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Miles Archer

(23,876 posts)
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 11:21 AM 23 hrs ago

BRAVE, BOLD, COURAGEOUS and PROBABLY SH*T-FACED Kash sipped a frosty mug of I.D.G.A.F. as WHC Dinner chaos ensused

The embattled FBI was seen appearing to linger aimlessly in a video captured after a man exchanged gunfire with Secret Service at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kash-patel-ripped-for-just-standing-there-after-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner/

In the footage captured by ABC News Journalist Linsey Davis, Patel is standing agape outside the Washington Hilton.

“Kash Patel standing around outside after the shooting like a random attendee and not the literal FBI Director is actually crazy,” Eric Spracklen, a rightwing political commentator, shared with his almost 300,000 followers in a post on X.

Other videos show Patel, who was a guest of the Daily Mail, crouched to the ground inside the venue, looking seemingly dumbfounded.

“There is a shooting and…The head of the FBI is just hanging out?” another X user wrote in a post that has racked up 850,000 views as of publication.


Eric Spracklen 🇺🇸
@EricSpracklen
Kash Patel standing around outside after the shooting like a random attendee and not the literal FBI Director is actually crazy.

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@LinseyDavis




Earth Hippy 🌎🕊️💚
@hippyygoat
There is a shooting and…
The head of the FBI is just hanging out?


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BRAVE, BOLD, COURAGEOUS and PROBABLY SH*T-FACED Kash sipped a frosty mug of I.D.G.A.F. as WHC Dinner chaos ensused (Original Post) Miles Archer 23 hrs ago OP
Three blind mice see how they run... Klarkashton 23 hrs ago #1
Given that this director of the FBI has zero law enforcement experience whatsoever AZJonnie 23 hrs ago #2
of course, he doesn't know what to do, has no training in security. He'd just be in the way. BlueWaveNeverEnd 23 hrs ago #3
I thought he was with his girlfriend? vanlassie 23 hrs ago #4
He was probably Googling, "antifa"! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 23 hrs ago #5

AZJonnie

(3,865 posts)
2. Given that this director of the FBI has zero law enforcement experience whatsoever
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 11:31 AM
23 hrs ago

It seems fairly appropriate for him to just keep his head down and stay out of the way of the people that actually know how to do their job. He wasn't in the proper gear, and didn't have the proper weapons, even if he had the necessary training (which of course he does not).

I can bag on that asshole for all kinds of reasons (and I do), but this pretty much makes sense to me.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,659 posts)
3. of course, he doesn't know what to do, has no training in security. He'd just be in the way.
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 11:32 AM
23 hrs ago

he is baffled. Probably upset that he won't get to partake in the drinks.

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