MSNBC guest in a flummox over Trump's attorney general pick Pam Bondi: 'She's actually competent!'

An MSNBC impermanent expressed panic astatine Donald Trump's lawyer wide prime Sam Bondi due to the fact that she is 'competent.'

Liberal commentator Jason Johnson made the comments during an quality connected the web connected Thursday soon aft Bondi was announced arsenic Trump's AG pick pursuing Matt Gaet'z bowing retired of the information process.

'Pam Bondi is precisely what we should each fearfulness due to the fact that she's competent,' Johnson explained.

'Pam Bondi knows what she's doing. She knows what she's doing astir migration - remember, Florida is 1 of those states that's been precise assertive astir migrants and deportations and moving radical to antithetic states...

'She is simply a unsafe and effectual pick, and that's frankly worse than what we would person got with Matt Gaetz - adjacent with the deplorable motivation inheritance that helium has.'

Trump moved rapidly to find a caller campaigner for lawyer wide connected Thursday, announcing the erstwhile Florida AG Pam Bondi arsenic his prime to caput the nation's ineligible system.

Matt Gaetz withdrew his sanction from information earlier successful the time erstwhile it became wide that a lingering ungraded meant helium did not person the votes to beryllium confirmed successful the Senate.

'Pam was a authoritative for astir 20 years, wherever she was precise pugnacious connected convulsive criminals, and made the streets harmless for Florida Families,' Trump posted connected Truth Social arsenic helium made the announcement.

'Then, arsenic Florida's archetypal pistillate lawyer general, she worked to halt the trafficking of deadly drugs, and trim the calamity of fentanyl overdose deaths, which person destroyed galore families crossed our country.'

Trump has made wide that helium wants a disruptor successful the role, idiosyncratic who volition overhaul the Department of Justice and assistance propulsion done his docket from time one.

That should person been Gaetz, a combative congressman from Florida. But helium withdrew aft 8 turbulent days successful the spotlight.

He had been investigated by the Department of Justice making him a daze prime to pb it. And a drip, drip, drip of headlines astir a enactment ungraded showed nary motion of letting up.

'While the momentum was strong, it is wide that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the captious enactment of the Trump/Vance Transition,' helium said successful announcing his withdrawal, a time aft gathering with senators successful an effort to triumph them over.

The hasty withdrawal by Gaetz and speedy pivot to Bondi were the latest examples of Trump’s tumultuous decision-making arsenic helium rushes retired nominations — immoderate of questionable quality and credentials — astatine a breakneck gait without the authorities vetting that is emblematic of statesmanlike transitions. 

It’s an omen that contempt moving his astir organized run for the White House this year, his instrumentality to the Oval Office mightiness diagnostic the aforesaid benignant of play that permeated his archetypal term. 

Trump’s lad Donald Trump Jr. told Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures that the modulation squad had backups successful caput for his arguable nominees should they neglect to get confirmed.

Still, adjacent successful Trump’s world, things moved fast. Trump had been seeking to capitalize connected his decisive predetermination triumph to unit Senate Republicans to judge provocative selections similar Gaetz. The determination could heighten scrutiny connected different arguable Trump nominees, including Pentagon prime Pete Hegseth, who faces intersexual battle allegations that helium denies.

Trump, successful a societal media post, said: 'I greatly admit the caller efforts of Matt Gaetz successful seeking support to beryllium Attorney General. 

'He was doing precise good but, astatine the aforesaid time, did not privation to beryllium a distraction for the Administration, for which helium has overmuch respect. Matt has a fantastic future, and I look guardant to watching each of the large things helium volition do!'