Paul Mirengoff on Trump’s Nominees (Including Matt Gaetz)
I’ve been reading and much enjoying Paul Mirengoff & Bill Otis’s Ringside at the Reckoning. I don’t always agree with them, and I think that politically they tend to be more conservative than I am. But I’ve generally found them to be blunt, level-headed, and thoughtful, and they generally strike me as astute observers of American politics. (Paul Mirengoff was a cofounder of the conservative Power Line blog, which has been following American politics for 20 years.)
I thought I’d pass along Mirengoff’s most recent post, Trump’s picks: The good, the questionable, and the crazy. As you can tell from the title, he praises some (Marco Rubio for Secretary of State, John Ratcliffe for CIA Director), expresses doubt about others (including criticizing Kristi Noem for Homeland Security as not being conservative enough), and sharply criticizes others, including Matt Gaetz for Attorney General. Since the AG position is of especial interest to me as a lawyer and someone who writes mostly about law, I thought I’d pass along Mirengoff’s thoughts:
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