Posted on 10/21/2025 4:53:40 PM PDT by Coronal
President Donald Trump's pick to lead a federal watchdog agency withdrew from consideration Tuesday after his offensive text messages were made public and GOP senators revolted.
Paul Ingrassia, who was nominated to lead the Office of Special Counsel, had been scheduled to have his confirmation hearing this week.
But after the texts came to light, several Republican senators said they would not support his nomination. They included some of the most conservative and stalwart Trump allies in the Senate.
"I will be withdrawing myself from Thursday's HSGAC hearing to lead the Office of Special Counsel because unfortunately I do not have enough Republican votes at this time," Ingrassia posted in an online message.
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Nothing he said was bad enough to withdraw over. Who are these weak Republicans who refused to appoint him?
Dems never say they won’t vote for anyone with bad texting history.
Who are these weak tea sister RINOs?
Good!
“MLK Jr. was the 1960s George Floyd and his ‘holiday’ should be ended and tossed into the seventh circle of hell where it belongs,”
“No moulignon holidays … From kwanza [sic] to mlk jr day to black history month to Juneteenth,”
“I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it,”
Aren’t those texts a wee bit problematic? And he apparently just passed the bar last year, do you really think that he’s qualified for that position?
Aren’t those texts a wee bit problematic? And he apparently just passed the bar last year, do you really think that he’s qualified for that position?
Absolutely!
Saying he had a “Nazi streak” wasn’t bad enough? Saying Oct. 7 was a psyop and Hamsa shouldn’t be condemned wasn’t enough? Saying the American Founders were wrong wasn’t enough?
“Aren’t those texts a wee bit problematic?”
I wouldn’t use that leftist term, no. He’s rough around the edges, but Trump trusts him.
And that’s his main qualification? Certainly not experience. He passed the bar just last year.
He’s rough around the edges, but Trump trusts him.“
Yep. Trump himself is rough around the edges and we trust Trump. :-)
He is loyal to Trump and very smart.
Don’t expertise and competence count?
Maybe he can still just “audit” the Oval Office?
They are the spiritual heirs of the 1974 Senate and House leaders; Robert P. Griffin, the assistant GOP minority leader; Bob Dole of Kansas; John Tower of Texas; et tu Barry Goldwater of Arizona: all the GOP weak sisters threw Richard Nixon—electoral winner of 49 states—under the bus. They buckled to pressure from the democrats and their MSM, notably the Washington Compost. Shameful behavior.
Looks like the Trump Vetting Team is as inept as the first term
Shut up, Coronal, you liberal POS.
Where is your condemnation of Jay Jones in Virginia? Or Abigail Spamburger, who won't renounce that piece of human garbage Jones - or look at the "darkie" who's she debating?
Spamburger and PsychoBoy Jones are both human garbage - but you won't say a word.
Kleon - review Coronal's article history, and you'll see it rubbing one out every time it gets to post an article that's bad news for conservatives. It's been a stealth Lefty on Free Republic for years.
Not as stupid as joesbucks or Fuzz, though.
“Jay Jones”
We dodged a low IQ bullet.
The Deep State just hates Italians. Look what they did to Giuliani.
Since when did IQ mean anything any more? Lots of high IQ people are severe underachievers while the opposite is often also true.
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