Tonight on all-in.

Mr. President, are you reconsidering the nomination of Matt Gates?

No.

The Matt Gates' backlash isn't going away.

The facts are going to come out, one way or the other, and I would think it would be in everybody's best interest, including the president, not to be surprised.

Tonight, the latest pushback on Donald Trump's radical pick for Attorney General.

Then, two weeks after the election, putting all that mandate talk into context as the Trump margin

shrinks.

The president would be wise to ignore the talk from his supporters about what an enormous

mandate he has, thinking that can lead to trouble.

And Congressman Lloyd Doggett on why he's raising major red flags over a big House vote

this week.

If he is on a march to make America fascist, we do not need to supply Donald Trump with any additional weapons to accomplish his ill purpose.

When all ends, starts right now.

Good evening from New York, I'm Chris Hayes.

Even if Matt Gates was not investigated by the Department of Justice for the crime of sex trafficking a minor, something he says he did not know, do, something he's never been charged for, he still has no business being Attorney General.

So let's just put all that aside for a moment. Okay? For all the talk of qualifications and merit,

for all the railing against DEI and affirmative action, Gates is the world's most ludicrous

affirmative action pick ever. In this case, affirmative action for Trump toadies and attention-addicted

trolls. The former Florida congressman is technically a lawyer, but barely.

He practiced law at a small firm for like a real, like, minute until 2010 when he ran for office.

And for context here, this was just two years after he passed the bar. He has no experience at any

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