Republican strategist Karl Rove said President-elect Trump will pay the price for the “chaos” he has caused with his controversial Cabinet picks.
in wednesday editorial Rove said in the Wall Street Journal that Trump's nominations began “very quickly and very promisingly” with Susie Wiles, the first female White House chief of staff.
As other nominees were announced over the next few days, Loeb said that although he had “questions” about the choice of former Fox & Friends Weekend personality Pete Hegseth, he was nominated overall. claimed to feel “purposeful, focused, and energetic.”
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That was until President Trump announced his choice of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for attorney general, a choice Rove called a “catastrophically bad pick.”
Gaetz's nomination has been controversial on Capitol Hill, where he has been accused of sexual misconduct and whose members have called on the House Ethics Committee to release a report on the allegations. Gaetz announced Thursday that he was declining the nomination.
Mr. Rove criticized Mr. Gaetz's lack of legislative history and his rebellion against former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) last year, among other sex and drug scandals investigated by House committees.
Before Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration, Senate Republicans faced a big question: whether to support or oppose Trump's choice. Rove noted that Gaetz's confirmation hearing “is not the only circus act in town,” and that former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, whom President Trump nominated for director of national intelligence, and Hegseth named.
Mr. Rove argued that these nominations deprived Mr. Trump of influence on serious candidates and policy ideas.
“With inadequate vetting, impatience, disregard for qualifications, and a thirst for revenge, Mr. Trump has sown chaos and controversy even before he took office,” Loeb wrote. “The cost of all this is we'll lose the opportunity to strengthen public support for the next president. But at least it'll be great television.”
