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Republicans Who Voted for Merrick Garland as AG Complain About Matt Gaetz, Trump’s Choice  

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Some of the 20 Senate Republicans who voted to confirm President Joe Biden’s pick of Merrick Garland for attorney general already are shaking their heads at President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee as the nation’s top law enforcer.

Several of those GOP senators have spoken out against Trump’s choice of Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Others of the 20 Senate Republicans who backed Garland are sure to follow in bashing Gaetz.

Gaetz, a Republican, represented a Florida district in the U.S. House for over seven years before resigning Wednesday shortly after being tapped publicly by Trump to lead the Justice Department.

The 20 Republican senators who voted in 2021 to confirm Garland as attorney general are, in alphabetical order, Roy Blunt of Missouri, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, John Cornyn of Texas, Joni Ernst of Iowa, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Lisa Murkowski of Arkansas, Rob Portman of Ohio, Mitt Romney of Utah, Mike Rounds of South Dakota, John Thune of South Dakota, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina.

Some of these Republican senators have expressed discontent and uncertainty with Trump’s choice of Gaetz for attorney general, although they voted less than four years ago to confirm Garland to fill the same role for Biden, a staunch Democrat.

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