Ingrassia
If
you
thought
the
racist
text
scandal
surrounding
MAGA
attorney
Paul
Ingrassia
meant
we’d
get
a
break
from
hearing
about
him
—
hooboy,
were
you
wrong!
Last
we
heard,
Ingrassia’s
nomination
to
lead
the
Office
of
Special
Counsel
was
yanked
after
key
GOP
senators
decided
he
was
too
racist
for
their
taste.
Yesterday,
POLITICO’s
Daniel
Lippman
broke
news
about
what’s
next
for
Ingrassia.
He’s
leaving
his
role
as
White
House
liaison
to
the
Department
of
Homeland
Security.
No,
he’s
not
going
somewhere
to
lick
his
wounds
—
he’s
getting
a
title
bump:
to
Deputy
General
Counsel
of
the
General
Services
Administration.
That’s
right,
after
his
OSC
nomination
crashed
and
burned,
Ingrassia
isn’t
leaving
the
government
in
disgrace,
like
a
normal
person
would.
Nope.
The
administration
simply
slid
him
over
to
the
GSA
—
and
up
the
ladder.
Seriously,
how
is
this
even
a
career
path?
A
reminder
on
the
scandals
—
plural,
always
plural
–Ingrassia
faced
before
his
elevation
to
Deputy
Fucking
General
Counsel.
He
was
linked
to
antisemitic
extremists,
reportedly
faced
a
sexual
harassment
investigation,
and
then
there
was
the
racist
chat
that
blew
up.
There, 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
of
course,
the
admission,
“I
do
have
a
Nazi
streak
in
me
from
time
to
time,
I
will
admit
it.”
Even
apart
from
the
deeply
problematic
baggage
surrounding
Ingrassia,
his
new
role
is
still
eyebrow
raising.
He
graduated
from
Cornell
Law
checks
notes
in
2022,
and
only
joined
the
New
York
Bar
last
year!
So
when
the
White
House
says Ingrassia
“is
a
very
helpful
addition
to
GSA
and
will
successfully
execute
President
Trump’s
America
First
policies,”
you
know
it’s
a
lot
more
about
being
loyal
to
Donald
Trump
and
not
about
any
actual
experience
he
has.
I
guess
we
know
what
qualifications
you
need
to
rise
in
government
right
now:
MAGA
loyalty,
a
law
degree
that
still
has
metaphorical
wet
ink
on
it,
and
scandals?
Well,
those
are
a
bonus.
Because
nothing
says
“merit”
like
a
lawyer
with
a
year
of
experience
and
Nazi
texts.
Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
Above
the
Law,
host
of
The
Jabot
podcast,
and
co-host
of
Thinking
Like
A
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