MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace: Looming Matt Gaetz fight is meant to 'humiliate' the Senate GOP
A battle is looming over Donald Trump's Cabinet picks and MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace thinks that the overarching goal is to "humiliate" Republican senators.
Speaking to former Republican strategist Tim Miller, Wallace said she thinks former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) "will be the attorney general" even if the House Ethics Committee report proves damaging.
"The point is to humiliate the Senate Republicans. The point is to have them vote for someone —" Wallace cut herself off to point to Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), who told "Meet the Press" over the weekend that he believes the report should be released.
Mullin has a well-documented history of clashing with Gaetz.
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Gaetz isn't very popular after shoving out Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and embracing the GOP in-fighting. On the Senate side, Wallace pointed out that Gaetz has similarly attacked his fellow GOP members.
On Mullin, Gaetz called the Oklahoman "a disgrace to the Republican Party." He mocked Senator-elect John Curtis (R-UT) as "Mitt Romney without good hair." He attacked Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as "dangerous" and cheered on his retirement from being the new Majority Leader. Gaetz suggested Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) was a liar.
"The point is, Trump's point is to make fools out of the Senate Republicans, and I actually think strategically, they should get the report out, so that there's nothing to come out later to make them look more foolish. He will get this job, as Ali [Vitali] said, because Trump wants him to," concluded Wallace.
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