Republicans win control of the House, giving President-elect Donald Trump a clear pathway to implement his policy agenda. NBC News Correspondents Julie Tsirkin, Ken Dilanian, Courtney Kube, Garrett Haake and the New York Times' Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker join Meet the Press NOW moments after Trump picks Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump stunned Senate Republicans by announcing Wednesday that he will nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., to be U.S. attorney general. Gaetz, a Trump loyalist known for being a rabble-rouser in Congress, will need a majority of the Senate to be confirmed as the nation’s top law enforcement officer. Republicans will have a majority of 52 or 53 seats beginning on Jan. 3, depending on the outcome of the Pennsylvania Senate race.
But some GOP senators sounded open to the possibility of Gaetz. “The president gets to pick his nominees,” said Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., without saying how he would vote. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., didn’t directly comment on Gaetz, but said he looks “forward to getting President Trump’s nominees after we hear their plans for the departments.
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