GOP strategist highlights 'real problem' for polarizing Trump pick

Matt Gaetz has a knack for making enemies, according to a Republican strategist, and while that trait helped him rake in campaign donations, it'll likely cause him problems in his fight to be confirmed as attorney general.

Donald Trump tapped the Florida Republican to lead the Justice Department that had investigated sex trafficking allegations against him, and while that case was dropped last year, the House Ethics Committee conducted its own probe and was set to issue a report on its findings until Gaetz resigned immediately after his nomination.

"If you were trying to confirm Matt Gaetz in the House, it would be a unanimous vote because they'd be glad to get rid of him," GOP strategist Brad Todd told CNN. "But I think the Senate vote, it might be easier to confirm a bellhop from Trump Tower than Matt Gaetz. I think it's that tough, and you know, this is of his own making, right? He polarizes people on purpose, and he polarizes his colleagues on purpose, and he trashes the institution on purpose, and it's helped him out with his fundraising back home and in his own race, but it's going to be a real problem here."

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Vice president-elect J.D. Vance will escort the former congressman to meetings on Capitol Hill with key senators in hopes of smoothing his path to confirmation, but Todd thinks the opposition to his nomination might be too steep to overcome.

"I think if he actually gets a hearing, which I'm skeptical of, he'd probably perform pretty well," Todd said. "He's a he's kind of a rock star on the House side in hearings at grilling witnesses. But I think these one-on-one meetings with senators, they're going to give him the courtesy of explaining things, and then they're going to politely suggest the president pull the nomination."

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