Gaetz withdrawal as attorney general pick shows GOP can still say no to Trump. What's next?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : ""Even though the Republicans want to be loyal to Trump," Shrum said, "you can push them too far.
42% : "They may reject one, but Trump knew that if he flooded the zone with deplorables, the Republican Senate would end up confirming most of them," Ornstein said.
37% : "This does not mean that the Senate Republicans will now give the appropriate scrutiny and judgment to other ethically challenged or utterly unqualified nominees," he said -- before naming several of Trump's recent Cabinet picks, including Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and military veteran who Trump has nominated for Defense secretary and who is facing fresh questions about a 2017 allegation of sexual assault.
27% : "By withdrawing, Gaetz may clear an easier path for whomever Trump nominates next, given that many senators are wary of bucking the president-elect, who has threatened retaliation in his second term while some allies have warned of primary challenges for even the slightest sign of disloyalty.
26% : Heading into a second White House term with both chambers of Congress in his party's control, Trump nonetheless had to acknowledge defeat on Gaetz after Senate Republicans balked at the embattled MAGA firebrand becoming the nation's top law enforcement official.
24% : But such a stand should hardly be viewed as an indicator of more robust pushback against Trump in the future, he said.
18% : But clearly with Gaetz, Trump was given a clear -- if "back channel" -- message that the nomination was "not going to work.
11% : "Some also suggested it should not prevent the release of the House ethics report about Gaetz -- the same argument they made after Gaetz's decision to resign from the House following Trump's nominating him last week.

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