Ingrassia
We
have
found
the
line!
It’s
easy
to
imagine
in
2025
that
there
is
no
scandal
too
great
to
stop
a
Trump
nominee
but,
well,
there
is
such
a
thing
as
too
much
scandal.
And
Paul
Ingrassia
has
found
that
threshold!
The
2022
Cornell
Law
grad
was
nominated
to
lead
the
Office
of
Special
Counsel
and
the
nom
survived
the
alleged
links
to
antisemitic
extremists
and
the
sexual
harassment
investigation,
but
the
racist
texts
were
simply
a
bridge
too
far
for
Senate
Republicans.
Yesterday,
Ingrassia
posted
on
social
media,
“I
will
be
withdrawing
myself
from
Thursday’s
HSGAC
hearing
to
lead
the
Office
of
Special
Counsel
because
unfortunately
I
do
not
have
enough
Republican
votes
at
this
time.
I
appreciate
the
overwhelming
support
that
I
have
received
throughout
this
process
and
will
continue
to
serve
President
Trump
and
this
administration
to
Make
America
Great
Again!”
And
a
White
House
official
said,
“He’s
no
longer
being
nominated.”
Earlier
this
week,
POLITICO
reported
on
a
right-wing
group
chat
where
Ingrassia
wrote,
“MLK
Jr.
was
the
1960s
George
Floyd
and
his
‘holiday’
should
be
ended
and
tossed
into
the
seventh
circle
of
hell
where
it
belongs.”
And,
“No
moulignon
holidays
…
From
kwanza
[sic]
to
mlk
jr
day
to
black
history
month
to
Juneteenth,”
then
added:
“Every
single
one
needs
to
be
eviscerated.”
And
when
one
member
of
the
chat
said,
“Paul
belongs
in
the
Hitler
Youth
with
Ubergruppenfuhrer
Steve
Bannon,”
Ingrassia
agreed.
“I
do
have
a
Nazi
streak
in
me
from
time
to
time,
I
will
admit
it,”
Ingrassia
responded.
When
called
out
as
a
“white
nationalist”
and
“scumbag”
on
the
chat
Ingrassia
didn’t
back
down.
“Nah
it’s
fine
…
Don’t
be
a
boomer
…
I
don’t
mind
being
a
scumbag
from
time
to
time,”
he
replied.
After
reports
of
the
offensive
text
chain
broke,
at least
four
Republican
senators
including
John
Thune,
Rick
Scott,
and
Ron
Johnson
pulled
their
support
of
Ingrassia’s
nomination.
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Editor
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