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October 21, 2025

Politico: Trump Nominee Texts Group of Republicans He Has a "Nazi Streak"
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President Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, Paul
Ingrassia, texted a group of Republicans that he has a "Nazi streak,"
adding that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be "tossed into
the seventh circle of hell." The comments were among a slew of racist
texts from Ingrassia published by Politico on Monday. Following their
publication, Senate Majority Leader John Thune signaled Ingrassia's
nomination is unlikely to be advanced by a Senate committee at a
confirmation hearing scheduled for Thursday.

This follows Politico's publication of an image of an American flag
altered to include an image of a swastika that was displayed inside the
Capitol Hill office of Republican Congressmember Dave Taylor. Taylor
later disavowed the symbol, claiming his office was targeted as part of
an "orchestrated campaign" against Republicans.

This all comes after President Trump appeared to use a white nationalist
dog whistle in a recent speech to military leaders in Quantico,
Virginia. Trump claimed without evidence that under President Biden,
immigrants murdered 11,488 people.

President Donald Trump: "Eleven thousand, four hundred and eighty-eight
murderers allowed into our country by this guy who had no clue. He had
no clue."
The speech was likely written by Trump's anti-immigrant adviser Stephen
Miller. It appears to be a reference to the number 1488, a coded
rallying cry for militant white nationalists.



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