When conservatives squabble, a thrilling American victory followed by a liberal media meltdown can reunite us.
On Sunday, in a clip posted to the social media platform X, FBI Director Kash Patel celebrated the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team’s gold medal-winningtriumphover Canada by chugging beers, thumping his chest, and pounding a table in the victors’ locker room.
Predictably, liberal media scolds responded in their usual annoying way, prompting a response from the director.
“Yes – Multiple sources have sent me and @KDilanianMSNOW this video *appearing to show* @FBIDirectorKash Patel guzzling from a beer and partying in locker room w US men’s hockey team. His office insisted this was strictly a business trip. We at @MSNOWNews will share what we learn,” former Washington Post staff writer Carol Leonnig wrote on X.
Yes – Multiple sources have sent me and@KDilanianMSNOWthis video *appearing to show*@FBIDirectorKashPatel guzzling from a beer and partying in locker room w US men’s hockey team. His office insisted this was strictly a business trip. We at@MSNOWNewswill share what we learnpic.twitter.com/IhGuIJkmXA
— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig)February 23, 2026
First, note the comically serious “breaking news”- style tone. “Multiple sources have sent me” this video that has already circulated widely on social media. What a scoop!
Then came the suggestion of a scandal: “His office insisted this was strictly a business trip.”
Patelhimself addressed the ginned-up controversy.
“For the very concerned media – yes, I love America and was extremely humbled when my friends, the newly minted Gold Medal winners on Team USA, invited me into the locker room to celebrate this historic moment with the boys- Greatest country on earth and greatest sport on earth,” the FBI director wrote Sunday on X.
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