Nov. 14: The Gaetz of Hell – by Park MacDougald

On Wednesday afternoon, shortly before The Scroll went out, Donald Trump announced Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz as his pick for attorney general. 

To say the pick was a shock would be an understatement: Our first reaction was to assume that the announcement was literally fake news, like the photoshopped Truth Social post from Wednesday announcing Tucker Carlson as White House Press Secretary. Gaetz is polarizing even among Republicans, which is a polite way of saying widely despised, both for his leading role in the campaign to oust then Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy in 2023 regarded on the Hill as a self-serving stunt that divided and weakened the GOP and for his unsavory character. The conservative pundit Ben Domenech wrote on Thursday morning that Gaetz is a sex trafficking drug addicted piece of shit, which certainly captures the private view of many who may now be wary of stating their views publicly.

via thedailyscroll.substack.com

Well it’s either a ridiculous and bizarre choice of a deeply compromised crazy person or a sophisticated 4D chess move. Or perhaps both, being Trump. I guess we’ll find out.