Ryan Grim
Role at the time: Co-host, Breaking Points
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
Breaking Points co-host Ryan Grim said he agreed with the substance of Kash Patel's defense of the FBI hiring-policy change ("Patel's right") while mocking the rollout's optics.
“Cash Patel's right”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Breaking Points on Kash Patel's FBI hiring-policy testimony
Breaking Points (Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky) segment on Kash Patel's Senate testimony defending the FBI hiring-standards change.
Why we used this label
Grim agrees with the substance of Patel's rationale ('Patel's right') while mocking the rollout and optics of the policy -- a genuinely mixed position that both defends the substance and criticizes the execution.