The late-night host was unconvinced by the billionaire’s take on why Gaetz would make a good attorney general.
’s embattled bid for attorney general—despite the ongoing backlash to his candidacy due to a host of misconduct allegations that have swirled around the Florida Republican for years.on X: “Matt Gaetz has 3 critical assets that are needed for the AG role: a big brain, a spine of steel and an axe to grind.
Meyers also laid into Democrats for not pushing back against Trump’s cabinet picks as hard as they could. “Musk and the other billionaires want to use government as a tool to crush their enemies, and they want tobe outraged about this. I’m sure we can rely on them to mount an effective and energetic opposition to the conquest of our government by billionaires."Meyers responded: “Democrats, you can’t say you want to win back the working class but also fanboy out over the richest man alive taking a hatchet to government programs the working class depends on. You’re supposed to be the opposition.
Meyers concluded, “This is the exact kind of corruption and inequality people are mad about. Democrats need to counter it, not go along with it.”
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