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In an interview with Hannity last night, Trump defended his decision to make Christopher Wray FBI director and said he chose him at the behest of Democrats and Chris Christie: "I put Chris Wray in because I wanted to have somebody in there that everybody including the other side… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Trump isn't sure if he made the wrong call with Wray. So, let's rewind the tape.
In September 2020, amid the George Floyd riots, Wray said about antifa: "It’s not a group or an organization. It’s a movement or an ideology." apnews.com/article/donald…
In September 2020, amid the George Floyd riots, Wray said about antifa: "It’s not a group or an organization. It’s a movement or an ideology." apnews.com/article/donald…
Instead, Wray told the House Homeland Security Committee that "people subscribing to some kind of white supremacist-type ideology is certainly the biggest chunk" of terrorism in the US. But Trump isn't sure if hiring him was a bad call. thehill.com/policy/nationa…
Wray reiterated that claim in March 2021 during testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
"I would certainly say, as I think I've said consistently in the past, that racially motivated violent extremism specifically of the sort that advocates for newsweek.com/fact-check-whi…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
"I would certainly say, as I think I've said consistently in the past, that racially motivated violent extremism specifically of the sort that advocates for newsweek.com/fact-check-whi…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Wray also condemned the January riot at the US Capitol as "domestic terrorism." In other words, Wray called Trump supporters domestic terrorists. pbs.org/newshour/polit…
Wray has dodged or obfuscated on every tough question from the laptop from hell to the identity of the alleged Jan. 5 pipe bomber to the raid on Mar-a-Lago. But Trump cannot bring himself to say he made a mistake hiring him. foxnews.com/media/wray-res…
Trump is blackballing anyone associated with DeSantis, but he cannot bring himself to admit hiring Wray was a mistake for the simple reason that if he did it, then it must be good. It's not that he's learned nothing. He's doubled down on learning nothing. foxnews.com/politics/trump…
Think about all the work people have put into some of these things. Julie Kelly’s reporting on the involvement of undercover feds in J6. Darren Beattie’s coverage of the pipe bomb mystery. And Trump just shrugs and says, hey, maybe Wray will be good! I hired him, after all.
This is the bottom line—and it goes beyond Wray. Nothing has changed. Things have only become worse.
https://twitter.com/jmichaelwaller/status/1640768287217778707
Trump boosters think it’s an own to note DeSantis said something nice about Wray in *2017* while Trump defended Wray *last night* to Hannity.
Today, when it matters more because we have a record to evaluate, DeSantis is outspokenly critical of the FBI and Wray. He even… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Today, when it matters more because we have a record to evaluate, DeSantis is outspokenly critical of the FBI and Wray. He even… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
It is hard to "destroy the deep state" when you fill it with people approved by "the other side" and then defend your decision to do so on national television years later after all that has happened when any rational person would know better. nbcnews.com/politics/await…
Trump regrets endorsing DeSantis more than he regrets hiring Wray—which he doesn’t, apparently—although DeSantis has been good to his base while Wray has tried to crush it. Because it’s Trump First, not America First.
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