Reposted by @gwadilad.bsky.social
From me, a list of Trump supporters who killed, or tried to kill, Democrats and opponents of Trump in recent years (since the right are now claiming all the political violence is from the left!)
Receipts:
zeteo.com/p/charlie-ki...
![Ezra on twitter, quoting an Atlantic profile of Kash Patel. Link to the Atlantic piece is in bluesky post.
Ladies and gentlemen. meet Kash Patel, the president-elect's choice to run the FBI:
"In The Plot Against the King, a children’s book, [Kash] Patel tells the story of a wizard named Kash who sets out to save King Donald from the sinister machinations of Hillary Queenton and a “shifty knight."
"Patel produced 'Justice for All,' a version of the national anthem sung by jailed January 6 defendants and played by Trump at his first 2024 campaign rally."
"Patel expressed no doubt about his capacity to deliver the goods. 'We will go out and find the conspirators, not just in government but in the media,' he said. 'Yes, we’re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens, who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections—we’re going to come after you.'”
“'A lot of people say he’s crazy,' Trump once said of Patel, according to the longtime adviser. 'I think he’s kind of crazy. But sometimes you need a little crazy.'”
"The prevailing sentiment in Trump’s inner circle, according to the longtime adviser, is that there is no upside to calling out Patel’s exaggerations or lies. By now, this person explained, Trump is entrenched in his view of Patel as a 'useful tool.' The former president, the adviser said, understands that 'Kash is the one you say to, ‘Hey, I’m not telling you to go break into the DNC. But…’ ”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ral53dgtdakrlgu5nzggvwxu/bafkreigvhlrd2c64hd573tngfsckqzb2fdlergw6uxau7n7dinegcuukjq)
