Donald Trump's nomination of fellow Florida Republican Matt Gaetz for attorney general has caused shock among several of Gaetz's fellow lawmakers.

The president-elect announced his pick to head up the Department of Justice in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, and the bipartisan pushback against the widely disliked representative from Chipley was swift.

On CNN, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) called the nomination a “red alert moment for American Democracy” and conveyed the shock he saw in the upper........

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