Kash Patel caught in major Olympic scandal - Another Day - Brian Tyler Cohen

[TexasTowelie]

BTC: Kash Patel uses taxpayer dollars to party with the USA men's hockey team, but he deserves it. Not releasing the Epstein files takes a lot out of you. This is just another day.

The Winter Olympics in Milan are over and America's coming home with 12 gold medals. By the way, for the younger viewers, winning gold medals is what people used to do before demanding trophies became the norm. But today, it's not the athletes who are dominating the news.

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ABC News Reporter: A wild scene in the locker room with FBI Director Kash Patel even spotted celebrating with the team, appearing to chug a beer before raising a bottle in the air, spraying it across the locker room.

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BTC: Wow. Using hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to fly government jets to the Olympics and celebrate in the locker room. I know one guy who is going to be livid.

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Kash Patel: And I'm not saying take all their funding. I'm not the defund everything guy. I'm just saying Chris Wray doesn't need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacation. Maybe we ground that plane, $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.

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BTC: Yeah, just a thought. Well, here's another thought. Maybe the guy not releasing the Epstein files and running cover for a billionaire's pedophile ring shouldn't be wasting our taxpayer dollars to go all Will Ferrell from Old School. Unless you think this blatant hypocrisy is merely a one-off for Kash, he has been more than happy to spend your cash--see what I did there?--for his personal benefit.

Patel has previously drawn criticism for using FBI resources for personal reasons. Whether using a $60 million jet to see his singer girlfriend perform at a pro wrestling event or detailing an FBI SWAT team to protect her. Patel has also used taxpayer dollars to order a fleet of custom armored BMW X5s to travel in and the excuse he gave for rolling in this fleet of BMWs. He felt it made him less conspicuous on his outings because clearly that's Kash's priority to be more inconspicuous. Yes, nothing says under the radar quite like a media hound podcast host who inserted himself into the locker room of a team he didn't play for and literally wore a gold medal he didn't win. Because discretion is key.

Now, a big question is whether or not Kash's time at the Olympics was planned or merely part of an overseas business trip, as his office has claimed. And sadly, we'll never know, unless you just read Kash's own tweet from this summer: “NHL agreed to let the boys play in the next Olympics this coming winter. First time in over a decade. Team USA, I'll see you there.” But look, that could mean anything. I mean, when Kash says he's gonna see something, can you really trust him?

Just so we're all clear here, Kash Patel, the man who said this about the Epstein files before he was director of the FBI.

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Glenn Beck: Who has Jeffrey Epstein's Blackbook?

Kash Patel: Blackbook. FBI.

Beck: But who? That is…

Patel: That, that I mean, there's… Oh, that's under direct control of the director of the FBI.

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BTC: That guy who is now in charge of the agency can't seem to find Epstein's Blackbook, has not released all the files, and even lied to Congress about the number of co-conspirators in the files. All so that he can make time to do this.

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Good Morning America Reporter: Patel dismissing critics who questioned why he was in the locker room. For the very concerned media, yes, I love America and was extremely humbled when my friends, the newly minted gold medal winners on Team USA, invited me into the locker room to celebrate this historic moment with the boys.

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BTC: Okay, first off, the men's team invited you in to celebrate, but that didn't mean you had to do it in the same style as every dude in Delta Chi who sinks a shot in beer pong. And second, for the very concerned media, it is their fucking job to ask why the director of the FBI on the taxpayers's dime is pounding beers like it's pledge week at ASU. Enough with the whole, "Well, if you must know charade, I'm pretty sure Kash Patel himself would have wanted or know or would had a problem if Robert Mueller used taxpayer dollars to celebrate with Michael Phelps."

And as it turns out, Kash wasn't the only government official who wanted to celebrate with the men's team.

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Trump’s phone call to USA Hockey team: You know, I tell you what, I just told my people two minutes ago, I didn't know they'd be calling. I said, "We're giving the State of the Union speech on Tuesday night. I could send the military plane or something, but if you would like to, it's the mo, it's the coolest night."

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BTC: Okay. Uh, I think we all know by now that Donald Trump lies a lot. He lies about the state of the economy, about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, about the election being rigged. But calling the State of the Union the coolest night, I mean, sure, these guys might think that a gold medal overtime win at the Olympics is cool, but what's really cool is getting to sit next to this badass 92-year-old mouth breather {photo of Chuck Grassley displayed} as the president lies his face off for two hours.

And while Trump was excited for the men's team, that wasn't the only American hockey team to bring home the gold. The women did, too. And because of that, Trump invited both to the State of the Union.

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KSBW8 Reporter: US women's hockey team said it declined President Donald Trump's invitation to attend his State of the Union address. Team cited scheduling issues as the reason they could not attend.

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BTC: Huh. Scheduling issues? That's so odd. I mean, not that I've ever had women decline an invitation from me because of scheduling issues, or car trouble, or having to work late, or a death in the family, or a last minute migraine, or a sick pet, or forgetting multiple times that they had to go on a last minute trip to save the whales. But scheduling issues just seems like a really odd reason to rebuff the president of the United States. I wonder if there's something else going on here?

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KSBW8 Reporter: This comes a day after the president jokingly said he had to also invite the women after inviting the men after their win on Sunday.

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BTC: Ah, well, now I can see how it might be tough to carve out some time in your schedule to go watch a misogynist lie about our economy. Apparently, despite what all the dating experts say, being negged by a swollen-ankled, blotchy-handed 79-year-old doesn't always work.

Yes, the president of the United States, who has spent the last year of his presidency, telling America how appalled he is at his buddy's degradation of women, decided to use some of that locker room phone call to degrade women.

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Trump’s phone call to USA Hockey team: And we have to, I must tell you, we're going to have to bring the women's team. You do know that.

Hockey player: Do that.

Trump: I do believe I probably would be a peace.

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BTC: He just can't not do it. He can't not be a misogynistic asshole. These women, these supreme athletes fought tooth and nail to bring home a gold for their country and this fat fuck whose veins are coursing with Big Mac grease and Diet Coke had to take them down a peg in their moment of glory. All so that he could seem like one of the guys?

You know, for years, Donald Trump has tried to paint himself as America's greatest feminist.

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Trump: I have great respect for women. Nobody has more respect for women than I do.

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BTC: And that's true. I believe Gloria Steinem has said that there wasn't a single feminist ideal that she championed that wasn't championed by Donald J. Trump first. And when Trump famously caught on camera saying that he could grab women by the genitals whenever he wanted, his excuse was that it was merely..

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Trump: locker room talk.

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BTC: But it turns out there are other locations for Donald Trump to showcase his respect for women. There's plane cabin talk.

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Trump: Quiet, quiet piggy.

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BTC: There's Oval Office talk.

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Trump: You know, she's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. I've known you for 10 years. I don't think I've ever seen a smile on your face.

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BTC: There's Cabinet meeting talk.

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Trump: You're the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. Let me just tell you, you are an obnoxious a terrible actually a terrible reporter.

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BTC: And campaign rally talk.

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Trump: Michelle Obama, she was nasty. Oo.

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BTC: At what point are we allowed to remove the location qualifier and just say that this is how this fucking guy talks? I'm not trying to take anything away from the women's hockey team victory here, which I think is the real story, but I think it's just as cool to see them take a stand against this president's actual locker room talk, which was a plain and simple illustration of how misogynistic he really is. And their move to rebuff Donald Trump is more than can be said for so many law firms, universities, tech CEOs, media companies, and even other politicians.

Over and over again, Trump gets to feel emboldened by watching powerful men bend the knee after he lobs a myriad of insults their way. But it took a group of young women to teach all the guys a lesson in dignity. It turns out, if you're so inclined, you can have a backbone. And it isn't even that hard. If the president calls you names, threatens your company, or tries to intimidate you into doing what he wants, you don't have to resort to the same petty, vindictive tactics. You can simply tell him you've got...

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KSBW8 Reporter: …scheduling issues.

[TheRickles]

1. Totally brilliant takedown by BTC.

And thanks for the transcript, which inspired me to watch the clip.

[Zackzzzz]

2. Actual quote, "scheduled academic and professional commitments".