We now have discovered the road! It’s straightforward to think about in 2025 that there is no such thing as a scandal too nice to cease a Trump nominee however, properly, there may be such a factor as an excessive amount of scandal. And Paul Ingrassia has found that threshold!
The 2022 Cornell Legislation grad was nominated to steer the Workplace of Particular Counsel and the nom survived the alleged links to antisemitic extremists and the sexual harassment investigation, however the racist texts have been merely a bridge too far for Senate Republicans. Yesterday, Ingrassia posted on social media, “I can be withdrawing myself from Thursday’s HSGAC listening to to steer the Workplace of Particular Counsel as a result of sadly I don’t have sufficient Republican votes right now. I recognize the overwhelming help that I’ve obtained all through this course of and can proceed to serve President Trump and this administration to Make America Nice Once more!” And a White Home official mentioned, “He’s now not being nominated.”
Earlier this week, POLITICO reported on a right-wing group chat the place Ingrassia wrote, “MLK Jr. was the Nineteen Sixties George Floyd and his ‘vacation’ needs to be ended and tossed into the seventh circle of hell the place it belongs.” And, “No moulignon holidays … From kwanza [sic] to mlk jr day to black historical past month to Juneteenth,” then added: “Each single one must be eviscerated.”
And when one member of the chat mentioned, “Paul belongs within the Hitler Youth with Ubergruppenfuhrer Steve Bannon,” Ingrassia agreed. “I do have a Nazi streak in me every now and then, I’ll admit it,” Ingrassia responded. When known as out as a “white nationalist” and “scumbag” on the chat Ingrassia didn’t again down. “Nah it’s wonderful … Don’t be a boomer … I don’t thoughts being a scumbag every now and then,” he replied.
After studies of the offensive textual content chain broke, at least 4 Republican senators together with John Thune, Rick Scott, and Ron Johnson pulled their help of Ingrassia’s nomination.
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