Invective against Kash Patel includes insults to his handling of investigation, his ethnicity and his reference to Valhalla
The killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk has conjured a storm of online criticism on the far right towards the FBI director, Kash Patel, both for his perceived incompetent stewardship of the bureau and his invocation of Viking lore.
During the news conference announcing the arrest of Tyler Robinson, 22, the alleged killer of Kirk at a Salt Lake City campus on Wednesday, Patel made triumphant statements as the Utah governor, Spencer Cox, looked on.
“This is what happens when you let good cops be cops,” said Patel, who reportedly faced internal pressure from the White House over his apparent mishandling of the case and inability to bring the manhunt to an end. “The FBI and our partners are proud to stand here today together to bring justice to the family of Charlie Kirk and honor his memory.”
But it was the peculiar ending of Patel’s speech when he namechecked Valhalla, a sort of heaven for warriors in Norse mythology referenced by everyone from Adolf Hitler to the rock band Led Zeppelin, which got the online extremists talking.
