GOP lawmaker pours cold water on 'unqualified' Matt Gaetz's appointment hopes

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) repeated his attack on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as a "charlatan" while pouring cold water on the Florida Republican's chances of becoming Donald Trump's next attorney general.

Speaking with co-host Willie Geist, Lawler was asked, "Do you think he [Gaetz] has the qualifications and the character to be the attorney general of the United States?"

"Willie, how about those Georgia Bulldogs?" the smiling Lawler deflected.

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"I'm a Vandy guy, I can't help you there," Geist parried. "What about Matt Gaetz?"

"I've been clear about my thoughts on Matt Gaetz. I stand by everything I said about him," he replied. "Fundamentally, obviously, the president has the right to nominate who he sees fit to serve in his cabinet, but that's why we have a Senate confirmation process. And Matt is going to have to answer a lot of questions about the allegations that have been leveled against him, including obviously the allegations he had sex with underage women, and paid for it."

Adding, "I think it is certainly fair game and needs to be addressed by him directly through any Senate confirmation process," he later stated, "I think Matt is going to have a challenge when he has to actually address the allegations that have been leveled against him."

Pressed by the host, "Do you believe he's qualified and has the character to be attorney general?" he bluntly stated "No."

"I think obviously I think we have seen within the Department of Justice a weaponization. I do believe that the American people sent a very clear message on election day that they want government to work, and so you need somebody of the highest ethical standard there," he elaborated. "And that's why the Senate will go through the process it will go through, and ultimately I'm sure there will be a nominee confirmed that will do the job and do it well and clean up the mess at the Department of Justice."

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