Fmr FBI analyst turned Dem candidate is mocked for coming ‘out of the shadows’ in ridiculous campaign ad

A former FBI analyst who reportedly quit when Kash Patel was tapped to be his boss is running for office, and he has A LOT to say.

John Sullivan is “stepping out of the shadows” to challenge Republican Rep. Michael Lawler for New York’s 17th Congressional District, and is being slammed for a hyperbolic campaign ad that can be likened to a poorly written and acted B-spy movie. No, make that C.

“For 17 years I was an FBI intelligence analyst, working in secret to keep us safe from global threats and the insurrectionists who stormed our Capitol,” Sullivan declared in the ad.

He went on to claim that he had to leave the FBI now that the threat is coming from within the White House.

Take a look:

For 17 years, I served in secret, protecting us from threats like Russia, foreign terrorists and drug cartels, and eventually the insurrectionists who stormed our Capitol.

Now, I’m stepping out of the shadows to run for Congress. pic.twitter.com/CV7XYsR2ix

— John Sullivan (@FBI_Sullivan) April 22, 2025

X users had a field day with the forced dramatics and hyperbolic claims:

Ummm…”served in secret”? You’ve had the twitter handle @FBI_Sullivan since 2018.

What other secrets did you “keep”?

— Jay Town (@JayTownAlabama) April 24, 2025

Ouch!

Insurrectionists? Wow, you are exactly what shouldn’t exist in our country. You likely were in charge of the setup against half the country. You are unhinged. You are why democrats will lose for decades, and rightfully so.

— Constitutionally concerned fed up Floridian (@UpInTheHills) April 24, 2025

You weren’t shoved into enough lockers as a child and it shows.

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) April 24, 2025

You served in secret? A field agent? Brilliant disguise. You look like an office worker. You got the part wrong about iNsUrrEcTiozniStS. Insurrection without firearms by the most gun owning population in the history of the world.

— Eric’s Church & State (@ericschurchnst8) April 23, 2025

This whiney punk is part of the problem with our Federal Govt- no real security/defense operative could EVER seriously think that the J6 protest was in any way an ‘insurrection’.

Worse, nothing he supposedly ‘protected us from’ is actually less of a threat today-Russia, the…

— Robert Myers ‍ (@Rondo2) April 23, 2025

John, let’s cut the act.

You’re not taking on the establishment; you are the establishment, just another soulless functionary looking to cash in on your FBI badge.

We see through you, and we’re not buying it. Step aside—America doesn’t need another pawn of the system in…

— Bret Seufert (@bret8202) April 23, 2025

If anyone was on the fence about massive @DOGE layoffs at the FBI please remember this is the kind of moron that agency employed for 17 years

— Corinne Clark Barron (@corinnec) April 23, 2025

Me: “Hey Siri, why does the FBI need to be completely gutted?”

Siri: “Hold on, let me play you a video…”

— David Giglio (@DavidGiglioCA) April 24, 2025

Enough said.

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