On a visit to Chattanooga on Friday, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Brentwood, expressed excitement at President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general, Pam Bondi, former Florida attorney general.
“I tell you what, I am thrilled,” Blackburn said in an interview at Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant. “Texted her this morning just to let her know I think she is going to be such a credit to the nation. She is such a wonderful role model for women, she will do a stellar job.”
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Bondi’s nomination came after Trump’s original pick for attorney general, former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, pulled his name from the running following controversy over a federal sex trafficking investigation that resulted in no charges and a House ethics probe that ended when he stepped down.
Blackburn said she thought the U.S. Senate’s confirmation process for the Trump administration’s attorney general would be smoother now that Bondi is the nominee.