# Matt Gaetz withdraws from AG nomination **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 21, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567 "2024-11-21T17:32:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/1 "2024-11-21T17:32:11Z")
Breaking - I haven’t seen this anywhere else yet > **[Trump AG pick Matt Gaetz says he's withdrawing](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/21/trump-ag-pick-matt-gaetz-says-hes-withdrawing.html)** > > Matt Gaetz said Thursday he is withdrawing his name form consideration as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. attorney general. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/2 "2024-11-21T17:33:46Z")
Sounds like good news to me. Sounds like they (the Senators) didn’t want to confirm him. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/3 "2024-11-21T17:34:43Z")
Guilty af. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/4 "2024-11-21T17:34:44Z")
And I’m guessing he realized that the longer he was under consideration, the more evidence from the Ethics Committee investigation would come out. ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/5 "2024-11-21T17:35:14Z")
Yep. Wonder what happens now with his congressional seat. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/6 "2024-11-21T17:36:08Z")
Holy crap! First good news in awhile. REMOVED HIJACK But anyway GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE GAETZ ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/7 "2024-11-21T17:36:08Z")
His highness must not be happy. It makes him look foolish for nominating him. Someone will have to pay. ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/8 "2024-11-21T17:36:24Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > And I’m guessing he realized that the longer he was under consideration, the more evidence from the Ethics Committee investigation would come out. They definitely need to leak that shit now. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/9 "2024-11-21T17:36:42Z")
![](https://i.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExc2dlODV1ODFjcTJrajA2Z2FyN3Q5anhhOWM5cG45bm1xa29yZWZ4biZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/3orieLHXgpfkKO9Iju/giphy.gif) Fuck that guy. (ETA: Unless you’re under 18 years old, in which case definitely don’t do that.) ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/10 "2024-11-21T17:38:10Z")
Thank God. The senators he spoke to must have told him there was no way he would be confirmed. What’s even better is that this means the attention can now be squarely focused on Trump’ s equally odious choices for his cabinet: namely Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, and RFK Jr. Unless of course Trump nominates someone even worse than Gaetz for AG, like Rudy Giuliani. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/11 "2024-11-21T17:38:41Z")
Well, that was fast. He didn’t even last a full Scaramucci. It’ll be interesting to see if he’s going to try to get his old job back. I imagine the ethics committee still has their report on file. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/12 "2024-11-21T17:40:52Z")
It is not good news until the replacement is named. And it might be that he was originally picked to make the _real_ pick look good in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/13 "2024-11-21T17:41:52Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It is not good news until the replacement is named. And it might be that he was originally picked to make the _real_ pick look good in comparison. I hear Rudy Giuliani is looking for work… ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/14 "2024-11-21T17:42:13Z")
He was re-elected for the next term. I don’t know what either the House rules or Florida’s rules are on this situation. I can’t remember ever coming up before. I can imagine him saying that he will serve his new term and dare Mike Johnson to do anything about it, even if the Ethics Committee report comes out. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/15 "2024-11-21T17:44:34Z")
This was paywalled. How will I know how the story ends?! ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/16 "2024-11-21T17:45:12Z")
This is excellent news. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/17 "2024-11-21T17:46:09Z")
> **Summary** > > > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > > > Police find shoe thief at a kindergarten is actually a weasel > > _Police find shoe_ 🥱 > _Police find shoe thief_ 🫡 > _Police find shoe thief at a kindergarten_ 😬 > _Police find shoe thief at a kindergarten is actually a weasel_ 🤯 ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/18 "2024-11-21T17:46:33Z")
> **Summary** > > > [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > > > This was paywalled. How will I know how the story ends?! > > “We were very relieved to find out it was just an animal,” kindergarten director Yoshihide Saito said in a phone interview. “If it had been someone sketchy, we kept thinking, ‘would they escalate further?’” Gosho Kodomo-en kindergarten had asked police to patrol the school grounds after detectives were unable to locate any footprints or evidence from the first heist. > > “None of us were expecting this to turn into such a big media story,” he said. “The kids love the weasel. They think it’s so cute when we show them the video.” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/19 "2024-11-21T17:46:43Z")
**Moderating:** Please, no comments about articles being paywalled. If you care that much, PM the poster that posted it. We’re tired of seeing these posts. > [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Police find shoe 🥱 > Police find shoe thief 🫡 > Police find shoe thief at a kindergarten 😬 > Police find shoe thief at a kindergarten is actually a weasel 🤯 This is really off-topic. I’ll hide it. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/20 "2024-11-21T17:46:51Z")
I would like there to be T-shirts. To wit: # TOO DOUCHY [![](https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/2526183/matt-gaetz-breaks-silence-senate-confirmation-ag.jpg?w=1200&f=29650ec02692d5ad62c3591c3dac298a) ](https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/2526183/matt-gaetz-breaks-silence-senate-confirmation-ag.jpg?w=1200&f=29650ec02692d5ad62c3591c3dac298a) # FOR TRUMP! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567.md?page=2)