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On The Hill

'YOU ARE AN EMBARRASSMENT!': Kash Crushes Cory in Heated Exchange on The Hill [WATCH]

posted by Hannity Staff - 9.16.25

Kash won’t be bullied…

During a Senate hearing on the Hill on Tuesday, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker got into a heated exchange with Kash Patel over the success of Patel’s FBI.

Booker said President Trump has promised to make the country safer, but argued that Patel’s actions at the FBI have led to the opposite outcome.

“You have pushed out senior FBI agents with decades of knowledge and experience,” Booker said. “In fact, this is the first time in FBI history that neither the director nor the deputy director have any experience with the FBI. You’ve shifted the agency’s priorities primarily to pursuing Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda.”

“I believe you have made our country weaker and less safe,” Booker said.

“You don’t get to say that America is not safer under this leadership…,” Patel responded. “America is safer because of the FBI.”

Booker said he believes the U.S. is more vulnerable to a domestic or foreign attack because of Patel’s “failures,” and predicted that Patel won’t hold the job as director for much longer. “Here’s the thing, Mr. Patel, I think you’re not going to be around long. … I think this might be your last oversight hearing.”

“Sir, that rant of false information does not bring this country together,” Patel said, which prompted Booker to raise his voice at him.

During the cross-talk, Patel can be heard saying, “You are an EMBARRASSMENT to this country! You had your time, your time is OVER.”

Watch the clip below: