John Oliver quipped during his 11th season finale of Last Week Tonight that Matt Gaetz , the Florida Republican nominated by President-elect Donald J. Trump to become the next attorney general despite a House ethics investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct, was voted by his high-school class as “Most likely to not be allowed within 500 feet of here.”
But that’s nothing compared to the real-life animosity Gaetz has inspired among his Republican congressional colleagues, as Oliver noted wryly: “That pick was so extreme even conservatives found themselves at a loss.”
The Last Week Tonight then shared a few Republican reactions to Gaetz’s candidacy, including Former Fox News host Geraldo Rivera, who said on News Nation: “When I heard Matt Gaetz was picked to be attorney general, I threw up in my mouth.”…