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DoBW

(3,326 posts) Mon May 18, 2026, 12:18 PM 2 hrs ago

Patel avoiding sobriety test? Van Hollen hammers away

..."leading Van Hollen to declare in an interview on Sunday that Patel is frequently "incapacitated" and unable to do his job and has "compromised" the FBI and its responsibilities, and calling for his immediate firing."

https://michaelpopok.substack.com/p/kash-patel-panics-as-he-fails-to

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Patel avoiding sobriety test? Van Hollen hammers away (Original Post) DoBW 2 hrs ago OP

Is Van Hollen the same Senator who was grilling him last week, where Patel was whining about some 7K bar tab AZJonnie 1 hr ago #1

Patel's answer is "I know you are but what am I?" such a child Walleye 1 hr ago #2

AZJonnie

(4,009 posts)

1. Is Van Hollen the same Senator who was grilling him last week, where Patel was whining about some 7K bar tab

Reply to DoBW (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2026, 12:33 PM

1 hr ago

and margaritas the Senator was involved in, and wherein the Senator said he'd be willing to take the same test for alcohol abuse he was asking Patel about taking?

Walleye

(45,404 posts)

2. Patel's answer is "I know you are but what am I?" such a child

Reply to DoBW (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2026, 12:39 PM

1 hr ago

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