For those who don�t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television
� and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week�s worth
of network and cable news media spin � The Daily Wire has compiled a
short summary of what you may have missed.
President-elect Donald Trump wrapped up the Thanksgiving holiday with a
few more appointments, and while nearly every major announcement has
garnered media attention � whether warranted or not � the one that
ruffled the most feathers was his decision to name longtime adviser
Kash Patel as the incoming head of the FBI.
On Sunday morning, the political shows were stacked with guests who
either criticized Patel and argued that Trump should not have appointed
him or defended current FBI Director Christopher Wray � whom Trump
would have to fire in order to give Patel the Bureau�s top job.
ABC�s �This Week� led the charge with President Joe Biden�s National
Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who claimed that Wray had done an
excellent job primarily because he had not allowed politics to
influence his work.
Host Jonathan Karl opened his discussion with Sullivan by noting that
Patel had accused him directly of being a part of the �deep state� and
named him specifically as being one of the �60 corrupt actors of the
first order.�
�Well, I�m not going to speak to President-elect Trump�s nominees. I�ll
let him and his transition team speak to that,� Sullivan said, arguing
that President Joe Biden had simply allowed Wray � who had previously
been appointed by Trump � to stay on because that was the way things
should be done. Wray, he said, had �served with distinction� and
�served entirely insulated from politics.�
After President-elect Trump taps longtime ally Kash Patel to
lead the FBI, national security adviser Jake Sullivan tells
@JonKarl that the current FBI director Christopher Wray has
�served with distinction� and �served entirely insulated from
politics.�
https://t.co/Y24FUIAHnv pic.twitter.com/c1mJnYp5NA
� This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 1, 2024
Karl also brought in Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD), who first noted that
Trump had the right to nominate or appoint anyone he wanted but then
also defended Wray�s performance on the job.
Rounds pointed out the fact that Trump was certainly not the first
president to choose people who had been loyal to him, but that he had
never had any issues with the way that Wray had conducted himself on a
professional level.
�I don�t have any complaints about the way that he�s done his job right
now,� Rounds said.
GOP Sen. Mike Rounds emphasizes support for current FBI
director Christopher Wray, whom President-elect Donald Trump
intends to fire and replace with the loyalist Kash Patel.
"I don't have any complaints about the way that he's done his
job right now.�
https://t.co/kWuayc3WWv pic.twitter.com/Fs0iHRkQid
� This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 1, 2024
On NBC�s �Meet the Press,� Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) fretted that
Patel would only be interested in protecting Republicans or those who
had supported Trump if he were to take charge of the FBI.
Murphy noted that he and several other elected officials had been the
targets of bomb threats over the holiday weekend and added, �One of the
things that I�m concerned about is that Kash Patel is gonna only care
about protecting Republicans and not care about protecting every single
member of the American population, every single one of us who
occasionally gets met with these kind of threats.�
Sen. Chris Murphy says he�s �concerned� Kash Patel would only
protect Republicans as FBI director
https://t.co/deO8kcbDtO � Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) December 1, 2024
On CNN�s �State of the Union,� Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) continued the
hand-wringing, complaining that worries from the Trump camp about a
�deep state� were unfounded � even after a first term that saw dozens
if not hundreds of unelected bureaucrats attempting to undermine his
agenda.
�Apparently [Wray] has demonstrated too much independence and
objectivity in the job for Donald Trump, who wants much more of a
personal loyalist in the position, and that�s why he�s gone to Kash
Patel,� Raskin complained.
�I mean, the deep state,� he continued. �Nobody�s ever defined it,
apparently. Just means anybody who doesn�t do the will of Donald
Trump.�
[alarm] NEW: Jamie Raskin is not happy about the nomination of
Kash Patel to head FBI �
� says 'Deep State� is made up � �just means anybody who
doesn't do the will of Donald Trump."
�Apparently [Wray] has demonstrated too much independence and
objectivity in the job for Donald� pic.twitter.com/lob05HZtnC
� Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) December 1, 2024
CNN also brought in Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), asking him whether he had
�any reservations� about Trump�s decision to bring Patel into that
particular role.
Lawler said that he was not concerned, noting that Trump had campaigned
on a promise to reform the FBI but that he didn�t expect Patel to take
that charge any further than necessary.
�I don�t think the American people are interested in a revenge tour,�
he said,
Republican @RepMikeLawler tells @kasie �I don't think the
American people are interested in a revenge tour� but says
he has no reservations about Kash Patel�s nomination to be
FBI director. pic.twitter.com/BqKYOBJI6w
� State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) December 1, 2024
And as Tiffany Smiley pointed out during a panel discussion later in
the show, the fact that Patel made certain Washington D.C., insiders
very nervous was actually more of a selling point for a broad swath of
the population.
�There�s a lack of trust in the FBI with the American people � Donald
Trump wants change agents. The fact that people here in D.C. � D.C.
insiders and people within the FBI � don�t want Kash is a really good
sell to the American people.�
.@SmileyForWA: "There's a lack of trust in the FBI with the
American people� Donald Trump wants change agents. The fact
that people here in DC � DC insiders and people within the
FBI � don't want Kash is a really good sell to the American
people." pic.twitter.com/9phpburoGv
� Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) December 1, 2024
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Let's go Brandon!
Spin Cycle: Everybody's In A Panic Over Kash Patel