U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) praised President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General during the confirmation hearing Wednesday.
Trump’s nominee Pam Bondi spoke and answered questions in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee about how she would lead the Justice Department in the new administration.
This was Britt’s first hearing as a part of the Judiciary Committee after being newly appointed to the committee.
Britt told Bondi that she is “immensely qualified” for the role.
“I think it is absolutely, completely ridiculous that anyone on the other side of the aisle would ever say that you were anything but immensely qualified for this job,” Britt said. “From your time as a career prosecutor to then a two time Attorney General of the third largest state, with regards to all of the people that operated underneath you, with what you were able to achieve, it is truly remarkable. ”
.@PamBondi’s experience as a career prosecutor & as Attorney General of Florida makes her the perfect choice for U.S. Attorney General.
Our country will be better off with her leadership. She will surely right the ship at the DOJ. pic.twitter.com/nvYCJguk29
— Senator Katie Boyd Britt (@SenKatieBritt) January 15, 2025
The senator criticized some in the opposing party for lying about Bondi’s qualifications.
“The United States of America could only be so fortunate, if you were confirmed,” she continued, “to have someone of your caliber, of your intellect, and of your experience running a department that unfortunately has been run into the ground. So I think that that is full on gaslighting…to act like you would be the one that would weaponize the Department of Justice.”
Britt also blasted the way the Justice Department was run under the Biden administration.
“And this is coming from a side of the aisle that has allowed the Biden administration, by saying nothing, they’ve allowed them to go after parents who are at school board meetings who want nothing more than their children to be taught and not indoctrinated,” she argued. “They have allowed them to go after people who are trying to practice their faith, and they have set idly by while the weaponization of the Department of Justice has undermined the credibility and credence that Americans believe that they should have and equal justice under the law.”
Britt said she believes Bondi will do a great job despite the criticisms coming from some Democrats.
“So I know that you will, as you have said here, you will follow the law, and you will return this department to where it should be in the eyes of Americans. So thank you, and I wish the gaslighting on the other side of the aisle would stop, because on from my perspective, I’m over it, and I believe that’s exactly what the American people have said too.”
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