# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/122 "2024-11-22T23:12:09Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > One possibility: FWIW, Trump has already named Pam Bondi as his replacement selection. > **[Trump chooses loyalist Pam Bondi for attorney general pick after Matt Gaetz...](https://apnews.com/article/gaetz-trump-fbi-justice-department-248b46ba0c882dd46d661568e8bd3bd7)** > > President-elect Donald Trump has named Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be U.S. attorney general just hours after his other choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew his name. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/123 "2024-11-22T23:17:18Z")
Thanks! (not sure how I missed that news) I think she’s less bad than Gaetz or Davis but she’s still scary. She wants to go after the “deep state” which is just code for people Trump does not like. And scarier since I think she is smarter and more competent than Gaetz. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/124 "2024-11-22T23:35:17Z")
I was thinking it might have been nice if Gaetz hadn’t withdrawn but instead went through the process so we might have had the opportunity to hear all the damaging news about him. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/125 "2024-11-22T23:54:09Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I don’t think her position would be as much of an immediate threat to American democracy. So I think Gaetz would have been more immediately and definitely worse for America because he would be able to directly crack down on perceived enemies. Ummm… She supports Russia. And will have access to freaking everything. Gaetz, would just not prosecute Trump supporters. Who knows how much of that that Trump has already leaked to his buddy Putin. We will never know. Intelligence agencies around the world will be locked up for anything involving the USA. I would recommend that. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/126 "2024-11-22T23:58:24Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > FWIW, Trump has already named Pam Bondi as his replacement selection. Yeah, Bondi was set to investigate Trump University, then got a 25k donation to her campaign. So she looked the other way. Nothing to see here, oh no, not at all. ---
**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 23, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/127 "2024-11-23T12:57:30Z")
TIL that Matt Gaetz is married. To a younger woman, natch. > **[Wait, Matt Gaetz Is Married? And She’s Who?](https://slate.com/life/2024/11/matt-gaetz-wife-withdraws-attorney-general-trump.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us)** > > Ginger has her moment. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/128 "2024-11-23T15:34:58Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I think she’s less bad than Gaetz or Davis but she’s still scary. She wants to go after the “deep state” which is just code for people Trump does not like. No code here: [“Lock her up,’ I love that.”](https://wapo.st/3ZlfsLS) That was 2016, so maybe Bondi has moved on to newer enemies. I have little idea how hard she will push to jail Trump’s enemies. I just know she will go further than Sessions and Barr did. That’s why Trump picked her. Was Trump thinking he’d probably have to fall back to Bondi all along? That would not be chess, just checkers. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/129 "2024-11-23T15:44:26Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I was thinking it might have been nice if Gaetz hadn’t withdrawn but instead went through the process so we might have had the opportunity to hear all the damaging news about him. A nice show for Democrats, yes. This is why Trump withdrew his unconfirmable 2017 nominee, Andrew Puzder: [Andrew Puzder withdraws as a labor secretary nominee](https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/politics/top-senate-republicans-urge-white-house-to-withdraw-puzder-nomination/index.html) > [@](#): > > Puzder’s ex-wife, Lisa Fierstein, levied charges of domestic abuse against him, which she later dropped. She also appeared in disguise on Oprah Winfrey’s TV show to talk about domestic violence in 1990. In advance of Puzder’s scheduled hearing, senators privately reviewed the tape. I predict we’ll see a few more Trump nominations withdrawn. ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/130 "2024-11-23T16:32:04Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Was Trump thinking he’d probably have to fall back to Bondi all along? That would not be chess, just checkers. He has a deep bench of whackos to draw from, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/131 "2024-11-23T16:57:25Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > > [@PhillyGuy](#): > > > > Was Trump thinking he’d probably have to fall back to Bondi all along? That would not be chess, just checkers. > > He has a deep bench of whackos to draw from, sadly. It’s not a workbench. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/132 "2024-11-23T20:08:45Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > TIL that Matt Gaetz is married. To a younger woman, natch. A couple things… He married someone named Ginger Luckey which sounds like the name of a porn star or Bond girl. His wife’s brother Palmer Luckey (seriously, these names seem so fake) founded the Oculus VR company and designed the Oculus Rift. His wife’s younger sister described Gaetz as **extremely** weird and creepy. And he tried to pimp her out to an older guy. > **[Matt Gaetz's future sister-in-law called him 'weird' and 'creepy' and said he...](https://www.businessinsider.com/matt-gaetz-fiancee-sister-roxanne-luckey-calls-weird-creepy-2021-7)** > > Roxanne Luckey, 20, spoke about the politician in a series of TikToks this week. She's the younger sister of Gaetz's fiancée, Ginger Luckey. So yeah, he’s married but rather than that being something to normalize him, it’s just another layer to his weirdness. There’s practically nothing normal about this person. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/133 "2024-11-23T20:39:44Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > TIL that Matt Gaetz is married. To a younger woman, natch. I wonder how Nestor feels about his stepmom. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/134 "2024-11-23T20:53:36Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I suspect Trump grapples with the nuances of Candyland Considering his first term, it’s more like snakes and ladders. Everything looks like it’s going great, and then you hit a snake. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/135 "2024-11-23T21:13:10Z")
This time around, the ladders are made out of snakes. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/136 "2024-11-23T22:16:28Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I think Gaetz withdrawing from the nomination is a good move on his part. If he doesn’t try to regain his seat in the next term, there will probably be a general loss of interest in the Ethics Committee report, giving him the best chance under the circumstances of slinking off into private life. Not sure what the best job for him would be, though… Turns out to be just about what we’d guess: > [@](#): > > Gaetz joined the platform Friday, the same day he announced he would not be sworn in to Congress in January despite his re-election. His fee was initially set at $250 per video, according to Semafor, which first broke the news. By Saturday afternoon, he was charging $525 per video. Success and nothing but! > **[Matt Gaetz is now making personalized videos on Cameo for $525 a pop](https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/matt-gaetz-cameo-attorney-general-trump-rcna181484?icid=latestpost_bot)** > > Gaetz is not the first former high-profile Republican congressman to capitalize on his notoriety on Cameo after a scandal. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/137 "2024-11-23T22:50:29Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > > By Saturday afternoon, he was charging $525 per video. I wonder how many times Jimmy Kimmel has ordered a video? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/138 "2024-11-23T22:56:21Z")
Heh. Depends on how the ‘order George Santos to do stuff’ bits on Kimmel’s show have been doing in the ratings, I suppose. On the other hand, Kimmel might order a Cameo from Gaetz just to screw with him, even if he’s not going to use it on the show. (I think Kimmel is sincere in his opinions of the Kakisto-lican party.) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/139 "2024-11-24T00:46:45Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > TIL that Matt Gaetz is married. To a younger woman, natch. Holy shit…he’s married?! I took a look through his loving wife’s xhit account and I’ve got to say it is obvious how much she loves him. So much that she fat shames the shit out of him. I give you a couple examples below (I’m not making these up). Matt is such a beta cuck! BTW, not sure I’m using that term correctly, but I don’t care. What a maroon! [![](https://i.imgur.com/Vf5T0jA.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/Vf5T0jA.png) [![](https://i.imgur.com/FVf5Lkt.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/FVf5Lkt.png) [![](https://i.imgur.com/HZwYlu1.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/HZwYlu1.png) [![](https://i.imgur.com/6hFg9pu.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/6hFg9pu.png) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/140 "2024-11-24T01:09:58Z")
You have to wonder about parents that name their daughters Ginger and Roxanne. And for Ginger, at least, the name “Luckey” is supremely ironic considering where she ended up. I wonder how she feels about the obvious fact that her husband is so universally reviled. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567/141 "2024-11-24T01:19:05Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I wonder how she feels about the obvious fact that her husband is so universally reviled. Look at what I just posted. I think that “universally reviled” includes Ginger. Could you imagine your spouse posting that degrading sort of stuff? If I did that to my spouse, or she did it to me, I would say our marriage is on the rocks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-withdraws-from-ag-nomination/1010567.md?page=8)