'Traitor to Trump': Outraged MAGA fans warn new nominee about a 'snake' in his circle
Donald Trump sparked outrage among his critics with the appointment of Kash Patel as the head of the FBI, and now some are warning Patel to protect himself.
Patel has been seen as a controversial pick, including because of his reportedly unwavering loyalty to the former and incoming president, and because of his purported ties to QAnon.
Morgan Ortagus, a Trump-endorsed candidate for Congress in Tennessee's fifth congressional election who effectively lost the race in 2022 after being removed from the ballot, posted a photo with Patel Saturday.
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"A beautiful Sunday lunch with 45/47 and the next [FBI] Director my friend [Patel]," Ortagus wrote on her social media.
Far-right activist Laura Loomer, who recently spoke out against a dinner guest Trump had, replied to Ortagus.
"I bet it was beautiful… Remember when you went on MSDNC and said 'you didn’t know' if you could ever support Donald Trump as the GOP nominee for President while you were a campaign surrogate for [Jeb Bush]?" Loomer asked. "Remember when you called Trump 'disgusting.'"
Loomer also felt the need to warn Patel about Ortagus.
"I love Kash Patel. He has always been a big supporter of the J6 patriots and even raised money for them," she wrote. "Morgan Ortagus is a snake who is disliked by all of her colleagues at the State Department and she is a traitor to Trump."
Loomer continued:
"Let’s go down memory lane. Morgan was never with Trump. Her twin sister married a Muslim man, which prompted Morgan to attack Donald Trump over his travel ban from Islamic countries, she divorced her first husband and married a rich, politically connected Jew in DC and had her wedding officiated by the ultra-liberal SCOTUS justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg."
Another X user named Teri McCoy, a self-identified "Trump supporter," also flagged a "Snake Alert on Ortagus!!"
An account on X purportedly about the so-called Trump Derangement Syndrome wrote, "Weren’t you for Jeb Bush in 2016 and Nikki Haley in 2024? What a grifter!"
Another popular MAGA X account, Tammie McDonald, said, "Get out of here" with a snake emoji.
