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CNN Freaks Out After Trump Announces His Pick for Attorney General

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Liberal contributors on the various news networks reacted with concern after President-elect Donald Trump named former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his pick to replace former Rep. Matt Gaetz as his nominee to become U.S. attorney general.

Political scientist Jason Johnson on Thursday called Bondi a savvy legal operator who can advance Trump’s agenda during an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Beat With Ari Melber.” Johnson also said that Bondi’s expertise in areas like immigration enforcement makes her a “dangerous and effective pick.”

“Pam Bondi is exactly what I was saying in the last segment that we should all fear because she’s competent. We may not agree with her ideologically, but she actually knows how to do this job. So if anyone on the Democratic side or anyone who cared about liberty or justice was thinking, well, maybe Matt Gaetz will screw this up and that’ll give us some time,” Johnson said.

He noted Bondi’s aggressive stance on immigration enforcement and educational policies to indicate how she might perform as U.S. attorney general.

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“She knows what she’s doing about immigration. Remember, Florida is one of those states that’s been very aggressive about migrants and deportation and moving people to different states and everything else like that,” Johnson said before referencing Florida’s laws affecting students on campuses and the manipulation of education funds.

“Florida has enacted all sorts of rules and laws to curtail students and what they can do on campuses and finding legal justifications for manipulating education money. She is a dangerous and effective pick and that’s, frankly, worse than what we would have got with Matt Gaetz, even with the deplorable moral background that he has,” Johnson added.

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CNN conservative contributor Scott Jennings, meanwhile, said on Thursday he believes that Bondi is a fantastic upgrade over Gaetz who, while loyal to Trump, carried a lot of personal and professional baggage and was viewed as not likely to be confirmed by the Senate.

“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,” Jennings said.

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On his Truth Social platform, Trump announced his selection of Bondi:

I am proud to announce former Attorney General of the Great State of Florida, Pam Bondi, as our next Attorney General of the United States. Pam was a prosecutor for nearly 20 years, where she was very tough on Violent Criminals, and made the streets safe for Florida Families. Then, as Florida’s first female Attorney General, she worked to stop the trafficking of deadly drugs, and reduce the tragedy of Fentanyl Overdose Deaths, which have destroyed many families across our Country. She did such an incredible job, that I asked her to serve on our Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission during my first Term — We saved many lives!

For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans – Not anymore. Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again. I have known Pam for many years — She is smart and tough, and is an AMERICA FIRST Fighter, who will do a terrific job as Attorney General!

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