From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisi, and this is The Daily.

Another Trump appointment, and this is one that is probably going to surprise a lot of people.

Last week, President-elect Donald Trump chose the firebrand congressman, Matt Gates, to be his Attorney General.

Blindsided. That's how many Senate Republicans feel by Donald Trump.

I was shocked that he has been nominated.

Trump's choice shocked Washington.

It must be the worst nomination for a cabinet position in American history.

And raised questions about whether the Senate would approve it.

He is entitled to his nomination, but he's not entitled to a confirmation of literally any nominee.

Today, my colleague Robert Draper on what the nomination reveals about Trump's promise

for retribution and how far Republicans are willing to go to help him get it.

It's Monday, November 18th.

Robert, welcome to the Daily.

Thanks for having me on.

And happy Sunday.

You as well.

So President-elect Donald Trump announced a series of pretty controversial nominations for his cabinet last week.

Chief among them was Matt Gates, the hard right member of Congress from Florida for Attorney General.

Gates is someone you've written a lot about, and we wanted to turn to you to talk about this pick of Gates and why it's so controversial.

The pick is controversial, Sabrina, in part because of who meant Gates is. He comes from what I

suppose you could say is the performance art wing of the Republican Party, so he's very adroit

at getting attention, but someone who does not have an accomplished track record as a legislator.

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