Democratic strategist James Carville on Tuesday apparently confused Trump’s FBI Director nominee Kash Patel with another Indian: the Daily Caller’s publisher, Neil Patel.
Insinuating to MSNBC’s Ari Melber that Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson was heavily influencing Trump’s cabinet picks, Carville made an incorrect claim about Kash Patel.
“Kash Patel was Tucker’s business partner,” Carville told Melber.
Kash Patel, however, was not Carlson’s business partner. The Patel whom Carville was likely referring to was Daily Caller co-founder and publisher Neil Patel.
Neil Patel and Carlson started the Daily Caller together in 2010. Patel later acquired Carlson’s stake in 2020 to become the controlling owner.
Hmm. Apparently Carville thinks all Indians are the same. pic.twitter.com/GnLY8bKv45
— Neil Patel (@NeilPatelTDC) December 4, 2024
“Hmm. Apparently Carville thinks all Indians are the same,” Neil Patel tweeted Wednesday morning.
Carville also noted other picks whom he alleged had Carlson’s fingerprints on them, including that of Vice President-elect J.D. Vance. He also mentioned Donald Trump Jr.’s influence on his father. (RELATED: ‘It’s Depressing’: James Carville Crestfallen Over Trump Win As He Attacks Voters Who ‘Fell For This Sh*t’)
“Everything that I see is the same thing that I heard in a green room in 2002,” Carville said, calling Tucker an old friend.
Trump nominated Kash Patel, a former public defender who most recently served as the Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense, as FBI Director on Saturday. Patel played a major role “in uncovering the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, standing as an advocate for truth, accountability, and the Constitution,” Trump said in his Truth Social announcement of the nomination.
Establishment media and left-wing figureheads like Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe have bashed the pick. McCabe said it was a “terrible development.”
Trump, however, lauded Kash Patel, saying he “has spent his career exposing corruption, defending justice, and protecting the American people.”