Bonchie on why Gaetz could not be Recess Appointed -further links in Description

Good explanation from Bonchie. Never liked that guy TBH but these paragraphs are a good breakdown.
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/11/21/matt-gaetz-withdrawing-his-ag-nomination-may-just-work-out-for-the-best-n2182293
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/how-trump-could-bypass-senate-install-his-cabinet-picks-2024-11-18/
https://web.archive.org/web/20241120042101/https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/trump-promises-to-use-recess-appointments-if-needed-but-what-are-they-5762526
Trump couldn't recess-appoint, even though Thune agreed to do it, because Thune could just pretend he couldn't whip the votes and then it wouldn't go to recess, just like it didn't with McConnell. Congress voted against Gaetz, so they'd also vote against going to recess to appt him. That's what he and Trump talked about in the phone call. JMO but I think they'd have to have known this before nominating. Mike Benz says they weren't even close, NINE voted against, so they had to have known. But if they didn't know who all the RINOs were, they do now.
Confirming Gaetz may have been a different picture with Rick Scott but I doubt it. If Trump could move the RINOs with Scott as Majority Leader, then he could've moved them to vote for Scott. So Thune saying he'd recess-appoint was a hollow gesture and he had an easy out. It seems the good men in our govt are surrounded by the enemy. I interpret it that Thune may whip the votes needed to recess but it depends on the circumstances, there is some give and take and that he'd never do it for Gaetz, and RFK will be a hard sell.

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Later they wiped the whole section, years and years of reader-submitted essays. RS is a DS site that was founded by No Name's son-in-law with Republicuck Erick Erickson. I was warned they're DS before I started but they were the only show in town if you wanted other people to see what you wrote. Some of their writers are good, yes. Streiff used to be my favorite and Bill Shipley, and there were others who were ok-to-good.

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