FBI Director Kash Patel responded to criticism after video footage surfaced of him celebrating with the Workforce USA Males’s Hockey workforce after their win towards Canada.
In a submit on X, Patel expressed that he “was extraordinarily humbled” when Workforce USA’s Males’s Hockey workforce invited him “into the locker room” to rejoice their Gold Medal win.
“For the very involved media – sure, I really like America and was extraordinarily humbled when my buddies, the newly minted Gold Medal winners on Workforce USA, invited me into the locker room to rejoice this historic second with the boys,” Patel wrote. “Best nation on earth and best sport on earth.”
Video footage posted to social media exhibits Patel celebrating with the workforce, and Patel may be seen chugging what seems to be a beer earlier than shaking it a number of occasions within the air. Patel can be seen banging on a desk in entrance of him along with his different hand.
One other member of the hockey workforce was additionally seen putting a gold medal round Patel’s neck.
A number of individuals responded to a video of Patel celebrating that was posted on X by William Turton, a reporter for ProPublica. Turton said that “a supply” despatched him the photograph.
“You may solely think about the response from the GOP and Fox if this was a FBI director underneath Obama or Biden,” journalist Mehdi Hasan wrote in a submit on X. “What’s he doing there? At taxpayer expense??”
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