Democrats, and some Republicans, rejoice over Pam Bondi sudden DOJ ouster

Democrats are jubilant over the sudden ouster of Pam Bondi as head of the Department of Justice, with leading party members taking to social media to say “good riddance.”

Democrats rejoiced on X after President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Thursday to confirm reports that Bondi was leaving her position as U.S. attorney general.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wrote, “Good riddance. Pam Bondi was the wrong choice from the start.”

He went on to assert that “the rot at the Department of Justice begins and ends with Donald Trump,” writing, “As long as his focus is on using DOJ as a tool for revenge and not law enforcement, the cover-up of the Epstein files, along with the countless other problems at DOJ, will continue.”

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Prominent Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., a former Democratic presidential candidate, claimed that Bondi “will be remembered for blocking the release of the Epstein files, weaponizing the DOJ to go after Trump’s political opponents, and handing out merger approvals as political favors.”

“Under AG Pam Bondi, the DOJ became a cesspool of corruption,” she asserted, piling on another, “Good riddance.”

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who during his time in the House of Representatives oversaw the Jan. 6 hearings, reacted by writing that Bondi “oversaw an unprecedented weaponization of the Justice Department that brought our nation’s rule of law to its knees.”

“Countless and baseless political investigations, hundreds of career law enforcement professionals purged, a massive cover-up of the Epstein files, and a wholesale effort to turn the department into a criminal law firm representing the person of the president instead of the American people,” Schiff alleged, adding, “But Pam Bondi was merely a symptom of Donald Trump’s chronic allergy to our nation’s laws.”

On the House side, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., wrote, “Pam Bondi is a partisan, petulant, political hack. And now she’s GONE.”

“Pam Bondi has been fired. Good riddance,” Jeffries wrote in another post, adding, “Pete Hegseth is next.”

“Keep the pressure on every single one of these extremists,” he wrote.

House Democratic firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, who recently lost her bid for the party’s Senate nomination in Texas, went on a profane rant after the news broke.

“Well… first it was Kristi Noem, now it’s Pam Bondi… it would be too much like right that Pete be next,” she gloated. “I see a theme. He will throw the incompetent women under the bus a lot faster than the incompetent men.”

“Let’s just agree that America needs a ‘do over,’” wrote Crockett. “The President nominated these awful people, the Republican controlled Senate confirmed them, and well… too many people thought we should give this much power to the Pu**y grabbing, 6x bankruptcy filing, 34 count convicted felon bestie of Epstein. WE NEED A DO OVER… but only if America would do better.”

Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., said Bondi “must still comply with our subpoena and testify before the [House] Oversight Committee about her criminally botched Epstein Files release.”

“She may be fired, but she is not above the law,” wrote Ansari. “We won’t stop fighting until every victim gets justice and everyone complicit in this cover up is held accountable, no matter how powerful they are.”

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Attorney General Pam Bondi is sworn in before a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington.  (Tom Brenner/AP Photo)

Democrats were not the only ones happy about Bondi’s firing.

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-N.C., who has in recent months defied both her party and the administration, accused Bondi of having “handled the Epstein Files in a terrible manner and seriously undermined President Trump.”

Mace claimed that Bondi “has stonewalled every effort to hold the guilty accountable,” adding that “the American people deserve an Attorney General who is transparent and delivers real accountability.”

Following reports that Trump is considering replacing Bondi with current Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, Mace wrote if these reports are true, “I welcome it.”

“I look forward to a new Attorney General committed to getting justice for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein,” she wrote.

However, Bondi was not universally reviled following the news.

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., defended Bondi, calling her “a great friend and one of the best lawyers I’ve ever met.”

“She did an incredible job as Florida’s Attorney General when I was Governor, and she has been an incredible U.S. Attorney General,” wrote Scott. “Ann and I are proud of all Pam has accomplished to make America safe again and restore the rule of law. Thank you, [Pam Bondi]!”

Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz also came to Bondi’s defense. Gaetz resigned from Congress to be Trump’s attorney general before withdrawing his nomination amid mounting resistance, clearing the way for Bondi.

Gaetz wrote that “Pam Bondi will be known as one of the great crime fighters of our time. She is a patriot who has all of our appreciation.” 

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Then Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a cabinet meeting held by President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (Ken Cedeno/Pool/Sipa USA)

He predicted that Todd Blanche, who Trump announced will be temporarily filling in for Bondi as interim U.S. attorney general, will likewise “do a great job for the Trump/Vance Administration and us all.”

Blanche himself took to social media to write, “Pam Bondi led this Department with strength and conviction and I’m grateful for her leadership and friendship.”

“Thank you to President Trump for the trust and the opportunity to serve as Acting Attorney General,” he continued. “We will continue backing the blue, enforcing the law, and doing everything in our power to keep America safe.”

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Political analyst Jonathan Turley wrote that “the news of the departure of Pam Bondi hit with a thunderclap in Washington.”

“There were some recent rumors, but nothing concrete in the prior week. Bondi is the ultimate loyalist who, like Todd Blanche (the new acting AG), earned her bones in the trenches with the President in impeachment and criminal trials,” he wrote.

Turley predicted that “the move to Blanche will be seamless” and said that if Zeldin is selected, he “has the advantage of being a known and popular figure on Capitol Hill.”