I think this was all a setup, to see heads explode in the Senate and make the rest of the confirmations go smoothly. I believe they’ll pick a guy by the name of Mike Davis, which is who they really wanted. Apparently, he’s a pit-bull just like Gaetz but knows his way around the DOJ better.
I think the plan was always to put Gaetz in Rubio’s Senate seat, where he’ll be a disrupter and a force.
This allows the swamp to think they won something.
Either I’m right about this, or it’s Swamp 1 – Trump-0. This is how all the RINO pundits will frame it, and the Demons will celebrate, not knowing they’ve been played.