Trump’s nomination of Paul Ingrassia loses Republican support following racist text messages
Ingrassia, Trump's pick to lead the office of special counsel, allegedly described himself as having a Nazi streak'
Donald Trump's nomination of a conservative attorney and commentator to oversee federal whistleblower protections appeared to be collapsing after his racist text messages surfaced this week and the Republican Senate leader suggested the White House should withdraw the pick.
Paul Ingrassia, currently a White House liaison at the Department of Homeland Security, previously advocated for making 6 January a national holiday and publicly questioned whether the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack was a psyop". But the fans were flamed again on Monday after Politico reported text messages in which Ingrassia allegedly described himself as having a Nazi streak" and suggested Martin Luther King Jr Day should be tossed into the seventh circle of hell".
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