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[riversedge]

well. guess no Repugs will be on commission. whow.


NEW: McCarthy threatens to strip any GOP member of their committee assignments if they accept an offer from Pelosi to serve on 1/6 commission, @jamiegangel
reports.

Link to tweet

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[PsakiPswirli]

1. Scared, Kevin?

The NY TIMES video should worry all GQPers. Trump organization in court. July looks like "the dam is breaking" month. Popcorn!

[TheBlackAdder]

12. Committee Assignments to GOP equal loss of Bribes, Contributions, Nepotism & Insider Trading

[Mister Ed]

2. Maybe we should tell him it's a Benghazi hearing?

They really liked Benghazi hearings.

[spanone]

3. kev the whitewasher

[uponit7771]

4. WOW !!! McCarthy stepped in that one ... Now Pelosi can go get former rethug never Trumpers to serve

[Botany]

5. Gee it is almost like McCarthy is a afraid of some information getting out.

Like say guided tours of the Capitol for the treasonous insurrectionist bastards by Republican
Congresspersons such as Bobbert, Greene, Gohmert, Jordan, and so on prior to 1/6/21, or
that McCarthy called Trump and asked him to call off his thugs and he said no during the
attempted coup, or that Trump, his crew, and TPTB knew that a riot was going to take place.

[bdamomma]

20. oh yes

indeed there are many in Congress who were involved in the Insurrection.

[Botany]

50. Liz Cheney just took the job from Nancy Pelosi /She already has been stripped of all her committee

... assignments.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/561106-pelosi-names-liz-cheney-to-serve-on-jan-6-select-committee

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has named Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) to serve on the select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump supporters.

The House voted to form the panel on Wednesday despite GOP opposition. Cheney voted in favor of forming it.

Cheney was recently dumped by GOP leadership over her criticisms of former President Trump.

[agingdem]

6. not much of a threat, Kev

1/6 commission of Dems with subpoena power, determined to get to the truth...oh no not that!!!

[Liberal In Texas]

7. I guess that's what "bipartisan" means to repubs.

No cooperation. Period.

President Biden needs to stop trying to get them on board. Not to mention a couple of dem senators.

[PatSeg]

30. Yep, "bipartisan" in GOP speak

translates to, "My way or the highway". Their blatant hypocrisy gets more and more transparent all the time.

[KPN]

51. THIS

[Mr. Ected]

38. +1

This needs to be mentioned every time we hear their disingenuous cries about the lack of bipartisanship in the Biden administration.

[EarlG]

8. Looks like McCarthy knows the game is up

It seems to me that once the commission gets rolling, things that McCarthy definitely does not want to be made public are going to be made public. His only possible move at this point is to go all in on dismissing the findings as a partisan witch hunt, so he’s continuing to lay the groundwork to be able to do that.

But this doesn’t come off like just typical partisan “let’s not work with the Democrats” BS from Republicans — it has a stench of personal desperation to it. Like McCarthy knows what’s coming, and he’s trying to get ahead of it…

[PatSeg]

33. Very desperate

Grasping for straws toward the end, knowing the party is over and he has run out of options. These people are so pathetic, not an ounce of character in the lot.

[Zorro]

39. I suspect there's a subpoena with McCarthy's name on it coming down the pike

To compel his testimony about his conversations with Trump on 1/6.

Which he will ignore.

[jmbar2]

56. Wonder if there are other subpoenas in the works for McCarthy

I'd like to see him explain his remarks about Repubs getting paid by Russia.

[ancianita]

40. Republican dismissals of all things Democratic Party -- how's that been working for them so far.

How's that use of the Trump lingo, "witch hunt," working for them so far.

When delusion by consensus is the standard, the witchery of factual evidence is subversive.

[uponit7771]

58. Yep, if reversed GQP would beat our heads with it constantly

[tanyev]

9. But Kev, surely you want to investigate how all those Antifa infiltrated the Trump rally.

[TheRickles]

19. +1!

[CrispyQ]

52. Yes! This point needs to be made on every news show.

[smirkymonkey]

55. And the FBI!

[crickets]

64. Ha! There you go. nt

[ecstatic]

10. This is unsustainable

How can Democrats continue to work together with traitors?

[NullTuples]

16. Because gosh darn it, the Dems just need to work harder!

If they can only reach across that aisle and convince the Republicans of their sincerity, why, they just KNOW the GOP will want to turn that frown upside down and come together for the good of America!

/sarc

[bdamomma]

23. no use

reaching across the aisle the Democrats are going to get a big NO anyway. Just move forward without them.

[kirkuchiyo]

46. The only way Dems should be reaching across the aisle is with a cricket bat and swinging for a 6.

So lets see how many DUer's understand the best, most boring stick and ball sport in the world...

[ornotna]

47. These are baseball terms I've never heard before.

[NullTuples]

61. We've been waiting for them to do that since...2000?

Definitely since 2008 when Pelosi declared, "no war crimes investigations, we must move forward". And over the last 20+ years the Republicans have only become more and more brazen like a bully no one will stand up to.

[Evolve Dammit]

22. Really good question. And McCarthy should testify who Putin pays under oath, in addition to 1/6

inquiry that is going to happen. Two Republicans (Cheney and Kinzinger). Only TWO. We are in deep shit as a nation. GOP doesn't care about truth at all, just lust for more power.

[Hortensis]

29. Half the nation ELECTED these traitors. It's not a choice for Democrats.

Doing the job they were elected to do requires doing their best to do it.

But, it sounds like you may be able to live your principle if you're working. Can you continue to work with the traitors who elected them? Fortunately, if you happen to be an employer instead of employee, today's laws should allow you to fire them all outright.

[jaxexpat]

62. It's the most expedient way they can make their case to the voters.

IF the votes are counted in 2022, the Democratic party will take over so case handily that those who drag their feet risk losing their footing. The more Republicans reveal their bad faith, the more unfeasible they are as an electable party.

[Bucky]

11. Stripping committee assignments used to be rare for extreme misbehavior

it was originally for things like members who are caught breaking the law or having affiliations with organized crime or extremist groups. Now Republicans are gonna to use it as a routine measure to control Congressmembers. Shades of how they started treating the filibuster 12 years ago

It takes a lot of balls for a party who acts like this to say they're a party of traditional values when they continually abuse traditions to accomplish their goals

[bullwinkle428]

13. McCarthy is a fucking co-conspirator in the crime - he can go jump off

a fucking cliff for all I care.

[kentuck]

14. Maybe Nancy will ask for Republican volunteers?

Of course, they will need to be serious and rational legislators. Otherwise, she has the veto. Would any Republicans volunteers to help their country over their Party?

[Chipper Chat]

15. You know gym Jordan is itching to be on the committee

And if Kevin threatens to strip him he will be summoned to Mary Lago and dragged to the everglades shed for a whippin.

[Wounded Bear]

17. Fine, shit will run a lot smoother without all those repubs gumming up the works...

[Paladin]

18. Fuck you, McCarthy.

You and the filthy, disgraced, fascist party you're a part of. Enjoy your piece-of-shit status in the history books.

[bucolic_frolic]

21. Unity!

McCarthy is a lying snake

[FreepFryer]

24. Wow, some of these guys are going to prison. And others are gonna try again.

Getting buggy.

[Bristlecone]

25. Cheney is a shoe-in then.

[Hugin]

26. Oh, gee... Then I guess they'll have that much more time to devote to the commish...

Soooooo stupid, so very stupid.

[bdamomma]

27. McCarthy

is being pulled by his balls by the Orange Blob, no Kev you are not going to be the House Speaker.

[Traildogbob]

28. Raging🤬🤬

The late segment on CNN 8:30 AM EST had Jeffrey Toobin, I believe, saying GQP do not have to give up any docs or answer any Subpoena’s and could end up in court for years and will just fade away. And McCarthy pulling this shit……..GQP needs to go extinct, or democracy certainly will.

[Marcuse]

32. That's not good at all. Was Toobin serious, or just wanking off?

[Traildogbob]

36. Serious

Was interviewed by Briana’s guest host, and he was explaining how this will go full throttle by GQP to cover it all up and wear it out over years.

[Turbineguy]

31. Go ahead, hold your breath!

I bet you don't turn blue.

[gab13by13]

34. There are only 2 Republicans

who deserve to be on the committee, Cheney and Kinzinger, the rest of them should be disqualified.

Of course the MSM will cry partisanship that's why these hearings need to be televised to stop the spin.

[twodogsbarking]

35. Apologies to Keith Urban

Baby, blue ain't your color
No, no, no, mmm
It ain't your color, baby
Mmm, baby

[hadEnuf]

37. Once discoveries from the committee start coming out McCarthy wants to be able to scream

partisan politics along with Fox propaganda, AM radio, etc.

They are sticking with the Big Lie.

[gab13by13]

41. What will he do when he is subpoenaed to testify?

I'm sure he will ignore the subpoena. I honestly believe that Democrats need to have a plan when that time arrives. I mean Democrats waited 2 years for Don McGahn to testify. Arrest his ass, lock him up in the basement of the Capitol.

[hadEnuf]

53. We need to start enforcing the letter of the law just like the GOP does with us.

We really, really need to quit tiptoeing around these seditionist vermin.

[obamanut2012]

42. Pelosi can name folks like Colin Powell and Christine Todd Whitman

But, I think Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger will serve if Pelosi asks them.

[markie]

43. So, Greene is freed up

to be on the commission!!

[CanonRay]

44. Man, they are really really scared of this

they must be in it up to their eyeballs.

[MiHale]

45. Terrified Insurrectionist...gotta be guilty

[dchill]

48. That ought to be illegal.

[NoMoreRepugs]

49. The McTurtle McCarthy plan is to kick the can down the road

until RePutinican voting restrictions across the country hand them majorities in both houses in 2022 and the takeover of America begins. The unthinkable idea of violence and civil war might have to come from our side if the SCOTUS continues to erode voting rights. Yes, my tinfoil hat is securely in place this morning.

[intheflow]

54. Republicans embrace cancel culture. N/t

[jmbar2]

57. Acting like a street gang enforcing a "no snitch" rule

Take 'em down.

[moondust]

59. The truth shall remain buried.

OR ELSE!

[jmowreader]

60. Besides Liz Cheney, do we really want any of them?

Liz Cheney is pissed enough at Trump that she’ll probably do a good job on the committee. As for the rest of them, they’d be like “we have to look at Antifa’s role in the riot! We have to look at BLM’s role in the riot! What about all the Democrats who dressed up in Trump garb to make Yrump look bad? Trump supporters would NEVER do anything bad like this!” Because, as you know, Democrats hate America so bad we’d try to stop the Democrat we just elected president from taking office.

I don’t know, folks...maybe we need to look at Kevin McCarthy’s role in the insurrection. I know Live-Tweeting Lauren and Mail Slot Marjorie are up to their eye shadow in this, but McCarthy is a bit too loud about this to be completely innocent of involvement.

[LakeArenal]

63. How is this shit not illegal

Political harassment?
Political retaliation?
Threatening a member of Congress?
Obstruction of a Federal employee.

SOMETHING?

[Deep State Witch]

65. Liz Cheney:

"F*ck you, Kevin."

[eppur_se_muova]

66. How ... McCarthyesque. nt

?

[mdbl]

67. The "don" is upset

retribution to all who cross him.