{"id":43961,"date":"2024-11-12T12:46:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T17:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=43961"},"modified":"2024-11-12T12:46:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T17:46:32","slug":"brandon-herrera-for-director-of-the-batf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=43961","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Herrera for Director of the BATF?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all. Now that the 2024 election is over, President Trump is starting to staff up his next administration. Over weekend, people, including yours truly, suggested that former congressional candidate, business owner and the king of the guntubers, Brandon Herrera, aka The AK Guy would make a great director for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/736x\/fb\/ed\/14\/fbed14feea16fe254722e59d66ffbe6d.jpg?resize=469%2C337&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"469\" height=\"337\" \/><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Initially, I think people were doing this as a bit of a joke, however, it seems to have taken off. Brandon Herrera has actually responded <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheAKGuy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on his Twitter account<\/a> that he might actually be interested.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/736x\/79\/cf\/97\/79cf97a8a1dda3462047cc50a33ffbe8.jpg?resize=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Herrera has already promised that if selected, he will donate his salary to no-kill dog shelters and that in his first 100 days, he would develop a plan to \u201cHack, slash and cripple the agency in ways it could never recover from, and when done, ask President Trump to disband the agency in it\u2019s entirety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/736x\/c7\/e7\/6d\/c7e76dfc506337d29da23587bb8348eb.jpg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The move to get the Trump team to bring on Brandon Herrera is starting to move into the main stream. There is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/nominate-brandon-herrera-as-director-of-the-bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an online petition to have Herrera appointed<\/a> to the role of Director of the BATF. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/2024\/11\/vote-yes-for-brandon-herrera-to-lead-the-trump-administrations-atf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ammoland also has an article<\/a> pushing for President Trump\u2019s team to bring on Brandon Hererra as the Director and demolisher of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20619\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?resize=300%2C214&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?resize=768%2C548&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?resize=1024%2C731&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?resize=500%2C357&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?w=1180&amp;ssl=1 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I would also like to add a further nominee, this for the position of Deputy Director. I do not have her actual name, but is best known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@LibertyDoll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Liberty Doll<\/a> on YouTube. She is a major 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Amendment supporter and an experienced, certified mental health professional. I think she could use her skills to really help Brandon Herrera drive employee morale at the BATF right into the ground and encourage mass retirements and resignations.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/736x\/35\/3b\/cd\/353bcd3d24ce03c0b3d66439c851b4c7.jpg?resize=276%2C182&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"276\" height=\"182\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While petitions are helpful, I have actually visited the Center for Presidential Transition, <a href=\"https:\/\/presidentialtransition.org\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gone to the Contact page<\/a> and submitted a recommendation for Brandon Herrera as the next Director of the BATF.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20636\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face.png?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for those of us who support the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Amendment to put our money where are big mouths are and reach out to President Trump and his transition team and suggest, politely, (We aren\u2019t Barking Moonbats who are mentally ill screaming Liberals after all), recommend that President Trump reach out to Brandon Herrera and offer him the job.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to change \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon!\u201d from a slur regarding Biden and making \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon!\u201d what it deserves to be. Cheering on Brandon Herrera as he utterly wrecks the BATF.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/736x\/05\/79\/83\/057983e179265cab799477ffaccd951f.jpg?resize=500%2C282&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-125\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Should Brandon Herrera be named Director of the BATF?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-125-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>Hell Yes! <small>(84%, 141 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 84%;\" title=\"Hell Yes! 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