Posted on 02/20/2025 7:14:19 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Democrats have railed against Patel, taking issue with his rhetoric toward Jan. 6 defendants and saying he could oversee politically motivated firings at the bureau.
What's happening today:
- Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's pick for FBI director, will get a final confirmation vote in the Senate today. If confirmed, Patel would serve for a 10-year term following the resignation of FBI Director Christopher Wray, whom Trump appointed in 2017.
- While Republicans rallied around Patel and advanced his nomination on a 48-45 party-line vote Tuesday, Democrats have railed against the pick, taking issue with Patel’s rhetoric about Jan. 6 defendants and the possibility that he could oversee politically motivated firings at the bureau.
- Keith Kellogg, Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, has been holding meetings about the war in recent days and touched down in Kyiv yesterday. Trump has recently sharpened his rhetoric toward Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, calling him a "Dictator without Elections" yesterday on Truth Social and repeating the criticism in remarks in Miami Beach, Florida.
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I sure hope that he gets the vote for confirmation.
Prayer in real time alert ping. đź””
I wish I could be there when he walks in as boss.
I’m not fully convinced he’s the right man (very little fully convinces me these days), but I’m ready to enjoy some schadenfreude today.
Let’s Roll!
It’s going to be a great day...time to Kash in!
I want to see his confirmation happen today.
He has an absolutely critical role to play at the FBI.
The FBI has become one of the most politicized and corrupt of government law enforcement.
With Patel in charge, there is a reasonable chance of cleaning up the FBI, and making it non-political.
The FBI always had political tinges, but up until Hoover died, the political tinges tended more toward Republicans (hard to say Conservatives for this nearly extra-constitutional agency)
I’m not fully convinced he’s the right man
As a refresher course you can listen to the audio of his book Government Gangsters for free on Amazon……it may convince you. It’s eye popping what these Rats did.
Too many RINO's to count.
many were not fully convinced that President Donald J Trump was the right man either. thankfully not ONLY is he the right man but we, the Patriotic Americans who LOVE these United States of America are also thouroghly ENJOYING the schadenfreude wrought by the right man for the job. kash will bring more of the good stuff!
He will be a great Director to clean out the vipers.
With so many FReepers every piece of good news is another opportunity to throw a bucket of cold water.
I see what you did there...
How’s Mitch gonna vote?
I’m not throwing anything, just admitting that after watching the passing parade closely all this while, I’m inclined to skepticism.
I don’t see a lot of naivete around here, and that’s as it should be. IMO.
For every silver lining there is a dark cloud.
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