Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said he’s hopeful the White House withdraws the nomination of Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel, warning “he’s not going to pass.”
Thune made the comments to reporters Monday in the wake of a Politico story that detailed racially charged text messages Ingrassia allegedly sent in a group chat. In one, Ingrassia said Martin Luther King Jr. Day should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell,” according to the report.
When asked if the White House should pull Ingrassia’s nomination, Thune said, “I hope so. He’s not going to pass.”
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