Bipartisan CNN panel takes 'sigh of relief' after 'horrific' AG nominee Gaetz withdrawal

A bipartisan CNN panel praised Donald Trump's new attorney general nominee, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, over ex-Rep. Matt Gaetzs (R-FL), who withdrew his name from consideration Thursday.

“This is a massive upgrade,” GOP consultant Scott Jennings told CNN host Erin Burnett. “I’ve talked to a couple people up on the Hill already, there's a sigh of relief that now we have somebody here – two-term AG, strong record on drug enforcement and opioid issues, a total hawk on immigration, politically supportive of Trump, obviously, I don't know a Republican in the country who doesn't love Pam Bondi."

He continued, "So, I think this is a great move by Trump to be pragmatic and tell Gaetz to get out, and a really good move to go with Bondi. This is not a shaky limb, this is a sturdy branch he's going with for AG here."

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Former President Barack Obama adviser David Axelrod, who was also a panelist, slammed Gaetz: "He clearly was going to crash and burn, and he shouldn't have been there in the first place. It was a horrific choice," the ex-Obama staffer said.

Journalist Lourdes "Lulu" Garcia-Navarro added, “She's telegenic, she defends him, she worked on his impeachment trial. She was then at America First Policy Institute overseeing their legal operation there, something that's very aligned to Trump. She’s had a very long relationship with him."

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