Senior Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller was swiftly mocked after threatening that President-elect Donald Trump's FBI nominee Kash Patel will take Democrats to "Pound Town"—a phrase that is usually used to describe vigorous sex.
The statement was made as Miller criticized New York Times reporter Glenn Thrush, who covered Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Pam Bondi, Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general. Thrush noted that Bondi’s prior support for Patel was not addressed during the questioning.
If both nominations are confirmed, Bondi would oversee Patel. During her hearing, Bondi pledged that there “will never be an enemies list” under her leadership at the Justice Department and appeared to distance herself from Patel in her remarks.
Thrush wrote the following on X:
"A bit of a jaw dropper. Bondi distanced herself from Kash Patel, who she had previously defended. Asked about F.B.I. nominee's position on the conspiratorial QAnon group, she said, "I look forward to hearing his testimony about QAnon in front of this committee.""
You can see his post below.
Miller later responded that Thrush had taken the matter "out of context":
“This is taken out of context, Glenn,” Miller responded. “We all look forward to [Kash Patel] taking these idiotic Democrats to Pound Town if/when they decide to waste their time asking him about hypothetical conspiracy theories in his hearing.”
You can see his post below.
But it was the odd use of "Pound Town" that really got people going—and the jokes came hard and fast.
In Patel, Trump has the perfect person to go after those he believes have wronged him.
Patel has already compiled a list of so-called "deep state" officials he believes should be targeted.
In his 2023 book, Government Gangsters, Patel names a wide array of figures in an appendix titled “Members of the Executive Branch Deep State.” The list isn’t limited to Democrats or Biden administration officials but also includes several Republicans and Trump appointees, such as Bill Barr, Rod Rosenstein, Pat Cipollone, Patrick Philbin, and special counsel Robert Hur.
Predictably, Patel also singles out current FBI Director Christopher Wray, whom Trump plans to replace, along with Democrats like White House adviser John Podesta and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Last month, news outlets reported that President Joe Biden’s senior aides are locked in an intense internal debate over whether to issue preemptive pardons to a range of current and former public officials who could become targets upon Trump's return to the White House. The aides are increasingly alarmed about the potential for a wave of inquiries and indictments, a concern heightened by Trump’s recent appointment of Patel.
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