Michael Steele called out GOP senators for 'privately' saying they won't vote for Gaetz, calling them 'wusses' who won't actually go against Trump.
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele dismissed reporting that a majority of Republican senators privately oppose former Representative Matt Gaetz's nomination for U.S. attorney general, saying 'they're wusses' who won't publicly vote against him.On Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump tapped Gaetz, a Florida Republican, for U.S. attorney general, causing a stir among some Republicans. That same day, Gaetz resigned from Congress.
privately,' Steele mockingly said before asking, 'Is this the same 'private' folks who told us that January 6th thatthe president of the United States was about to be impeached for it—because everybody went to the Senate floor, and they said privately that is what's going to happen?'His comments are in reference to Trump's impeachment trial regarding incitement of an insurrection following the January 6, 2021, U.S.
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