Florida’s first female attorney general to succeed Gaetz

Just hours after Matt Gaetz withdrew his nomination for attorney general, Donald Trump discovered that acceptable face of the MAGA movement to replace it.

Pam Bondi, Florida’s former attorney general, served as the Sunshine State’s top lawyer for eight years and has maintained a long-standing relationship with the president-elect since leaving office.

The former prosecutor is a strong supporter of Israel and has called for a crackdown on pro-Hamas demonstrations that erupted on college campuses last year.

“What really bothers me the most is that these students are at our country’s universities, whether they’re here as Americans or on student visas, and they’re saying, ‘I support Hamas.’ ‘” she told Newsmax.

“Frankly, they need to be taken out of our country or the FBI should question them immediately.”

Ms Bondi previously called Israel “our greatest ally in the world” in an interview with Fox News, and her support was welcomed by Jewish lawmakers.

Robert Wexler, a former representative of the Florida Democratic Party, told Jewish Insider: “When it comes to the interests of the Jewish community and having an attorney general who will fight to protect the Jewish community, we could not do better than Pam Bondi. »

As attorney general, she opposed same-sex marriage, but to no avail. tried to repeal Obamacarewhich guarantees Americans health insurance.

Ms. Bondi appears to be far more qualified than Mr. Gaetz, who practiced law for only a couple of years before entering politics.