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 last week of Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Others of the 20 Senate Republicans who backed Garland may follow in criticizing Gaetz as his nomination proceeds.
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,…
