Conservatives on social media celebrated Trump’s President-elect attorney general nominee Pam Bondi’s response to a question from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, DR.I., during her confirmation hearing Wednesday.
“Wouldn’t it be appropriate for the prosecutor to start with a name and ask for a crime?” Whitehouse said during his questioning. “A prosecutor’s job is to start with the crime and look for a name. Right?”
Bondi responded by pointing out the federal government’s investigations into Trump.
“Senator, I think that’s the whole problem with the weaponization that we’ve seen over the last four years and what’s happening with Donald Trump,” Bondi said.
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dem. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and former Florida Gov. Pam Bondi at her confirmation hearing. (Getty Images)
“They targeted Donald Trump. They went after him, actually starting in 2016. They targeted his campaign. They launched countless investigations against him. That’s not going to happen. If I’m attorney general, I’m not going to politicize that office,” he said. said Bondi. “I’m not going to target people just because of their political affiliation. Justice will be distributed fairly throughout the country. Senator, we must bring this country together. We must move forward or we will lose our country.”
Conservatives on social media quickly noticed the exchange.
“Pam Bondi totally flipped the script on Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D) trying to make it seem like she was going to be a weapon of the DOJ,” Florida Voice News Assistant News Director Eric Daughtery published on X. “Masterclass.”
“Pam Bondi makes Sheldon Whitehouse look stupid,” Trump ’24 Deputy Director of Rapid Response Greg Price published on X.
“Senator Whitehouse unironically explains that prosecutors should have a crime and then look for a suspect, not the other way around,” Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich published on X.
“Bondi responds by explaining that the DOJ has done the opposite of Trump for years.”
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse leaves the Senate Democrats luncheon at the Capitol on June 13, 2023. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Whitehouse’s office but did not immediately hear back.
Bondi is expected to be confirmed by the US Senate, with some speculating that he will earn some Democratic votes.
