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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreaking -Speaker Pelosi rejects Jordan and Banks
Thank you Speaker Pelosi!
Per CNN
greatauntoftriplets
(175,731 posts)malaise
(268,912 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,731 posts)I'd love to know what said in private when the names were announced.
NH Ethylene
(30,808 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,731 posts)Apparently McCarthy is bent out of shape about it.
On edit: McCarthy pulled all the Republican nominees.
NH Ethylene
(30,808 posts)What ridiculous demands. Yes, it's all about making Republicans look bad, because those are the IDIOTS who did this crap! McCarthy wants to 'two-side' something that only has one side to it.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,731 posts)to blow the whole thing up. Nothing has worked so far and I don't see the Speaker not going ahead. After all, she chose Liz Cheney.
leftieNanner
(15,081 posts)She comes from a generation that eschews that word.
But I'm sure she had that sentiment in mind!
fishwax
(29,149 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,731 posts)Maybe a few choice Italian words thrown in, too.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)Captain Zero
(6,800 posts)NT
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,762 posts)The Magistrate
(95,244 posts)And congratulations to Madame Speaker!
mcar
(42,300 posts)Well done Madame Speaker!
malaise
(268,912 posts)chatting her shit about partisan - who gives a fuck what McCarthy thinks?
ReTHUGs rejected the Commission. The Speaker has all the power here.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)who think 1-6 was an ultimate travesty?" If yes, "Come on down, you're on the commission!"
malaise
(268,912 posts)he could appoint the Slobfather's recipient of a presidential medal of freedom to investigate the Slobfather.
Nevilledog
(51,069 posts)Bettie
(16,089 posts)would have made the whole thing a mockery. He just can't shut his stupid pie hole.
Sogo
(4,986 posts)BADASS!!
helpisontheway
(5,007 posts)zuul
(14,624 posts)Why didn't Speaker Pelosi kick his ass to the curb too?
More_Cowbell
(2,190 posts)Pelosi said (sorry, I can't find it) that voting against certification wasn't disqualifying.
But McCarthy had expected her to also reject Nehls. In his prewritten speech, which he gave later, McCarthy referred to Pelosi "Denying the voices of members who have served in the military and law enforcement" -- "law enforcement" was Nehls. McCarthy didn't bother to rewrite his speech.
zuul
(14,624 posts)bringthePaine
(1,727 posts)malaise
(268,912 posts)Traildogbob
(8,712 posts)That is leadership. Thank you Madame Speaker. Ovaries more powerful than balls, with much more bravery. Assign Kissinger and Romney. Or any other GOP that voted to impeach this criminal cult. McTurlte and Graham have set the bar on bipartisan anything. Thanks Malaise for getting this out ASAP.
leftieNanner
(15,081 posts)But I get your point. I think Adam Kinsinger would be a good pick. He's as conservative as they come, but he has common sense and has not been fearful of facing the truth.
Traildogbob
(8,712 posts)I knew that. Thanks. It will be hard to find an honest Qongress person.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Nancy, you so rock!
senseandsensibility
(16,995 posts)Abby Phillip credited this decision by Pelosi (a perfectly reasonable one) with turning the hearing into a circus. Of course McCarthy turned it into a circus long ago, and his minions are continuing what he started. All republicans OBVIOUSLY. But she blamed Pelosi.
malaise
(268,912 posts)Had to switch - won't tolerate this shit about the investigation of a coup that failed.
gademocrat7
(10,654 posts)She is not going to let this investigation turn into a rethug circus.
ZonkerHarris
(24,220 posts)Hekate
(90,641 posts)Man oh man, if I never have to see Jacket-off Jordan on my tv again .
malaise
(268,912 posts)like his daddy should have done r
leftieNanner
(15,081 posts)And I second your
malaise
(268,912 posts)There's is no need for Jordan. That is for sure. He has already shown to be biased against the investigation.
wryter2000
(46,032 posts)He would have turned the hearings into a circus.
malaise
(268,912 posts)orchestrated by the Slobfather
wryter2000
(46,032 posts)Nancy Pelosi for Ruler of the Universe!
usaf-vet
(6,178 posts)... should apply to him. I don't believe I have ever seen him in a dress coat. What's up with the white shirt and a yellow tie. Does he think he is still a coach?
I know that is a small thing but to me, it's a flashing light the says I have no respect for the traditions of the institution.
I guess we are lucky that he doesn't wear a whistle on a lanyard as part of his daily attire.
I'm glad she called foul and kick him off the committee.
Finally, call him to testify UNDER OATH. If he lies censure his a$$!
Traildogbob
(8,712 posts)Rand Paul would have a fit and report it to the Justice department.
AllaN01Bear
(18,142 posts)OnDoutside
(19,952 posts)moondust
(19,972 posts)Bye bye Gymboy. No saboteurs, no circus.
Sneederbunk
(14,289 posts)NH Ethylene
(30,808 posts)YoshidaYui
(41,831 posts)Jim Jordan fuck you republican party fuck you
YoshidaYui
(41,831 posts)Jim Jordan fuck you!! republican party fuck you
GoodRaisin
(8,922 posts)Right call by the Speaker.
halfulglas
(1,654 posts)The general consensus was she wouldn't use it because it would "politicize" the committee too much - like Jordan and what's his name didn't do that just by being appointed. Besides Kinsinger who I think would be a good replacement, I believe she can add ex-representatives like Denver Riggelman who has excellent security credentials and although being a nominal Republican actually thinks for himself. If the other 3 reps pull out, she can replace them with other ex representatives. She should have them lined up in case. I think there are other Republicans who aren't trolls will be acceptable to most mainstream Americans.
calimary
(81,209 posts)THANK YOU Madam Speaker!
Theyre gonna whine and complain and criticize and yell and stamp their widdle feet til the cows come home, no matter what shed do.
Fuck em!
Lets cue the sad trombone!
malaise
(268,912 posts)let him run it as if he were Speaker. - on his terms.
Liberal In Texas
(13,543 posts)These guys are just disrupters.
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,800 posts)Get out of the Kar.
IrishAfricanAmerican
(3,815 posts)Way to go, Speaker Pelosi!!
malaise
(268,912 posts)It's already a bipartisan committee
Jon King
(1,910 posts)Ignore the Repugs, they are a waste of time. Present the public with a fair and accurate report on what actually happened.
Cha
(297,130 posts)malaise
(268,912 posts)tearing McCarthy a new one. She's having a blast with the Cheney v Jordan feud - Get away from me - you effin caused this.
malaise
(268,912 posts)for supporting his coup and the election lies and for defending him during the Mueller hearings. Note the date
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-defender-ohio-rep-jim-jordan-get-presidential-medal-freedom-n1253737
Jan. 11, 2021, 2:53 PM -05 / Updated Jan. 11, 2021, 8:39 PM -05
By Corky Siemaszko
President Donald Trump announced Monday that he was awarding the presidential medal of freedom to Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, a pugnacious Republican ally in Congress who continues to back the president even after the deadly rampage last week by a pro-Trump mob through the Capitol.
Jordan received the nations highest civilian award from a lame-duck and increasingly isolated president who has just nine days left in office and who faces the humiliation of a possible second impeachment before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
A sharp-elbowed Trump defender, Jordan helped lead the GOP attack on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference. His harsh interrogations of witnesses plus his refusal to wear a jacket while doing so made him both a national figure and lightning rod for critics.
In announcing the award, the White House praised Jordan for, among other things, his work to "unmask the Russia hoax and take on Deep State corruption" and for his efforts to "confront the impeachment witch hunt."
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They are shameless - fuck you Kevin!
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Turbineguy
(37,316 posts)Gymmee has a sad.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)the constitution being on a committee to investigate how people defied the constitution? Wouldn't that be a minimum requirement? Doesn't even need an explanation.