Why Matt Gaetz is by far the most Important Trump Cabinet Appointment
The country came dangerously close to the brink of having the nation losing confidence in the rule of law and our Democracy over the last 4 years. The incompetent and corrupt Biden administration has indicted now President-elect Trump, prosecuted his political allies and advisors such as Steve Bannon, and also targeted conservatives across the country, including pro-life individuals and even parents protesting at school board meetings. There is no more important action that Trump can take when he appoints his cabinet then to make sure that he chooses the right candidate to replace disgraced current Attorney General Merrick Garland and to focus on cleaning up the Justice Department.
The President-elect should make getting Matt Gaetz appointed Attorney General his top early priority as he engages the Senate to try to get his picks in positions of power. Matt Gaetz’s qualifications for the position of Attorney General are solid. He is a lawyer who has proven his intellectual abilities and knowledge of the Justice Department as well as the judiciary in general as a Congressman. Gaetz served for nearly 7 years in Congress before recently resigning his position after Trump nominated him to be the country’s next Attorney General.
Gaetz is a strong leader who has not been corrupted by the inner workings of the Washington D.C. Bureaucracy. He was himself subject to an investigation by Merrick Garland’s corrupt Justice Department, and neither the Biden administration or the House ethics committee found any legal basis to bring charges against the former Congressmen. Gaetz is a disruptor, and Trump was elected to reform, not fit in with Washington. The former Congressman also focused his last several years in Congress investigating corruption at the FBI and Justice Department, he knows how to reform these institutions. The President-elect achieved a landslide victory in the electoral college and he also took the popular vote as well. Trump has a mandate for his policy agenda, and cleaning up the broken Justice Department and corrupt FBI are two of the most important actions he can take.
The weak arguments that the left is trying to use to disqualify Gaetz from serving as the country’s top law enforcement official are stale and old. It is well known that Gaetz was not a choir boy when he was in college and in his twenties, and he occasionally paid for sex when he was much younger. Gaetz has never been convicted of any crime despite having been investigated by Congress and the FBI. The former Florida congressman is older than Robert Kennedy was when he became attorney general, RFK was just 35 when he assumed the post. The claim that Gaetz would not be independent of Trump is a disingenuous argument by Democrats as well, since these same individuals had no issue with Obama describing Eric Holder as his wingman. The left had no issue with JFK picking his brother to run the Justice Department either, and Democrats even celebrate RFK’s tenure as attorney general to this day. The real reason Democrats and even some Republicans dislike Gaetz is because he’s not part of the corrupt establishment, he’s completely independent.
The predictable Republican Senators who came out against Gaetz’s appointment, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, do not represent the party or the voters nationwide, both are from very small states. Murkowski also voted along with Mitt Romney to impeach Trump, she is completely out of touch with the current Republican party. While some Senators such as Mitch McConnell, who only won in 2020 because of Trump’s base, may oppose Gaetz’s nomination as well, the Senator from Kentucky is now 83 and not likely to run for reelection in in 2026. McConnell’s home state of Kentucky also strongly supports Trump and his MAGA agenda. The fact remains that there is no one in the Senate who is remotely as popular or respected in the Republican party as Trump, and with Romney set to leave D.C. after choosing to not run for reelection the President-Elect should be able to get the votes he needs to confirm Gaetz to this critical cabinet role.
The same pathetic reasons why Democrats and even some establishment Republicans oppose Matt Gaetz’s nomination to be the next Attorney General of the United States are why getting the former Florida Congressmen into this critically important post should be Trump’s top early priority. The President-elect needs strong allies who will implement the desperately needed reforms he was elected to enact, and the corruption at the Justice Department and lack of public confidence in the rule of law are two of the most important challenges that Trump will take on in his second term. Getting Matt Gaetz appointed should set the tone for what should be an even more successful second Trump term and should also send a message to Republicans not onboard with the President Elect’s agenda that he will not compromise on key issues.
