Trumpled (Alternative Leading)

[Mav]

As LP says, we'll have to wait to see who Trump nominates as the new FBI Director and whether the Republicans in the Senate will confirm that nomination.

There are some absolute clowns that Trump could nominate: Sheriff Clarke, Rudy Giuliani and Chris Christie. Christie has been embroiled in Bridgegate over shutting down a bridge as political retribution against a mayor who didn't endorse Christie in his reelection campaign.  He became a lapdog for Trump during his campaign and served as the butt of jokes over his weight. Rudy Giuliani might have been a qualified candidate given his previous life as a mob-busting prosecutor but he presented himself as an unhinged extremist as a Trump surrogate.  Sheriff Clarke is an absolute nutcase.  Nominating him would be like appointing a climate denier and EPA opponent as head of the EPA, which Trump has already done.

Then the issue would be whether Mitch McConnell will kill the requirement for a 60% vote to confirm a nominee.  He threatened to do this in order to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court although this ultimately wasn't necessary.  Will he kill the 60% rule and bully the Republicans to vote to confirm en bloc?  There's little doubt they won't be able to count on any Democrat Senators to vote in favour of any Trump stooge.