D-RI Sen. Sheldon White House's fierce attack on FBI director nomination Kash Patel drew ock ha ha on social media ahead of the expected vote on Patel's nomination Thursday afternoon did.
“The White House, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, will “provoke evil in this building behind me, and the Republicans who vote for him will be revived that day,” said Thursday outside FBI headquarters. He spoke in the morning.
He spoke hours before the final vote on Patel's nomination.
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Sen. Sheldon White House (D-RI) will speak at a press conference following a luncheon with Senate Democrats in Washington, D.C. on May 2, 2023. (Photo: Anna Money Maker/Getty Images)
The White House said Patel had summoned the Fifth Amendment before a big ju judge examining whether President Donald Trump was mishandling national security secrets.
“You're so tired,” Trump's war room said.
“They're scary,” said Greg Price, White House rapid response director.
“Has Sheldon White House come up with this pathetic offensive line at his All White Beach Club?” Asked by conservative commentator and longtime Trump adviser Steve Cortez, he wrote a controversial history. See White House membership at an exclusive beach club that has. The White House office previously denied that the club was all white.
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Kash Patel, whose choice is to become the FBI director, will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a confirmation hearing at Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
“The Democrat Senator White House seems terribly scared of Kash Patel cleaning up the FBI,” conservative commentator Benny Johnson said.
“Senator, evil is already in the building,” said Alex Sears, a Republican digital operative.
The White House comments were one of many comments by Democrats about Patel on the committee.
“There is no doubt that he is not qualified and not ready here,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal said. “The only question is whether my Republican colleagues will do the right thing.”
He warned that a vote in favour of Patel's nomination “will bother you.”
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“If you're in favor of Kash Patel, you'll cut off this vote day and make sure that the Americans know about this vote,” he says. I have concluded.
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According to officials from Patel's senior transition team, the candidate left the capital on the night of the hearing and returned to Las Vegas, where he “waited for the process to play.”
In addition to returning to Las Vegas, Patel spent time hunting from Washington, officials said they were providing photographic evidence of Patel's activities.
Fox News' Breanne Deppisch and Julia Johnson contributed to this report.
