MAGA turns on "Keystone Kash" Patel over botched investigations

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Conservative podcast host Tim Dillon called FBI Director Kash Patel a "big fat liar" and demanded his resignation. Candace Owens said he should step down. Joe Rogan amplified the criticism. The backlash — from the same right-wing media that once championed Patel — centers on what Salon describes as a pattern of "premature announcements and theatrical incompetence." — Read the rest

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