GOP puts pressure on Pelosi over Swalwell

[babylonsister]

GOP puts pressure on Pelosi over Swalwell
By Juliegrace Brufke - 12/23/20 06:00 AM EST


House Republicans are seizing on Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) connection to an alleged Chinese spy to put pressure on Democrats to drop him from the House Intelligence Committee in the next Congress.

GOP lawmakers argue Swalwell is a national security threat given his former ties to Christine Fang, who according to a report in Axios helped fundraise for Swalwell during his 2014 reelection campaign and helped place an intern inside his office before leaving the country in 2015 amid a federal investigation into her actions.

Republicans are already eyeing winning back the House majority in 2022 after gaining seats in November, and they see the Swalwell story as one that will stick with voters.

“This is a major political problem for House Democrats and Nancy Pelosi,” Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), the incoming chairman of the Republican Study Committee, told The Hill, adding it won’t go away “until Eric Swalwell goes away.”

The National Republican Congressional Committee has sought to tie Swalwell to Democrats it is targeting in the midterms, such as Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.).

“We're going to continue to talk about this as long as he remains on the House Intelligence Committee, because the Speaker Pelosi still needs to give real answers to some of the serious questions like when did she know about Swalwell’s relationship with a Chinese spy,” House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) told The Hill.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/531376-gop-puts-pressure-on-pelosi-over-swalwell

[underpants]

1. Scalise is such a wormy little scumbag

Scalise said Pelosi must answer more questions about the issue.

“Did she know about it before she put them on the House Intelligence Committee?” he asked. “It's rare for somebody in their second term to get on that committee, especially if she knew that he had this contact with a Chinese spy and another Chinese spy could have also infiltrated his office, getting interns or whoever else that may have also been spies planted inside of his office,” Scalise said.

“I think there's someone on their side that just hope that the story will go away. But if Russian spies infiltrated a senior Republican office, then they would be screaming from the roof of the Capitol dome,” Scalise said

[TheBlackAdder]

23. Who is Mitch McConnell married to again?

[Phoenix61]

26. Amazing how often people forget that. nt

[Coleman]

3. Agree, anybody else that isn't a politician

Would be demoted, access restricted, until an investigation is completed to determine the extent of any compromise, if any.

We play this game, "what if it was Obama", when Dumpster does something. So what if instead of a Democrat, it was a Republican member of the Intel committee.

[atreides1]

4. Okay

By 2022 there will other big stories...like connections between certain congressional Republicans to Moscow and Putin! The attempt of Republicans in the House to stage a coup, will be a bigger story...as will the investigations conducted by the incoming US Attorney General...like the 126 Republicans who signed to overthrow the will of the people!!!

Swalwell wasn't compromised...he severed any relationship with her as soon as he was told she was under investigation...also this happened 5 years ago...since then there have been elections in 2016, 2018, and 2020...and he's won his reelection bids by large numbers!

[oldsoftie]

7. But when did WE hear of it? 2016? '18? '20? No. We hear of it NOW.

you dont know if he was compromised or not. Neither do I.
Just more political ass covering

[agingdem]

12. how convenient that this pops up now!

as for Scalise's demand...fuck 'em....we Dems have got to toss our self-imposed purity test and stop destroying our own (Franken) because slimey seditious assholes like Scalise spew self-righteous garbage...

[DanieRains]

20. Putin's Party Heard A Who

I guess....

[Phoenix61]

25. "We" don't hear about a lot of things.

It was investigated. He did nothing wrong. This ranks up there with giving Dr Biden shit for going by Dr when she’s not an MD. It’s all they’ve got in him and it’s a big nothing burger.

[maxrandb]

9. Yes, we must continue to highlight Retrumplican smears of prominent Dems

How else will we learn that Hunter Benghazi ordered a pedophilic pizza to be delivered to the Lincoln Bedroom while Swallwell killed Seth Rich by hitting him over the head with a Dominion Voting Machine in the "secret Congressional Basement" where Bob Dylan and the Band really recorded their album of "Socialist Indoctrination".

Thank God you're on top of this story, because we know the "Lie-beral" media will try to bury it.

Good Job!

[blueinredohio]

5. IMO, Sealed ok should NOT be taken off the Intelligence Committee.

There was an investigation and nothing was found with him. Lets move on.

[GoCubsGo]

6. Oh, FFS.

There's no "there" there. You keep talking, asshole. Sooner or later, all your own dirt is going to come out. May it be very soon.

[RAB910]

8. Why are we promoting this false GOP propaganda? Why is this thread on the greatest list

why would we give credibility to "the Hill" which is barely better than FOX News?

[babylonsister]

10. Because it's news, not speculation?

Whether we like it or not, it's happening.

[RAB910]

14. I am not sure Republican speculation is "news"

I think the more we give attention to this sort of BS the better off the GOP is

[MelissaB]

27. I agree.

Thanks babylonsister!

[malaise]

11. Five words

Fuck that and fuck them

[NutmegYankee]

15. +1. Nt

[malaise]

18. +1,000

This is an administration of criminals and criminal enablers

[uponit7771]

17. kGOP supported a traitor, who cares what they think about Swalwell !?! The Hill is normalizing their

... treason by giving them any voice on any issue.

Fuck them, they could care less about this country or its national security

[Bettie]

21. And don't forget the passel of Republicans who

went to Moscow on July 4th to get their marching orders direct from their bosses!

This is nonsense, but, they know, given past actions that if they make enough noise, they can make leadership pressure him to resign.

[uponit7771]

24. +1,

[TheBlackAdder]

22. The GOP Targeted Campaign of the Month. To that I say to them, what they say to us:

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[mopinko]

28. bad headline. try- gop TRIES to put pressure on pelosi.

i cant believe she is giving this so much as 60 seconds of thought.

[spanone]

29. Tell them to shove it up their collective asses