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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShit--This was what I was worried about regarding Kash Patel
Once Trump is sworn in, he's going to fire Christopher Wray as FBI Director--Wray was actually appointed by Trump after he fired Comey, but is viewed as insufficiently loyal by Trumpists by allowing investigations to continue against Trump and his circle.
Patel is a fringe ideologue and has vowed to seek retribution against people who are seen as disloyal to Trump. Him in charge of the FBI (under an AG Gaetz, no less) would be absolutely terrifying.
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AltairIV
(660 posts)And why exactly would he be nominating a guy with brown skin?
surfered
(3,116 posts)He is crazy for Trump.
AltairIV
(660 posts)Magats only care that he has brown skin.
iluvtennis
(20,864 posts)she came from.
So, Kamala must leave, but not Patel
BonnieJW
(2,550 posts)Mike 03
(16,811 posts)is predicting mass resignations. It might have been Zerlina Maxwell, but I'm not very certain if it was her, a guest or a caller. And they speculated these crazy cabinet picks are partly to repulse career civil servants into resigning.
But indeed this is terrifying. Actually, I thought Patel would end up heading the CIA.
newdeal2
(981 posts)I know morale will be down, but surrendering and leaving lots of vacancies to be filled by more Trump loyalists seems self-defeating.
allegorical oracle
(3,070 posts)career folks throughout the civil service that voluntarily leaving is preferable to being fired. The goal is to dismantle the bureaucracy so it can be rebuilt as an autocracy.
FSogol
(46,525 posts)BlueTsunami2018
(4,006 posts)Its creating the Gestapo on purpose.
Lonestarblue
(11,827 posts)Patel is dangerous because he worships Trump and will do anything he wants, the legalities be damned. Even the corrupt Bill Barr refused to allow him in the DOJ.
When Trump entertained naming Patel deputy director of the FBI, Attorney General Bill Barr confronted the White House chief of staff and said, Over my dead body.
Heres an article on Patel from The Atlantic.
https://archive.ph/210U5
JT45242
(2,899 posts)Lots of these folks could be under the cross hairs of prosecution if they double cross mango Mussolini.
the_liberal_grandpa
(41 posts)the convicted felon is going to throw so much at us on day one that we won't know where to begin.
Democrats and the country are going to find out exactly what President Joe Biden was up against in the debate and it won't be pretty or fun.
surfered
(3,116 posts)Pepsidog
(6,311 posts)Dan
(4,095 posts)no, it is trashing AMERICA
littlemissmartypants
(25,483 posts)Our civil servants forces and members in all agencies to stay put and persist against this hostile takeover.
They need to learn how to "sleep with the enemy."
Plenty of that has occurred over time. Just ask women and the entire AA population. They both have individuals in their ranks who have done so for many years to survive, for self preservation, for their children.
Quitters are going to be seen as cowards and will become unintended collaborators. It's tantamount to surrender. That's the last thing that we need.
If any group knows the value of counterintelligence tactics one would think that the FBI would one of those groups.
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