President-elect Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel as the next FBI director has the left clutching their pearls and rolling out every predictable talking point. Patel, a former federal prosecutor and intelligence official with a long résumé, is being portrayed as a “controversial pick,” largely because he doesn’t align with the Beltway’s sacred “deep state” club.
Democrats and their media allies wasted no time painting Patel as some kind of Darth Vader figure, handpicked to dismantle the FBI and execute Trump’s so-called “revenge tour.” Former Obama official Juliette Kayyem claimed Patel’s nomination is about “revenge” rather than reform as if the American public hasn’t spent years watching the FBI entangle itself in partisan controversies. From the Russiagate hoax to suppressing Hunter Biden’s laptop story, the agency’s recent track record doesn’t exactly scream “nonpartisan professionalism.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin, ever the defender of bureaucratic bloat, denied any politicization of the FBI or Department of Justice under Biden. According to Raskin, the idea of the “deep state” is apparently a GOP fever dream, despite mounting evidence of ideological bias in high-profile investigations. Raskin’s defense? Pointing to isolated prosecutions of Democrats while ignoring the agency’s glaring double standards when handling Republicans. Talk about a selective memory.
Meanwhile, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan trotted out the tired line about “independence” at the FBI, citing Biden’s decision to keep Christopher Wray as proof of nonpartisanship. Never mind that under Wray’s leadership, the FBI’s credibility has nosedived, with Americans on both sides of the aisle increasingly skeptical of the agency’s impartiality.
Republicans, however, are backing Patel as a candidate with the experience and resolve to clean up the FBI. Rep. Mike Lawler highlighted Patel’s impressive résumé, including his time as chief of staff at the Department of Defense and a senior staffer on the House Intelligence Committee. Patel’s supporters see him as the guy who can finally address the partisan rot that’s undermined the FBI’s mission and public trust.
Congratulations to my good friend, Kash Patel, on his nomination to run the FBI.
Kash will ensure the Bureau is free of political influence and will refocus it to its true mission of protecting the American people and upholding the U.S. Constitution.
Kash’s dedication to… pic.twitter.com/6pBwLnGb3y
— Ben & Candy Carson (@RealBenCarson) December 1, 2024
Sen. Ted Cruz wasn’t shy about calling out the hypocrisy of Patel’s critics. He noted that the people “weeping and gnashing their teeth” are precisely those who fear losing their grip on an agency they’ve spent years politicizing. Cruz’s endorsement underscores the Republican view that Patel is the reformer the FBI desperately needs.
And then there’s Andrew McCabe, who went viral for lamenting Patel’s nomination as a “terrible development” for the FBI. McCabe, whose own tenure at the agency was marred by controversy, should probably sit this one out. His complaints sound more like sour grapes from someone worried about their legacy than genuine concern for the FBI.
WRECKING BALL TO THE DEEP STATE: Trumps FBI Director Kash Patel says he will shutdown the FBI Hoover building on day one and reopen it the next day as a museum of the Deep State. He wants to release the Epstein and Diddy list saying people like Bill Gates are lobbying to hide it.… pic.twitter.com/FhND5QiLqZ
— Truth Justice ™ (@SpartaJustice) December 1, 2024
Bottom line? Patel’s nomination is a signal that Trump isn’t playing around in his second term. The message is clear: the era of unchecked bureaucratic overreach at the FBI is coming to an end, and the left knows it. That’s why they’re panicking.
