November 13, 2024 02:25 PM UTC

Not "The Onion": Trump Taps Matt Gaetz for Attorney General

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• by: Colorado Pols

If you’ve been following the news as President-elect Donald Trump announces decisions on key appointments for his administration, your jaw has likely dropped on more than one occasion.

Puppy killer Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security? Yikes!

Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State? WTF?

Fox News talking muppet Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary? “Who the f*** is this guy?” (actual quote)

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, an accused Russian asset, as Director of National Intelligence? Surely you jest.

But perhaps no appointment thus far is as bonkers as this one: Congressman Matt “Giggity” Gaetz as Attorney Fucking General.

From The Guardian:

The shock appointment aims to fill a post that had been eagerly awaited as Trump and his allies pick names for a raft of top jobs to serve under the victor of November’s US presidential election.

The post of attorney general is a powerful one and comes after a campaign in which Trump has railed – without any credible evidence – against Joe Biden’s Department of Justice as having been used against him to pursue political prosecutions.

It also comes after Trump himself has repeatedly said he may use the department to pursue his own political enemies, including Biden and his family members.

Matt Gaetz was, until recently, a target of a Department of Justice investigation into sex trafficking allegations and is still being investigated for the same charges by a House Ethics Committee. Now he’s going to be IN CHARGE of the Department of Justice? Gaetz isn’t even a seasoned lawyer; he only worked in private practice for about three years before running for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives.

What’s next? Barron Trump as Commerce Secretary? Gaetz’s buddy, Rep. Lauren Boebert, as Secretary of the Interior?

The next Trump administration is shaping up to be absolutely bananas — far more ridiculous than anyone could have possibly imagined.