WSJ: GOP Senators See Gaetz Nomination As Doomed

The Wall Street Journal reports:

Senate Republicans warned that attorney general pick Matt Gaetz would struggle to win the support needed for confirmation and said the close ally of President-elect Donald Trump would face intense scrutiny over sexual-misconduct allegations if he continued to seek the post.

Trump can afford to lose the support of no more than three GOP senators on his most contentious picks, assuming all Democrats are opposed, in a chamber that will be split 53-47 in the new Congress.

One person familiar with the conversations among Republican senators said “significantly more than four” of them are opposed. “People are pissed,” the person said. Other estimates ranged from more than a dozen Republican “no” votes to more than 30. “It won’t even be close,” another person said.

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