Matt Gaetz is trying to 'make nice' to redo his image with his colleagues to secure the A.G. position. That may be quite difficult to achieve as he has “earned a reputation in Congress as an acid-tongued, anti-establishment knife fighter who didn’t come to Washington to make friends,” He is trying to convince lawmakers “that he has the temperament” to lead the DoJ and not to believe the allegations of sexual misconduct against him involving a minor.
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