left lunatics. And I think they\u2019re the big \u2013 and it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by [the] National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military, because they can\u2019t let that happen.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN<\/a>: \u201cMany people have lost American presidential elections over the last 230 years – Trump is the only one to say about violence if he loses \u2018it depends.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Atlantic<\/a>: \u201cTrump Says He\u2019ll Be a Dictator on \u2018Day One\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump declines to rule out abusing power to seek retribution if he returns to the White House\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump calls political enemies \u2018vermin,\u2019 echoing dictators Hitler, Mussolini\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardian<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump says he will lock up his political enemies if he is president again.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cTrump says \u2018war hawk\u2019 Liz Cheney should be fired upon in escalation of violent rhetoric against his opponents\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cSomebody would have to shoot through the fake news. And I don\u2019t mind that<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaetz is a chaos agent who played games with the debt ceiling, wheeling and dealing while the fate of our economy hung in the balance, and plunged the House GOP into disarray.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Semafor<\/a>: \u201cMatt Gaetz embraces role as hostage taker as House leaders brace for debt limit fallout\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Semafor<\/a>: \u201cRepublicans have often bristled at accusations that they are resorting to hostage tactics by refusing to raise the federal debt ceiling without securing spending cuts. But on Tuesday, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz leaned into the charge as he explained to reporters that he and his fellow hardline conservatives would likely reject any sort of compromise deal that watered down the party-line bill Republicans passed through the house.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cThe House GOP Is a Failed State\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Atlantic<\/a>: \u201cMcCarthy\u2019s defeat was the result of a bitter power struggle within the GOP, and especially due to the efforts of Representative Matt Gaetz, a hard-right rebel, who forced the vote. The House is now without a speaker, and more chaos is sure to follow. The GOP still holds the House majority, but it is a deeply riven and dysfunctional party.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaetz is an anti-choice extremist who endorsed Florida\u2019s cruel law that bans abortion before many women even know they\u2019re pregnant and has mocked women for supporting reproductive freedom.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaetz<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m not voting for Amendment 4 [to enshrine a right to abortion in the Florida Constitution]<\/strong> and I encourage all of my congressional colleagues to join me in voicing their opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salon<\/a>: \u201cMatt Gaetz says \u2018women who look like a thumb\u2019 shouldn’t complain about abortion rights\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WESH<\/a>: \u201cFlorida congressman Matt Gaetz stands by calling pro-choice protesters ugly, overweight\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaetz<\/a>: \u201cHow many of the women rallying against overturning Roe<\/em> are over-educated, under-loved millennials who sadly return from protests to a lonely microwave dinner with their cats, and no Bumble matches?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Donald Trump tapping Matt Gaetz as his attorney general, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: \u201cDonald Trump doesn\u2019t care about the rule of law, he only cares about the rule of Trump \u2013 that\u2019s why he\u2019s attempting to elevate an unqualified and unserious loyalist like Matt Gaetz to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1049746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\ud83d\udea8Donald Trump Announces Ultra-MAGA Loyalist Matt Gaetz as AG Pick After Gaetz Called to Defund Federal Law Enforcement - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/\ud83d\udea8donald-trump-announces-ultra-maga-loyalist-matt-gaetz-as-ag-pick-after-gaetz-called-to-defund-federal-law-enforcement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-13T23:31:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-14T17:33:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/%f0%9f%9a%a8donald-trump-announces-ultra-maga-loyalist-matt-gaetz-as-ag-pick-after-gaetz-called-to-defund-federal-law-enforcement\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/%f0%9f%9a%a8donald-trump-announces-ultra-maga-loyalist-matt-gaetz-as-ag-pick-after-gaetz-called-to-defund-federal-law-enforcement\/\",\"name\":\"\ud83d\udea8Donald Trump Announces Ultra-MAGA Loyalist Matt Gaetz as AG Pick After Gaetz Called to Defund Federal Law Enforcement - 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