re: Who would be 47s Attorney General

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Ted Cruz

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I would love Mike Davis or Ken Paxton but getting these guys past senate confirmation may be too difficult of a lift. If I were Trump I would approach it this way: nominate Ken Paxton knowing full well the media and senate will go all out against Paxton. After a long fight have Paxton withdraw his name from consideration.

The purpose of this is to soften up the senate and the media for the next nomination then nominate Mike Davis. If the media and the senate are weak enough by this point and the senate relents and nominates Mike Davis, then great. However if the senate and the media are still strong in opposition to Mike Davis allow the fight to ensue and while the fight is being conducted nominate Kash Patel as a temporary AG (for 6 months) and the media and the senate heads will explode.

If the senate and media does not relent at this point negotiate to nominate Ted Cruz. At this point the media and the senate will be soft enough to secure Cruz' nomination.