Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia: "Never trust a chinaman or Indian. NEVER"

[dalton99a]

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/20/paul-ingrassia-racist-text-messages-nazi-00613608

Trump nominee says MLK Jr. holiday belongs in ‘hell’ and that he has ‘Nazi streak,’ according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
By Daniel Lippman
10/20/2025 03:29 PM EDT

Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump’s embattled nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, told a group of fellow Republicans in a text chain the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and said he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a text chat viewed by POLITICO.

Ingrassia, who has a Senate confirmation hearing scheduled Thursday, made the remarks in a chain with a half-dozen Republican operatives and influencers, according to the chat.

“MLK Jr. was the 1960s George Floyd and his ‘holiday’ should be ended and tossed into the seventh circle of hell where it belongs,” Ingrassia wrote in January 2024, according to the chat.

Using an Italian slur for Black people, Ingrassia wrote a month earlier in the group chat seen by POLITICO: “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.”













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Paul Ingrassia

[eppur_se_muova]

1. Am I the only one who picks up that "priviliged little shit" vibe ? nt

[B.See]

16. Personally, I'm picking up on an "I should be tossed into the 7th circle of Hell" vibe.

Otherwise, a typical Trumper PSYCHOPATH. Can he PICK 'em or what?

[LuckyLib]

2. Paul, you are two grandparents removed from immigration.

(Unless you’re indigenous. In which case, my apologies.)

[DFW]

3. The director of the FBI kept a straight face when he heard this?

Maybe he was muzzled and restrained before being informed?

[yardwork]

11. The director of the FBI is yearning for Valhalla.

[B.See]

18. Maybe the director of the FBI hasn't heard the LATEST:

Florida Republican Calls For Mass Deportation of Indians - MSN

A Florida city council member is facing a wave of public criticism and formal censure following a series of social media posts calling for the mass deportation of Indian immigrants.

Chandler Langevin, a Republican member of the Palm Bay City Council, said that Indians come to America to “drain our pockets” before returning to India, “or worse … to stay.”

Langevin made the comments on social media in late September. In several posts, Langevin called for the deportation of Indian nationals and criticized what he described as the growing influence of Indian immigrants in the United States.

Quick... somebody tell Kash. And Mrs. JD while you're at it.

Rightfully this CLOWN was quickly censured for saying the quite part, of what they REALLY think, out loud (like many of Trump's REICH-wing ilk are starting to DO).

People of Colour would be wise to take note, I think.

[ReRe]

19. (Bet they forgot to blindfold the FBI Director and his eyes popped the rest of the way out.) n/t

[RainCaster]

4. Never trust a Republican. NEVER!

I fixed the headline for you.

[ReRe]

5. Trump really knows how to pick 'em.

Where does he come up with these scumbags? I guess the old adage is true:
"Birds of a feather flock together".

[Midnight Writer]

6. They are like flies drawn to shit. The smell of corruption and hatred attracts them.

[PatSeg]

9. I think he goes out of his way to pick

the worst of the worst, almost in defiance of morality and decency. He loves the chaos that ensues.

[ReRe]

15. I thought I knew what evil was.

Seriously. I've been around the block a time or two too. But I didn't know the depths of total depravity until now.
This man is evil incarnate!

[PatSeg]

20. Same here

I thought I understood people, but now all my beliefs are being challenged. Of course, I knew monsters existed, but I had no idea how many there were and often in positions of influence and power. At this late stage in my life, I feel like I'm starting all over again from scratch.

[themaguffin]

7. It's good that this stuff is coming out but if nothing changes, they will be...

normalizes this shit.

[milestogo]

8. Never trust a privileged white male.

Never trust a bigot.
Never trust a misogynist.
Never trust someone with an unamerican sounding last name.
Never trust a lawyer.
Never trust anyone who sucks up to DJT.

[Ping Tung]

10. He looks like the kind of guy who sells autographed by God bibles or Hair growth oils

door to door.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Paul Ingrassia has withdrawn from his upcoming confirmation hearing to lead the Office of Special Counsel

Link to tweet

[ReRe]

17. Yeah. He'll be out of sight, out of mind

like Steve Miller, whispering dung into the despot's ears. Anne Rice herself could not have come up with a story like the reality we're being forced to live through.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

13. Paul is dead. Next?

[spanone]

14. The perfect trmp nominee.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. MaddowBlog-Trump's latest failed nominee makes the White House appear even more incompetent

Paul Ingrassia’s nomination was an obvious debacle, but he’s only the latest addition to a growing list of personnel failures.

Every time a Trump nominee fails, the White House looks even more incompetent:
- Paul Ingrassia
- E.J. Antoni
- Brian Quintenz
- Matt Gaetz
- Dave Weldon
- Ed Martin
- Janette Nesheiwat
- Chad Chronister
- Kathleen Sgamma
- Jared Isaacman
- Elise Stefanik www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-10-22T12:59:19.307Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-latest-failed-nominee-makes-white-house-appear-even-incompetent-rcna239083

The process surrounding Donald Trump’s nominees tends to resemble an efficient assembly line. The president taps a loyalist with dubious qualifications; obedient Senate Republicans do what the White House tells them to do; and the nominees are confirmed to powerful positions that many of them clearly shouldn’t have.

Lately, however, the assembly line has broken down with surprising frequency. Take this week, for example. MSNBC reported:

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel, Paul Ingrassia, withdrew his name from consideration on Tuesday after his confirmation looked destined to fail. In a social media post Tuesday night, Ingrassia said he would no longer attend his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday ‘because unfortunately I do not have enough Republican votes at this time.’

The right-wing nominee’s record is filled with a great many ridiculous comments, but his head count was correct: Ingrassia’s history of radicalism made him one of the president’s most outlandish nominees to date, but after Politico reported on a group text in which Ingrassia acknowledged his “Nazi streak,” a variety of prominent GOP senators said they’d vote against him.....

But this is not, strictly speaking, simply a story about the demise of a ridiculous nomination. Rather, it’s equally important to appreciate the larger pattern — because while the conventional wisdom is that the Republican-led Senate reflexively confirms every misguided Trump nominee, that’s not entirely the case.

Earlier this month, for example, Brian Quintenz’s nomination to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission failed, and just a few days earlier, E.J. Antoni’s nomination to become the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics failed in the face of bipartisan opposition.

And while three nomination failures in three weeks is a lot, the problem has persisted for months. Indeed, the same list also includes Matt Gaetz, Dave Weldon, Ed Martin, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, Chad Chronister, Kathleen Sgamma and Jared Isaacman. (If we widen the aperture a bit, Elise Stefanik is also arguably part of the same group.)

The longer this list grows, the louder the concerns about rampant incompetence in the West Wing.