Right before the signing of the Constitution, our founding fathers held a party in George Washington's honor. Now, if you were to believe the popular view of the Victorian era, you would picture men in high-status garb and powdered wigs politely talking to one another as light strings played in the background.
But these were the Founding Fathers we're talking about. An episode of Bridgerton it was not.
Let me give you some quick facts about the party, starting with what they drank.
- 54 bottles of Madeira (a fortified wine, and Washington's personal favorite)
- 60 bottles of Claret
- Eight bottles of whiskey
- 22 bottles of Porter
- Eight bottles of hard cider
- 12 bottles of beer/ale
- Seven large bowls of punch
And that's not all.
The musicians and servants at the party got 21 more bottles of wine and another seven bowls of punch.
Must've been a pretty well-attended party, huh? Probably all of Washington's fans, colleagues, well-wishers, and anyone who was a who's who showed up at this party, right?
There were 55 people there.
These dudes were partiers, and they drank like fish. According to historians, there were, in fact, damages, and Washington had to keep people under control so it didn't get worse.
Fast forward to 2026, right after the Olympics, and you see FBI Director Kash Patel doing this with the USA Hockey Team after they won the gold.
🚨 FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL SPOTTED DRINKING & PARTYING WITH TEAM USA HOCKEY
— HustleBitch (@HustleBitch_) February 23, 2026
Yes, the sitting FBI Director.
Chugging beer, screaming and pounding the table with the U.S. Men’s Olympic Hockey Team.
Is this normal or does this feel off? pic.twitter.com/J60QaFPldT
People, like this guy who posted the video, seem shocked by Patel's behavior, but I'm going to be honest with you. This is the default American behavior. Drinking it up, partying, and singing with the boys after a big win is absolutely "normal." It's bonding, it boosts morale, pride in the nation, of your tribe, and in a way that I don't think many people understand nowadays, is a show of love and respect for the country they're representing.
This isn't shocking behavior. To be honest, seeing this kind of thing from our leaders actually makes me feel better about them being leaders.
It's funny that, for a long time, Democrats rated a person's electability by how much they'd be "willing to have a beer with the guy," and here's Patel literally having a beer post-win with his fellow Americans, and suddenly the Democrats are clutching pearls.
As my colleague, Brad Essex, noted in his initial report about the reaction to Patel's behavior, he's not even off-mission in terms of his duties as head of the FBI by partying in that locker room:
An official goes abroad for security meetings at a global event, then takes a few hours to attend the culminating game of a sport he actually plays and loves. That is not corruption. It is the normal intersection of work, public symbolism, and human enthusiasm.
Read: THE ESSEX FILES: Kash Patel’s Hockey Locker Room Moment Says More About His Critics Than About Him
I'd say this is all just the Left doing what it does best, and that's frame everything the Right does as the second coming of the Third Reich, but I truly wonder if they think America is "changing" into something horrible, with its leaders displaying frat boy behavior.
I came across this post earlier on Monday that kind of highlights this sentiment.
What happened to America? pic.twitter.com/WVb3iF1bPw
— ADAM (@AdameMedia) February 23, 2026
And my response to this is... nothing.
This has always been America, people just forgot because a small group of radicals got control of the universities and legacy media outlets, and convinced everyone that this...
I know, right? pic.twitter.com/a1auTzkKZA
— MamaBird (@NamasteMamaBird) February 23, 2026
...was "normal" and "progressive."
People were brainwashed for decades by pseudo-intellectuals who decided Nietzsche was right about subjective morality without asking where a human's sense of morality originates from. As such, we got men who think they're women trying to redefine women as "birthing people," and trying to convince kids in their formative years that they're evil for having white skin or male anatomy.
What we're seeing from our leaders now is actually normal American behavior, and I can confidently say that the world is much better for it.
