"Testing his strength": Trump's Gaetz pick forces Republicans to choose power or ethics

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Trump, narrowly winning the popular vote for the first time, insists he has a mandate to do as he pleases and is daring his own party to object.
51% : Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., resigned last week after Trump nominated him to serve as attorney general.
42% : "Look, Matt Gaetz is a colleague of mine," the Louisiana Republican said on "Fox News Sunday," appearing after he was photographed alongside Trump and his inner circle over the weekend.
31% : Although the legal theory is untested, the argument is that Johnson could call for Congress to be adjourned; if the Senate fails to go along, Trump could then intervene and essentially force the legislative branch to go on vacation, allowing him to fill his cabinet while lawmakers are off in Cancun.
22% : "Trump is dead serious about making him attorney general," as Politico notes; it is not a feint, meant to precede a more palatable nominee just as committed to using the Justice Department to harass the president's enemies.
11% : Johnson has shown no signs he will thwart Trump in any way, the conservative Christian instead deploying his moral authority to defend an alleged sexual predator.

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