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In recent months, there has been a disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff who participate in the vital work of running our nation's public schools,
It is dangerous to target and intimidate individual employees of this Department solely for doing their jobs,
It makes absolutely clear, in the first paragraph, that spirited debate about policy matters is protected under our Constitution,
Garland told a Senate panel in October 2021 Threats against public servants are not only illegal, they run counter to our nation's core values. Those who dedicate their time and energy to ensuring that our children receive a proper education in a safe environment deserve to be able to do their work without fear for their safety,
Gaetz will root out the systemic corruption at DOJ, and return the department to its true mission of fighting crime, and upholding our democracy and Constitution,
Trump wrote on social media when he announced his pick These choices seem designed to poke the Senate in the eye,
Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice – a liberal advocacy group – told the New York Times Yeah, I’ll go over there and start cuttin’ fuckin’ heads.”
Trump reportedly chose Gaetz, 42, after the congressman – who himself was subject to a two-year DoJ investigation into suspected sex-trafficking that ended without charges – told Trump Matt Gaetz is just simply unqualified … academically, professionally, ethically, morally and experientially,
In other words, the Gaetz nomination might be so outlandish and unbelievable because it is supposed to be,
You had to be a Roman senator at the time to be a consul, and it was intended to show how demeaned and degraded the Roman Senate had become,
he said, deriding Gaetz as the "worst cabinet-level appointment in history." As a sacrificial lamb, Gaetz’s nomination may be very well intended to fail to give the centrist wing of the party cover when political opponents try to accuse them of rubber-stamping all of Trump’s appointments,
While it is important 2 create context around the testimony of liars like Michael Cohen, it was NOT my intent to threaten, as some believe I did,
Gaetz wrote on Twitter, quoting Speaker Nancy Pelosi's implicit rebuke of him I'll give you the truth why I'm not speaker,
McCarthy said in April 2024. Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat,
Gaetz wrote on Twitter in February 2019. The good ones will come from my GOP colleagues to justify a vote for that jerkoff
If Trump wanted to defibrillate the Justice Department, the Matt Gaetz nomination is the 100,000-volt option,
Republicans in the Senate are not going to want to be associated with approving an attorney general without a thorough background check. I just don't think they're going to want to do that,
To the president, I say, ‘No, seriously, who is your pick for attorney general?’
Swalwell said on CNN’s “OutFront” Wednesday Thank you, Donald. We all needed a good laugh this week.”
In a post on X (formerly Twitter) about Gaetz’s nomination, Swalwell said We expect a level of cooperation from the Democrats to work with us to get these folks installed,