Trump names Pam Bondi as his pick for attorney general after Gaetz drops from consideration

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Trump said at the time that he'd "love to have her in the administration.
65% : She is smart and tough, and is an AMERICA FIRST Fighter, who will do a terrific job as Attorney General!"Bondi had been under consideration for the role before Trump tapped the former congressman, a person with knowledge of the deliberations told CNN, and some considered Bondi to be one of the president-elect's favorite lawyers.
61% : "Bondi's name began being circulated almost immediately after Gaetz removed his name from consideration for the role, with one source familiar with conversations saying they began hearing Trump was leaning toward announcing her selection early Thursday afternoon.
54% : Trump made the announcement in a post on social media Thursday evening - the same day that former Rep. Matt Gaetz, whom the president-elect had selected for the role last week, withdrew from consideration.
53% : One person close to Trump called Bondi "a solid choice" and said they "feel much better about her chances.
52% : While Trump has always like Bondi, she also has close ties with others in his orbit, including his incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles and his legal counsel Boris Epshteyn.
49% : "After leaving the Florida attorney general's office, Bondi joined Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with deep ties to Trump and Wiles.
45% : Trump met in person with Bondi at Mar-a-Lago before officially offering her the job, a source familiar told CNN.
41% : Elected as Florida's top prosecutor in the conservative tea party wave, she grew increasingly partisan during her two terms in office, making regular appearances on Fox News and then becoming a top Florida surrogate for Trump during his 2016 campaign.
38% : "Trump first considered Bondi for a post in his administration in 2018 after firing then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, CNN has reported.
36% : She led a failed effort to overturn Obamacare in 2012, and shortly after the deadly shooting at Pulse nightclub in 2016, Bondi defended herself in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper for fighting to preserve Florida's ban on gay marriage.
31% : "For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans - Not anymore," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.
27% : Most recently, Bondi joined a group of pro-Trump lawyers who filed an amicus brief to a federal appeals court in the special counsel's classified documents case against Trump.
18% : Ultimately, Trump called Gaetz Thursday and said that he did not have the votes in the Senate to win confirmation, CNN reported, and the former congressman subsequently said on social media that he would be declining the nomination.

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