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Victor Davis Hanson: What the Trump nominees Have Not Done—And Will Not Do
American Greatness ^ | 5 Dec, 2024 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 12/05/2024 5:11:43 AM PST by MtnClimber

The current crew, not their proposed Trump replacements, prompted the sick and tired American people to demand different people.

Deflated by the resounding November defeat, the left now believes it can magically rebound by destroying Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees.

Many of Trump’s picks are well outside the usual Washington, DC/New York political, media, and corporate nexus.

But that is precisely the point—to insert reformers into a bloated, incompetent, and weaponized government who are not part of it.

Trump’s nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, is already drawing severe criticism.

His furious enemies cannot go after his resume, since he has spent a lifetime in private, congressional, and executive billets, both in investigations and intelligence.

Instead, they claim he is too vindictive and does not reflect the ethos of the FBI.

But what will Patel not do as the new director?

He will not serially lie under oath to federal investigators as did interim FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a current Patel critic.

He will not forge an FBI court affidavit, as did convicted felon and agency lawyer Kevin Clinesmith.

He will not claim amnesia 245 times under congressional oath to evade embarrassing admissions as did former Director James Comey.

He will not partner with a foreign national to collect dirt and subvert a presidential campaign as the FBI did with Christopher Steele in 2016.

He will not use the FBI to draft social media to suppress news unfavorable to a presidential candidate on the eve of an election.

He would not have suppressed FBI knowledge that Hunter Biden’s laptop was genuine—to allow the lie to spread that it was “Russian disinformation” on the eve of the 2020 election.

He will not raid the home of an ex-president with SWAT teams, surveil Catholics, monitor parents at school board meetings,

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1 posted on 12/05/2024 5:11:43 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

And the democRATs don’t even seem embarrassed by the corruption.


2 posted on 12/05/2024 5:11:53 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: texas booster

VDH ping


3 posted on 12/05/2024 5:12:20 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Yep. I’ve got news for VDH. The Republican senate is not helping


4 posted on 12/05/2024 5:25:02 AM PST by stanne
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What will Kash Patel not do as the new FBi director?

<><>He will not raid the home of an ex-president with SWAT teams, or purloin his wife’s panties,
<><>he will not surveil Catholics, pro-lifers, or monitor parents at school board meetings,
<><>He will not lie under oath as did FBI Director Andrew McCabe, (currently a vitriolic Patel critic).
<><>He will not forge an FBI court affidavit, as did convicted felon Kevin Clinesmith.
<><>He will not claim amnesia 245 times under oath as did former Director James Comey.
<><>He will not collude w/ foreigners to subvert a presidential candidate as did Christopher Steele.
<><>He will not use social media to suppress news unfavorable to a presidential candidate
<><>He would not have suppressed knowledge that Hunter Biden’s laptop was genuine
<><>he would not promulgate a lie that the laptop was “Russian disinformation.”


5 posted on 12/05/2024 5:33:27 AM PST by Liz (The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to RULE. (H.L. Mencken)
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To: MtnClimber
"And the democRATs don’t even seem embarrassed by the corruption."

Which to me is a good indicator that they approve if not support it.

6 posted on 12/05/2024 5:38:36 AM PST by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: MtnClimber; Liz
... what will Patel not do as the new director?

He will not serially lie under oath to federal investigators as did interim FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a current Patel critic.

He will not forge an FBI court affidavit, as did convicted felon and agency lawyer Kevin Clinesmith.

He will not claim amnesia 245 times under congressional oath to evade embarrassing admissions as did former Director James Comey.

He will not partner with a foreign national to collect dirt and subvert a presidential campaign as the FBI did with Christopher Steele in 2016.

He will not use the FBI to draft social media to suppress news unfavorable to a presidential candidate on the eve of an election.

LOL - in short he's NOT going to b the kind of lying thug He would not have suppressed FBI knowledge that Hunter Biden’s laptop was genuine—to allow the lie to spread that it was “Russian disinformation” on the eve of the 2020 election.

He will not raid the home of an ex-president with SWAT teams, surveil Catholics, monitor parents at school board meetings,

In short he's NOT going to be the usual lying thug who normally gets put in charge.

7 posted on 12/05/2024 5:57:24 AM PST by GOPJ (Should a 30 year old man self-identified as being ten, be allowed to play little league baseball?)
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To: MtnClimber

“democRATs don’t even seem embarrassed by the corruption”

They bask in the glory of their debauchery and laugh at you for thinking they have a moral code of ethics.


8 posted on 12/05/2024 6:08:42 AM PST by Clean_Sweep
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To: stanne

VDH

ALWAYS ONE FOOT IN THE NEOCON COW PATTY

man he truly hates southerners

Strange for a guy mostly from recent Scandinavian stock

Or maybe not

I listen to him but I know where my fast forward is lol


9 posted on 12/05/2024 6:13:19 AM PST by wardaddy (If the GOPe didn’t go wobbly slightest incoming flak we’d always win)
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To: MtnClimber

Sociopaths never are embarrassed by anything they might do.


10 posted on 12/05/2024 6:13:22 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: wardaddy

vdh-—one of the best and most articulate.

Guess you just complain about anyone.


11 posted on 12/05/2024 6:22:27 AM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (RINO going along to get along with)
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To: GOPJ

Patel is NOT going to be the usual lying thug who normally gets put in charge.


About time.


12 posted on 12/05/2024 6:38:42 AM PST by Liz (The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to RULE. (H.L. Mencken)
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To: MtnClimber

“And the democRATs don’t even seem embarrassed by the corruption.”

As long as they run the show, the corruption is a feature, not a bug.

When they lose control, it becomes a bug.


13 posted on 12/05/2024 6:42:30 AM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: MtnClimber

This a devastating list of specific incidents of corruption of the FBI. Show it to a democrat and it will bounce off them like bullets off Superman’s chest.


14 posted on 12/05/2024 6:53:04 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: wardaddy

Agree with you most of the time (especially your comments about the South) but your assertion about VDH being a Neocon is inaccurate. Not sure where you would believe he has aligned himself with Neocons.

I find VDH to be one of the most consistent and articulate voices when it comes to pure logic and reasoning.

He regularly calls out “Neocons”.

Maybe he has used references to the Civil War that don’t meet your approval? I could see that but I would strongly encourage not throwing the baby out with the bath water.


15 posted on 12/05/2024 6:54:30 AM PST by Romans Nine
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To: MtnClimber

BTTT


16 posted on 12/05/2024 6:56:15 AM PST by nopardons
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To: MtnClimber
Going off on a comment on the site:

Wouldn't it be great if the nominees read VDH's comments at the beginning of the hearings?

17 posted on 12/05/2024 8:14:17 AM PST by spankalib
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To: Romans Nine; Pelham

I give him a partial neocon label because

After Sam Francis and later Derbyshire were expelled from National review thru via Goldberg and Lowry and Cooke went into this throw white conservative southerners under the bus with really harsh and inaccurate painting of my ancestors as having anything in common with modern left and of course being racist

As a means of deflecting charges of racism towards anyone right of center

“No it’s not us it’s those nasty neoconfeferstes”

Victor does this more than anyone and I just fast forward lol

He hates Zinn but sounds just like him on southern history

But you’re right he’s only neocon in that regard (the bushes did this too)

He was early on pro Trump
He’s not pro war
And on most issues he’s strong on culture war

He has a great radio voice and is very erudite

But man he just drones on

I listen daily knowing he’ll piss me off

Ben Shapiro

Fairly neocon himself at least is honest enough to credit my region as a bulwark of cultural conservatism

Had Nashville had enough Jews for his liking he probably would have lived here with his company HQ instead of very Jewish north Miami

Honestly no pundit on our side truly fits my bill

Maybe Benny
Megyn has redeemed herself

I also like Shawn Ryan and Tucker

I think many here now get info 90% off YouTube or X and come here don’t u think

So why does gop listen to the stupid crap from the media and their use of kavanaugh as a verb?

Tks for understanding btw


18 posted on 12/05/2024 8:27:24 AM PST by wardaddy (If the GOPe didn’t go wobbly slightest incoming flak we’d always win)
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To: texas booster

Great summary from the ever wise VDH of current cabinet members using their positions for shady and anti-freedom activities. It makes any criticism from the left about Trump’s cabinet picks seem laughable ... if the Dim cabinet members don’t make you cry.


19 posted on 12/05/2024 8:27:51 AM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie; Pelham

If you were southern
You’d get tired of it

Steady demonization of my ancestors no different than the woke do

That’s an imperfect conservatism to me

He’s simply wrong and probably knows it
It just fits his narrative he likes

I compliment him too and listen daily

I particularly like his weekend gal

I post more on 18


20 posted on 12/05/2024 8:30:53 AM PST by wardaddy (If the GOPe didn’t go wobbly slightest incoming flak we’d always win)
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