Ron Johnson gives hilarious response to Matt Gaetz's nomination



When asked about Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida's nomination for attorney general, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin responded by holding up a photo of two transgender appointees from President Joe Biden's administration.

Johnson's printed-out pictures included a photo of Rachel Levine, who serves as the assistant secretary of health for the Department of Health and Human Services, and a photo of Sam Brinton, who was nominated as deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy.

When pressed about Gaetz' nomination, Johnson held up the photos and asked reporters whether they ever "harassed" Democratic lawmakers about those nominees.

Although Gaetz has sparked controversy online and hesitation from certain members of Congress, Johnson pointed out past nominees who have been just as controversial as, if not more than, the Florida firebrand.

Both nominees have scandal-ridden histories. In Levine's case, he pressured Biden administration officials to remove age requirements for transgender surgeries and puberty blockers for minors. Levine has also made claims that "climate change is having a disproportionate effect on the physical and mental health of Black communities."

On the other hand, Brinton, who identifies as "nonbinary," has faced federal charges for allegedly stealing Tanzanian designer Asya Khamsin's suitcase at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. Brinton was caught when he was photographed wearing one of Khamsin's designs, making this the third alleged incident of luggage theft Brinton had been involved with.

Brinton pled guilty in a sweetheart deal, receiving no jail time. Brinton is no longer serving in the Biden administration.

Although Gaetz has sparked controversy online and hesitation from certain members of Congress, Johnson pointed out past nominees who have been just as controversial as, if not more than, the Florida firebrand.

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Ex-Biden energy official Samuel Brinton pleaded "no contest" to misdemeanor theft Wednesday and agreed to pay one of his victims $3,670 in restitution.

Samuel Brinton is a nuclear engineer who served as deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy at the Department of Energy.

A now-protected page on the Biden Energy Department's website previously indicated that Brinton identifies "as gender-fluid and use[s] the pronouns they, them, and theirs."

Brinton was originally charged with grand larceny with a value between $1,200 and $5,000, having stolen a woman's luggage at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas on July 6, 2022.

The luggage, a hard shell suitcase valued at $320, reportedly contained the victim's makeup, jewelry, contact lenses, and clothing.

A surveillance camera caught the former Biden official in the act, reported KLAS-TV.

According to the warrant, "Brinton pulled the victim’s luggage from the carousel and examined the tag. Then placed it back on the carousel, looking in all directions for anyone who might be watching or might approach. Pulling it back off the carousel and demonstrating the same behavior by looking around before walking away with it quickly."

Police were reportedly unable to ascertain the identity of their suspect until the Biden official made the news for admittedly stealing another woman's expensive luggage at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport on Sept. 16.

Investigators were able to match Brinton's clothing worn at the scene of the Las Vegas crime to apparel he donned in photographs on his Instagram.

He was arrested on Dec. 8 and fired shortly thereafter.

Although Brinton was originally charged with a felony, it was knocked down to a misdemeanor charge as part of his plea deal.

KVVU-TV reported that the Biden official also dodged a prison sentence, receiving instead a 180-day suspended jail term.

While Brinton will skate with only the financial penalty and a requirement for good behavior, he still faces charges pertaining to his alleged theft of another woman's belongings in Minneapolis.

TheBlaze previously reported that Brinton admitted to taking a woman's Vera Bradley luggage, valued at around $2,325, from a baggage claim carousel at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport in September.
While he initially denied taking the woman's belongings, he later claimed he had done so accidentally.

According to the criminal complaint, footage shows Brinton taking "a navy blue hard-sided roller bag" from the carousel.

Although supposedly exhausted, Brinton then "removed the blue bag's tag and put the bag tag in the handbag they were carrying" and "left the area at a quick pace."

Investigators reportedly indicated that Brinton was also seen using the woman's suitcase on at least two other occasions.

Asya Khamsin, a Houston-based fashion designer from Tanzania, claims she is also a victim of Brinton's.

Khamsin told Fox News Digital that her luggage had been stolen on March 9, 2018, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. She later saw what she believes to have been her stolen, distinctive clothing being worn by the Biden official.

\u201cMy name is Asyakhamsin tanzanian fashion designer based in houston Texas USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 I lost my bag 2018 in DCA recently I heard the news on @FoxNews about @sambrinton luggage issue surprisingly I found his images wore my custom made outfitswhich was in the lost bag on 2018 \ud83e\udd79\u201d
— asyakhamsin (@asyakhamsin) 1676871102

The New York Post indicated that Brinton has not been charged in the case of Khamsin's stolen clothing.

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The Houston Police Department has referred its investigation of Sam Brinton to the FBI in a matter involving the alleged theft of a fashion designer's luggage, Fox News Digital reported Monday.

"When I googled him, I saw my outfits on him," designer Asya Khamsin told KRIV in a phone interview February 23.

"I googled everything, and I saw my clothing, jewelries, blouses," Asya Khamsin told the outlet. "The collection with the same prints. Maybe he liked the designs and this and that, but why? I don’t know how he got my clothes."

Brinton, as of Monday, had not been charged with any crime related to Khamsin's claims, Fox News Digital also reported.

Khamsin reported a missing bag from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport back in 2018. Khamsin and her husband filed a report with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department and filed a claim with Delta Air Lines, the carrier she used to travel from Houston to D.C., according to Fox News Digital.

She filed a complaint with the Houston Police Department in December after she noticed photographs of Brinton in what appeared to be the very clothing from the missing bag.

The bag that went missing in 2018 contained items Khamsin intended to show at the Lady in Red Fashion show in Tanzania. She was unable to show the designs, however, since the bag was gone.

Khamsin says she spotted Brinton, a former Department of Energy official, wearing her distinctive, handmade clothing and jewelry when reports of his capers went viral.

Khamsin and many users who responded to her, posted photos of Khamsin's designs side-by-side with well-publicized photos of Brinton, apparently wearing the selfsame designs. Many photographs of her designs are available on her Instagram and Twitter pages.

\u201cLADY IN RED 2018 in Tanzania\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddff\nLeft: my model on the platform\nRight: @sbrinton \nDesigner: @asyakhamsin1 \nIt\u2019s my custom made the outfit wa in the lost bag on 2018\u201d
— asyakhamsin (@asyakhamsin) 1677554968

In addition to the dresses and other garments Khamsin says Brinton has been photographed wearing, there is also jewelry.


\u201chttps://t.co/6l83lecQsr\u201d
— asyakhamsin (@asyakhamsin) 1677148906

Khamsin spoke with the KRIV reporter by phone from Tanzania while her husband in Houston showed the reporter some of her designs.

"It's custom-made. She does it all herself," Alkhag Khamsin said. "There is no label."

"I was crying the whole week because I didn’t do the fashion show, and that is in my blood," Khamsin told the outlet. "We tried to look through the [surveillance] camera. I think we found the bag was on the machine there, but it disappeared. We didn’t know who took it."

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