On RFK Jr.’s website “Nominees for the People” where people were able to go online and offer their support for nonbinding votes for President-elect Donald Trump’s “unity government” cabinet nominees (actually sounds like something Kamala would call it if she had won), Guntuber Brandon Herrera, aka The AK Guy, is the leading nominee to head up the ATF.
Many people believe even though it’s a tongue in cheek recommendation, Herrera would be a much more reasonable choice than Biden’s current head of the ATF Steven Dettelbach, whose ignorance of basic firearms operation and terms was on full display earlier this year during an interview on CBS’s Face the Nation.
For Herrera, who is funny as hell in many of his videos and tackles such compelling topics as testing the gun that killed Abraham Lincoln, testing Joe Rogan’s JFK bullet theory by shooting a dummy skull and even testing the assassination attempt shot on Donald Trump as well as the Secret Service’s return fire skull-smasher on the would-be assassin, he said he would gladly accept the nomination if Trump offered it.
Herrera, a San Antonio, Texas, resident who “narrowly lost a primary bid to oust incumbent U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales” earlier this year, put some grease on the votes he received according to the San Antonio Current. The Current reports:
So, where did Herrera get the idea to pursue the role of ATF director? Robert F. Kennedy Jr., of course.
In a Wednesday YouTube video, Herrera told viewers that the Nominees for the People website, a crowdsourcing platform run by RFK Jr. prompted him to chase the job. The forum allows people to nominate and vote on who they want to be in charge of government agencies under Trump.
“I don’t know what the actual likelihood of something like this happening is, but my God, this would be one of the most legendary appointments Donald Trump could ever make — and one of the funniest,” Herrera said in the clip. “There’s nothing I’d rather see more than the headquarters of the ATF turned into a f***** Spirit Halloween.”
The clip first aired just a week after Trump won the 2024 presidential election while liberals across the country were whining and bitching about the loss, blaming it on racism and misogyny (I had to look that word up), threatening to cut off their hair, threatening not to have sex with their significant others who may have supported Trump, threatening to uninvite Trump-supporting relatives from Thanksgiving dinner, swearing they were going to move out of the country (please, please do) and basically showing their real colors as the true party of intolerance in America.
“Before we begin this episode of Gun Meme Review, I just really wanted to check in and ask you guys, after the results of last week’s election, how are you doing?” he asked with a concerned look on his face, before busting into a wide grin, “Because I’m doing f***** great baby. Ice cream man is out; McDonald’s man is in. We’re in for a fun four years.”
And if Herrera actually got named as the new ATF director, that fun would only be that much more for gun owners, retailers and manufacturers. When you think about it, in a world where Jake Paul is about to fight former greatest fighter who ever lived Mike Tyson, is it really that far fetched. Elon Musk, after all, is about to become the co-leader of the newly created DOGE!
Other nominees on the website included Gary Sinise (aka Lt. Dan) for Director of Veterans Affairs, Edward Snowden for CIA Director, Alex Jones as Press Secretary and Theo Von for Press Secretary among others.
Check out Herrera’s clip. It’s worth wasting the nine minutes of your life you’ll never get back.
Trump does like a good troll. He has a history of nominating people that have problems with the way these departments have been managed. There’s a chance he’d do it.
Be hard to top Gaetz for AG.
Gaetz is not likely getting the job. He has too many Republican senators opposed. I don’t know what the magic number is, but it is not many.
Seems like a big gamble on his part.
Typically, cabinet positions require Senate approval, Attorney General is a cabinet position. But there is a way in which Trump could bypass that to appoint Gaetz as attorney general without a Senate vote by use of a ‘recess appointment’.
Recess appointments allow a president to make administration appointments without a vote in the Senate while the Senate is in recess. Its not unconstitutional and has been done before by other administrations. Clinton made 139 recess appointments, Obama made 32 recess appointments, George W. Bush made 171 recess appointments.
Trump has been ‘applying pressure’ to (well, more like working with) the incoming Senate Majority leader, John Thune, to allow him to make recess appointments so he can fast track positions without Senate approval.
To add: The thing about recess appointments though is they are temporary and expire at the end of the next senate session. But by that time Trump would have enough time to round up the votes needed for a senate vote. But in the interim under a recess appointment Gaetz could start to set things right and could also shut down any Biden DOJ ATF anti-2A legal actions.
Biden did 4,000 political appointments. 1,270’ish were democrat senate approved. There is a lot to undo to get our government back from the marxist.
yes, make recess appointments. This is battling the republican part of the swamp.
“Trump does like a good troll.”
RFK Jr. doesn’t have a chance surviving nomination, so I suspect it was a just a troll to prove his cred.
Red meat for the base, and all.
He can say he tried, and end up nominating someone like Dr. Ben Carson…
If Brandon Herrera were to become ATF Director the DemocRat’s “Would Crap a Brick!”
The now majority congress needs to subpoena utube and question those worthless ratbassturds about free speech violations…email your reps or stay silent and let utube get away with it.
Someone as bright as yourself should know that the First Amendment only protects free speech from government overreach, not private entities.
you do know that through threats, coercion, conspiring the Biden-Harris admin censored and infringed the first amendment rights of millions of Americans on social media platforms, right?
That is government doing that.
So YouTube has cause for action against the government, except they participated in the action. What YouTube in turn did to the public is not protected free speech.
It doesn’t matter what youtube can or can not do or did or did not do, and it wasn’t just youtube and was also facebook and twitter (before Musk bought it) ..the fact the government (Biden-Harris admin) took steps to intentionally censor and infringed the first amendment rights of millions of Americans on social media platforms is a violation of the first amendment by government.
Google/Alphabet Inc./YouTube should be fined for the billions they have contributed to the Democrat Party by skewing their algorithms for political gain. Without the tech oligarchy and the MSM working for dems 24/7, the electoral map would have more resembled the 1984 map.
…And with standard election fraud prevention measures.
“…should know that the First Amendment only protects free speech from government overreach, not private entities.”
Twitter had a direct line to the Biden white house, so that was government suppression of free speech…
UTube is not a governmental entity nor a public forum; as such it cannot violate anyone’s First Amendment rights. With limited exceptions, only the government can violate constitutional rights.
I think shes talking about what the Biden-Harris admin did, that’s government.
No, pretty sure she says what she means and means what she says. She accused YouTube of 1A violation… “let utube get away with it”.
that might be, but she doesn’t always say things correctly either. And besides, if youtube or the other social media willingly and knowingly colluded/conspired with government it makes them ‘government agent’ actors and makes them liable for 1st amendment violations as ‘agent of government’. There’s plenty in the house hearings that came forth that showed there was some willing and knowing participation, especially on part of twitter.
The early 20th century coal miners would disagree, with the statement saying, “only the government can violate your civil rights.”
Akex Jones might make a good press sec. He seems to have a real talent for getting people to believe stuff.
I think Dana White would make a better Press Secretary after seeing him on election night after Trump won.
No smart-ass reporters in that press room any more, I betcha.
Jones is a nutjob, full stop.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders would be ideal, but she’s busy being Arkansas’ governor…
“Jones is a nutjob, full stop.”
Lol. Indeed, thanks for making my point.
He is “a nut job” that has very often been correct. And that drives the deep state and the “statist libertarians” crazy.
Both stated they were happy to see him have his private property, stolen from him, by the government. As well as having his civil rights be denied him.
Yes, make him press secretary for a month. And Candace Owens for a month as well. Maybe Matt Walsh for a week. And Micheal Savage too.
Well, Brandon said he met and knew Gaetz pretty well during his campaign run. Plus, the establishment (House Speaker Mike Johnson) interfered with that primary, so he does have all that going for him. I don’t think it would be that far-fetched. But if he gets in, hooooooobooooy are we are gonna have a fun time!
So, you might as well go over and support him (Nominees for the People is the website)
I’d sleep a lot better AND enjoy my free time more.
Bettleback was Bidens henchmen.
Now Biden is gone.
FEMA needs to reap the repercussions of a Biden approved agenda along with Biden.
This is going to date me, but I’ve heard tell that oldsters who are comfortable in their loose skin don’t care any more, so here goes…
95% of me celebrates all the fresh blood that Trump is wanting to bring in, to shake things up. The other 5% consists of remembering this old Bud Light commercial.
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Man, if you get the ride, go for it!
I think the Bud Light boycott was a turning point. The insane left realized they had pushed too far, too fast, and the average Joe realized they actually had some power. Notice how the dems have mostly been ignoring their gender ideology promotion since then compared to the post-Cultural Revolution of 2020. It became a losing issue. AOC removed her pronouns from her X bio. AOC!
AOC went from a bartender to a congress critter worth millions. She realizes that her new found status and wealth are at risk so expect her to go more moderate in days to come.
“AOC went from a bartender to a congress critter worth millions.”
JWM, did you see where she asked her constituents that voted both for her and Trump why they did? 😉
She’s skating on thin ice and she knows it. She doesn’t want to give up her new life of wealth and privilege.
Watch her become conservative by the next election.
A commenter over at foxnews.com noted that Trump should nominate AOC to be ambassador to the Gaza Strip.
Or Lebanon, based in south Beirut.
This morning on the way home from an over nighter at the lab to finish up an experiment I stopped for some breakfast. I ran into a Kamala voter conversation between two people. Could not avoid it, they were talking loud enough for the whole place to hear. Man, these people are really all kinds of butt hurt and delusional.
After a round of “I just can’t believe Trump won…” said in various different ways and then complaining about a little of everything about Trump, they turned to Trumps appointments. One of them mentioned Herrera and said “Did ya see where Trump has appointed that Herrera nazi to run the ATF? And that guy, whats his name, uhhh …”
I was sitting at a different booth but I trolled them a little and spoke up and said “that guy, that would be Tony Stark a senator from Rhode Island.”
They guy said “Yeah, that’s the one, Tony Stark, Trump is gonna appoint him to run the Department of Education.”
What kind of experiment were you overseeing?
prolonged ballistic impact force effect on some developmental armor.
Musta been a tough one, enough to make him want to blow off a little steam.
Well done, 40. Hilarious!
I have no opinion on who should lead ATF, but I would like to see bearable arms removed from ATF’s jurisdiction…
They can keep the alcohol, tobacco and explosives.
What about the really big fires?
ATE? EAT? Too many leftists would confuse them with the FDA. I approve the sentiment though.
…. FAT Market, your local one-stop convenience store. Explosives sold separately next to the gas pumps.
That would certainly ungay the ATF.
Brandon is just as qualified and even more so. Than a military man who wears a dress. And insist on being called a woman.
Preach it brother.
DJT might actually do it if his advisors were pro-2A enough. Brandon is no more shocking than Matt Gaetz IMHO. Orange man seems to rejoice in lighting dumpsters on fire. This conflagration would be epic.
Ryan Cleckner for ATF director!!!!
A good choice too!
MAJOR NEW FPC LAWSUIT! “Sensitive Places” Under Attack…
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Besides Bettlebach ordering hi the agency to murder American citizens,condemning every firearm and circumventing a Constitutional Right he wasn’t all that bad.
his greatest accomplishment by far:
the .50 bmg ak
If Brandon Herrera were to become ATF Director the DemocRat’s “Would Crap a Brick!”
If Matt Gaetz becomes Attorney General, Brandon Herrera might want to reconsider.
Updates on Washington’s Background Check System.
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Democrats Form SHADOW GOVERNMENT to Stop Trump!
h ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjmo5cF1q78
Democrat attempts to rig election to change election outcome by counting invalid ballots: Bob Casey Endorsed the PA Election Official Who Is Openly Defying State Law To Count Invalid Ballots … Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia says she can defy court because ‘people violate laws any time they want’.
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.40 – seems to me that knowingly violating the law is at the very least malfeasance and that is definitive cause for removal from office and criminal prosecution.
‘I And My Colleagues Won’t Stand for This’: Republican Sen. Katie Britt Warns Universities Anti-Semitism Crackdown is Coming with New Majority.
h ttps://freebeacon.com/campus/i-and-my-colleagues-wont-stand-for-this-republican-sen-katie-britt-warns-universities-anti-semitism-crackdown-is-coming-with-new-majority/
DHS Dials Back Progressive Posturing in Anticipation of Second Trump Presidency …
The changes at DHS suggest some career staff hope to avoid antagonizing incoming Trump appointees.
h ttps://freebeacon.com/biden-harris-administration/dhs-dials-back-progressive-posturing-in-anticipation-of-second-trump-presidency/
House Oversight Committee Investigates Biden-Harris ‘Scientific Integrity’ Guidelines Meant To Thwart Trump’s Agenda … Biden-Harris admin’s policies ‘effectively allow career employees to run the agencies’.
h ttps://freebeacon.com/biden-harris-administration/house-oversight-committee-targets-biden-harris-move-to-empower-bureaucrats-block-trumps-agenda/
Trivia Tid Bit: The left wing tyrants in New York investigated Peanut the squirrel over a 10 month period more completely and more often than any single Epstein client at a cost to tax payers of over $8,000,000.00. Then raided and ransacked the home with armed force available, terrorized the occupants, then Peanut defended by biting one of the grabbing attackers who then insisted Peanut be tested for rabies because they had been bitten. So they murdered Peanut to test for rabies, and it turns out that although Peanut did bite in defense that the attacker wasn’t really actually bitten but rather it was the glove.
I love how that whole situation is drawing attention to government overreach, firearm ownership, and m855a1 on multiple social media types.
Let’s go, Brandon!
Famous words:
“gon’ win
—- Kamala Harris, 2024”
“Ms. Harris will be elected the next president of the United States. Of this, I am certain,
—- Top Democratic Political Strategist James Carville, October 2024”
Actual fact:
November 5-6, 2024 – Trump hits 270 electoral college votes and wins, also has majority of popular vote.
November 16, 2024, Trump has 312 electoral college votes with 76,394,853 votes (50.0% of the popular vote).
November 16, 2024, Harris has 226 electoral college votes with 73,685,076 votes (48.0% of popular vote)
and…. not to forget that Kamala even got outstaged by Peanut the squirrel.
It would certainly be a wet dream of ours but there’s no way in h e double hocky sticks that he would pass muster with the US Senate even with a R majority. And even with a recess appointment, his tenure would be a living he**. And I cannot, for the life of me, really believe he would actually, really want it. With the last few years of my career dealing with our state legislative process and a lot of exposure to the federal bureaucracy my entire career, to wish that upon anyone in his current position would just be cruel.
“It would certainly be a wet dream of ours …”
who is this ‘ours’ of which you speak?
I don’t think anyone here is having a “wet dream” about Herrera becoming director of the ATF. But ya never know so I guess its possible. Maybe you had such a dream and you included a lot of people in your dream and that’s why you think “ours”
.40 – I’m speculating that ‘ken’ doesn’t live in Texas or at the very least not in the district he wanted to ‘represent’. I got really tired of his campaign ads, especially since he NEVER stated a real position on any of the issues. Well except claiming he should be an ‘honorary’ veteran since he has contemplated committing suicide.
Also, his only claim to fame is being the ‘AKGuy’ – never listed any leadership experience or training much less any management experience at any level.
While he would certainly shake up the hierarchy of the bats, that can be accomplished by just about anyone.
Nothing ulterior. “Ours” was only a substitute for “people of the gun”. Ham-handed for sure but what person of the gun hasn’t wished for someone who would enter that arena, shake it up hard, and if not dismantle it all together, redirect it in such a way that it did its job in such a way that it protected the inherent right recognized in our founding documents and went after the real criminals, i.e., murderers, real threats to democracy, gang bangers, and others who prey upon the weak and vulnerable. That’s our (OK, mine, if that helps) wet dream.
so “people of the gun” are having a “wet dream” about Herrera becoming director of the ATF?
🤣
Not a particular partisan of Brandon Herrera (don’t have any particular amimosity toward him, either), but wouldn’t it be nice to have an ATF director (until we abolish that useless and unconstitutional agency) who actually KNEW SOMETHING about firearms??? I mean, is that REALLY such a reach??? Dettelbach famously couldn’t even define what an “assault weapon” was. If being an ignorant moron was a job qualification, MajorLiar would be qualified to be a cabinet member.
If you just absolutely have to keep the ATF around….
I mean, what the heck are they now? A ‘law enforcement’ agency or a ‘regulatory agency’ or a ‘law and rules making agency’?
You can’t have a ‘law enforcement agency’ creating defacto-law ‘rules and regulations’ for the public to follow that are intended to basically entrap the public so the agency can enforce the rule or regulation they created and interpret anyway they want with criminal penalties and even death when it wasn’t a law or was too vague to apply (i.e. ‘in the business’) to begin with. Its pure insanity.
To start, disarm them completely and remove their law enforcement status. They have simply become jack booted thugs willing and eager to pull a trigger or ‘throw their weight around’ ’cause they say so. Then, establish a smaller ‘law enforcement group’ that’s not under ATF control, is accountable to congress to control and budget, but will serve as the ‘law enforcement’ arm for ATF under DOJ. As it is now anyone the ATF wants to call agent gets a gun and a badge and that’s just too many ‘loose cannons’ walking around able to interpret how ever they want to enforce with force and threat when no violation of law exists.
Then place ATF back into a ‘regulatory agency’ status and downsize it.
What they are now has to go.
and heck, the ATF even has their own, basically a, defacto-court system with their ‘kangaroo tribunal to decide if a FFL’s license and their livelyhood gets revoked for a simple clerical mistake. This should not be. The ATF is serving as the ‘enforcement-judge-jury-and-executioner’ for the ‘rules’ the ATF created and self-interpreted to serve as defacto-law. This is insane.
A regulatory/defacto-law-making/rules-reg-making/law-enforcement/judge-and-jury agency interpreting as they please to enforce what they say ’cause we say so’, should not be … its an affront to society, dangerous, communistic, tyranny, its a threat to our constitution, its an expansion and embodiment of power that is forbidden by the anti-tyranny nature and intent of the constitution and was never intended to be and even the founders warned of letting such happen.
Its insane and a threat to our country and ALL American citizens, even if they are anti-gun and no matter their political voting, to give the ATF or any agency, basically, a portion of the power of all three branches of government.
This ATF as it is now has to go.
The ATF is not only a rouge agency, its become basically a ‘criminal enterprise’ with ‘qualified immunity’ used as a hammer and threat against law abiding American citizens.
The ATF is bloated and corrupt with power no agency of government should have. They literally have exercised the power over life and death to act as judge-jury-executioner by using their ’cause we say so’ power to intentionally create situations so they can wield armed deadly force against law abiding American citizens.
Its insane. No free people should be subjected to this tyranny. Its contrary to that demanded and codified by the constitution and freedom and liberty.
This ATF as it is now has to go.
.40 cal,
While the ATF is near the top of useless alphabet agencies, serious question: In what way are they the worst? Every sin of the ATF is writ large in dozens of other federal agencies. We should have the cabinet members/agencies that the Constitution envisioned. IMHO, the Dept. of Education is the poster child of stupid government agencies – simply look at the statistical “progress” of the American educational system since to the DoEd was created. HOW do you justify the continuation of an agency that presided over the steepest decline in US education in our nation’s history???
ATF, DOJ, DOE, DoEd . . . and the beat goes on. As me dear daddy used to say (he was a lifelong, blue dog Dimocrat), “The government could f*ck up a one-car parade.” I have never found a counter-factual to that bit of wisdom. Sad that he didn’t learn from it, and stop voting for idiot Dimocrats.
I’m not ignoring the other agencies, I’m just addressing the ATF for right now. But you are correct.