Good. Some people enthusiastically voted for Trump, but others, whose votes put him over the top, did so reluctantly, hoping that the other branches of government would be guard rails. Polymarket indicated a few days ago that Gaetz had only about a 20% chance of being confirmed by the Senate.
Article title: Trump AG pick Matt Gaetz says he's withdrawing
Previously small discussion (8 points, 6 hour ago, 5 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42206682
Good. Some people enthusiastically voted for Trump, but others, whose votes put him over the top, did so reluctantly, hoping that the other branches of government would be guard rails. Polymarket indicated a few days ago that Gaetz had only about a 20% chance of being confirmed by the Senate.
> hoping that the other branches of government would be guard rails
So you’re saying he got elected by short-sighted idiots with no clue what they were setting loose?
but the guard rails... worked?