President-elect Donald Trump effectively dismissed speculation he may nominate Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) to run the FBI.
Trump faced widespread backlash following rumors he could nominate the former House Intelligence Committee chairman to head the intel agency, with some pointing out he was previously a staunch anti-Trumper.
CNN says Mike Rogers is under consideration for FBI Director
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) November 22, 2024
This snake has gone on TV for years trashing Trump
He's a card-carrying Never Trumper in love with the war machine pic.twitter.com/42UfGRJEM2
Some highlighted Deep State operative former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s endorsement of Rogers as a concerning sign.
🚨 BREAKING: Andrew McCabe went on CNN last night and endorsed Mike Rogers for FBI Director
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) November 22, 2024
Tells you everything you need to know pic.twitter.com/pIbhIm7O2V
Disgraced Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe was on CNN endorsing Mike Rogers and attacking Kash Patel while the news broke that Trump is not even considering Rogers.
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) November 22, 2024
The Deep State suffered a major blow this morning. pic.twitter.com/w7H1n4BIbb
The fact that corrupt former FBI official Andrew McCabe is for Mike Rogers for FBI Director tells you exactly why Donald Trump must NOT appoint Rogers.
— Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) November 22, 2024
Only Kash Patel will clean house at the epically corrupt FBI. pic.twitter.com/Xz9U52VXxD
Andrew McCabe should be in prison for his role in the Russia collusion hoax and for repeatedly lying under oath about his Russiagate leaks. Instead, he’s going on TV and endorsing Mike Rogers to run the FBI. What more do you need to know about Mike Rogers? pic.twitter.com/9mrIfVhIJ4
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) November 22, 2024
Whistleblowing site Wikileaks also sounded the alarm earlier this week, warning Rogers co-founded a ” deep state ‘never Trump’ group” called, “The Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD).”
ASD “became a central player in efforts to tie President Donald Trump and his supporters to Russian interference in the 2016 election,” WikiLeaks warned on Tuesday.
Trump FBI head aspirant, former congressman Mike Rogers, was co-founder of deep state “never Trump” group.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) November 19, 2024
The Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD), founded in 2017, became a central player in efforts to tie President Donald Trump and his supporters to Russian interference in… pic.twitter.com/VhfxRNfAhi
“Among its co-founders were Mike Rogers, former Republican congressman and chair of the House Intelligence Committee; Michael McFaul, Obama’s former ambassador to Russia; Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of Homeland Security under George W. Bush; and Michael Hayden, former CIA and NSA director,” WikiLeaks reported on X. “These figures, with deep ties to the intelligence community and bipartisan opposition to Trump, were instrumental in advancing ASD’s agenda and its controversial Hamilton 68 project,” which was ostensibly created to track Russian disinformation on social media but ended up ensnaring many pro-Trump citizens and journalists.
Trump appears to have heard the people’s objections loud and clear.
On Friday, Trump senior advisor Dan Scavino informed X users, “Just spoke to President Trump regarding Mike Rogers going to the FBI. It’s not happening — In his own words, ‘I have never even given it a thought.’ Not happening.”
Just spoke to President Trump regarding Mike Rogers going to the FBI. It’s not happening — In his own words, “I have never even given it a thought.” Not happening.
— Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) November 22, 2024
X users are instead pushing Trump to nominate loyalist Kash Patel to the position, who McCabe fears could implement sweeping changes to the agency.
“No part of the FBI’s mission is safe with Kash Patel in any position of leadership in the FBI and certainly not in the deputy director’s job,” McCabe told CNN on Thursday.
“If you enter into that position with nothing more than a desire to disrupt and destroy the organization, there is a lot of damage someone like Kash Patel could do in a position like deputy director at the FBI.”
Many will argue that’s exactly why he’s perfect for the role.
If Andy McCabe is endorsing Mike Rogers for FBI Director, then whatever you do, DON'T put him in that role! Might as well have a Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger endorsement while you're at it…
— John Rich🇺🇸 (@johnrich) November 22, 2024
Give us K$SH PATEL!!
If Trump picks Mike Rogers, you are screwed and your country will still be controlled by the deep state
— sumit 🇮🇳 (@sumit45678901) November 22, 2024
If Trump picks Kash Patel, then you will have real accountability and your country will start to heal
Kash Patel is the only guy that makes sense for FBI director. pic.twitter.com/Rpt4Na1vrw
Kash Patel is the only guy that makes sense for FBI director.
— Real Defender🇺🇸 (@real_defender) November 21, 2024
#KashOnly pic.twitter.com/i42O6aYRfG
Polls on 𝕏 and Truth Social on Kash Patel vs. Mike Rogers for FBI Director pic.twitter.com/otu0wJ10DG
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) November 22, 2024