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GOP Senators oppose Trump’s Office of Special Counsel pick after racist texts surface
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October 21, 2025
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8:25Now PlayingSenate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and other Republican Senators have said they will not vote for Paul Ingrassia, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel. This comes after texts surfaced in which Ingrassia says he has a “Nazi streak” and that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell.” MSNBC Congressional Reporter Mychael Schnell has the latest from Capitol Hill. Staff Writer at The Atlantic Ashley Parker and Senior Writer at The Dispatch David Drucker join Chris Jansing to weigh in.
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