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Rhiannon12866

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Tue Oct 21, 2025, 07:10 PM Oct 21

GOP Senators oppose Trump's Office of Special Counsel pick after racist texts surface - MSNBC Reports



Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and other Republican Senators have said they will not vote for Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel. This comes after texts surfaced in which Ingrassia says he has a “Nazi streak” and that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell.”

MSNBC Congressional Reporter Mychael Schnell has the latest from Capitol Hill. Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Ashley Parker, and Senior Writer at The Dispatch David Drucker join Chris Jansing to weigh in. - Aired on 10/21/2025.

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GOP Senators oppose Trump's Office of Special Counsel pick after racist texts surface - MSNBC Reports (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Oct 21 OP
They'll fold Aviation Pro Oct 21 #1
They'll vote for him.It always comes after their little hissy fit. Autumn Oct 21 #2
Yep..look at the cabinet they approved of. Deuxcents Oct 21 #3
Per CNN withdrawn Aviation Pro Oct 21 #4
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