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Donald Trump‘s nomination of MAGA loyalist Kash Patel as FBI director on Saturday night sparked strong reactions from both his supporters and critics.
“I am proud to announce that Kashyap “Kash” Patel will serve as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Kash is a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and “America First” fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending Justice, and protecting the American People,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Patel defended Trump during his first administration amid an FBI investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The pick was met with enthusiasm from Republicans, including Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, who called Patel an “America First fighter.”
Critics, however, expressed concern over the nomination.
The Atlantic staff writer Tom Nichols reacted to the news on MSNBC, saying the pick is “incredibly dangerous” and that Trump is “creating an administration of people who really don’t care about the interests of the United States.”
For Patel to steer the agency, current FBI Director Christopher Wray would need to resign or be fired. Trump appointed him in 2017 and he has three years left in his 10-year term.
Critics say nomination of Patel is ‘as dangerous as it gets’
Critics expressed concern over Trump’s pick of Kash Patel to lead the FBI.
In reaction to the news, the Atlantic staff writer Tom Nichols said he “believes in nothing except serving” President-elect Donald Trump and described the nomination as “as dangerous as it gets.”
“I suppose if we still have the ability to be shocked, it’s shocking,” Nichols said. “But I think this is something … many of us saw it coming and, you know, shouldn’t be that surprising. But it’s an incredibly dangerous development.”
Far-left commentator Mehdi Hasan accused Patel of being a “deeply strange and alarming and sycophantic figure.”
MSNBC’s Morning Joe previously called Patel the “personification of MAGA rage about the Justice Department and the FBI.”
Andrew McCabe, who briefly served as acting FBI director under Trump in 2017 before being fired for allegedly leaking to the media and a “lack of candor,” called the nomination “a plan to disrupt, to dismantle, to distract the FBI.”
“It’s a terrible development for the men and women of the FBI and also for the nation that depends on a highly functioning, professional, independent Federal Bureau of Investigation,” McCabe said on CNN. “The fact that Kash Patel is profoundly unqualified for this job is not even, like, a matter for debate.”
JUST IN: Former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe rushes to CNN to whine about how “dangerous” Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel is, says it’s “terrible” for the “men and women” of the FBI.
Amazing.
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— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 1, 2024
Andrea Cavallier1 December 2024 15:00
Kash Patel’s nomination met with praise from Republicans
Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel as FBI director was met with enthusiasm and instant praise from Republicans.
Patel, longtime Trump loyalist, is a critic of government corruption and has blasted the bureau in the past, saying he would “shut down the FBI Hoover Building on day one and reopen the next day as a museum of the deep state.”
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, called Patel an “America First fighter.”
Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, wrote: “Kash was INSTRUMENTAL in President Trump’s first term and will be EVEN GREATER in his second! Time to clean this place up, and Kash is the man to do it!!! MAGA!”
Andrea Cavallier1 December 2024 14:20
Elon Musk names financial watchdog government agency he wants to ‘delete’
Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur turned political adviser, announced on X he intends to push Donald Trump’s administration to get rid of the Consumer of Financial Protection Bureau, a financial watchdog agency.
The noteworthy announcement, made in a nine-word response to a clip from The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, is part of Musk’s new role co-leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – the committee advising Trump on how to cut down on government spending.
Graeme Massie1 December 2024 13:01
Pundits rip Pete Hegseth after his own mom calls him ‘an abuser of women’ then tries to take it back
Pete Hegseth, the man tapped by Donald Trump to become Defense Secretary, has come under fire from Democrats and other liberal pundits after he was branded as an “abuser of women” by his own mother.
A report from The New York Times featured a 2018 email to the former Fox News anchor from Penelope Hegseth, where she said she had “no respect” for her son and that he needed “take an honest look at yourself.”
Graeme Massie1 December 2024 12:05
Trump and his GOP friends focus on tax breaks and deportations in his first 100 days
Having won the election and sweeping to power, Republicans are planning an ambitious 100-day agenda with President-elect Donald Trump in the White House and GOP lawmakers in a congressional majority to accomplish their policy goals.
Graeme Massie1 December 2024 11:03
Trump threatens 100 percent tariff on several nations if they try to undermine the U.S. dollar
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday threatened 100 percent tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar.
His threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRIC alliance, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.
Graeme Massie1 December 2024 10:05
Joe Rogan claims a ‘media psy-op’ is responsible for people having a negative view of Trump
Joe Rogan has claimed that a “media psy-op” is responsible for creating a negative image of Donald Trump that has “distorted” people’s perceptions of the president-elect.
The MMA commentator and popular podcast host noted an apparent shift in media treatment of the President-elect dating to a time before his first presidential term.
Graeme Massie1 December 2024 08:01
Dems want Harris to stop sending fundraising emails after burning through $1.4bn in campaign funds
Graeme Massie1 December 2024 07:01
Cheryl Hines posts cringe video promoting MAHA brand as her husband RFK Jr. takes a shower
Curb Your Enthusiasm star Cheryl Hines showed off her self-care and “MAHA” products in front of her showering husband, in a new cringeworthy video posted to Instagram.
The 59-year-old actor and co-owner of the self-care brand Hines + Young, which she founded with her daughter Catherine Young, was filming a video to promote the company’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals at the same time Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was taking a shower.
Graeme Massie1 December 2024 06:26
