Here is the statement that got Banks disqualified

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Banks is an asshole

Link to tweet

[Jilly_in_VA]

1. That would do it

Stand down, ya jerk. Whataboutism is not admissible.

[Budi]

2. Oh duh! Tucker's kid, Buckley Carleson is Rep. Banks' Comms Dir

@SpeakerPelosi
Tucker's son Buckley Carleson is Rep. Banks' Comms Dir.

Tucker's kid!!

https://www.journalgazette.net/article/20190731/WEB/307319646

[FailureToCommunicate]

21. Tucker has a wing-nut son?

[madaboutharry]

3. "...the Left's authoritarian agenda..."

That is some classic projection going on in that sentence.

[SergeStorms]

22. That caught my eye right away.

Apparently this doorknob has been asleep or in a coma since January 20, 2017.

He needs to look no further than his own House cohorts to see what the word "authoritarian" means, or the orange moron they all bow before.

[SMC22307]

37. They're using it all over Twitter. And some, like Madison Cawthorn (R-NC)...

clearly seem to be melting down.

[The Magistrate]

4. If I Recall Correctly, Sir

Something like ten or twelve thousand persons were put under arrest over the summer. I am quite certain mobs did not rampage through my city. In fact, the coverage at the time featured newscasters staring wide-eyed at some broken glass for lack of much else they could use to illustrate their breathless accounts. I can recall tanks cruising the streets of major cities here when I was young --- I was and remain unimpressed by the 'political violence' of this summer, just about all of which was in any case committed by rampaging police officers.

[mopinko]

6. exactly my own recollection.

neither of us are that old that we'd swallow this nonsense.

[11 Bravo]

31. And don't forget, Sir, we also have incontrovertible evidence of ...

multiple examples of RW false-flag infiltrators initiating violence at otherwise peaceful BLM marches.

[Mrs. Claw]

5. I guess he has never been a juror

what with his inability to remain impartial.

[NCDem47]

7. Oh Gawd...

Republicans want to conflate 1/6 with George Flyod/BLM protests in summer of 20.

THEY ARE NOT THE FUCKING SAME!!!

Somebody with a cooler head needs to succintly message point this and cut it off at the pass.

[OMGWTF]

20. Seen on DU recently:

Racism is so American that when we protest it we're called unamerican -- or words to that effect.

[Midnight Writer]

8. He wants the facts about "the responses from...the Biden Administration".

I reckon he wants to pin it on the folks who didn't take office until two weeks later.

[NCDem47]

10. I think he was trying to say..

What is the Biden admin doing to look into summer protests as he wants to draw a line from there to Jan. 6. You know, cities burned to the ground, hooligans taking over, all that diversionary nonsense which has NOTHING to do with Jan. 6

[SledDriver]

11. This

Probably also wonders why President Obama wasn't in the Oval Office on 9/11?

[Sneederbunk]

9. Did not have enough sense to keep his pie hole shut.

[malaise]

12. Kevin is now whining on my TV

Pelosi has broken the institution. No the failed coup and the cover up did

[SKKY]

25. He really does have one of the more punchable faces I've seen...

...in a very long time. Only slightly less punchable than Hannity.

[malaise]

29. That's the truth

Despicable loud mouth - same one who said Putin owned Trump - ah well.

[Delphinus]

13. Yes he is.

Unfortunately, my "representative".

[Chipper Chat]

15. Yuk. Mine too.

His wife was better.

[UTUSN]

14. Capitol "unprepared/vulnerable" - the MENENDEZ "defense" pity us because we're *ORPHANS*!1

[spanone]

16. banks is just another turd in the shit pile

[LymphocyteLover]

17. An embarrassment to Indiana... one of many these days...

[calimary]

18. Kicking!

Want time to read it nice ‘n’ slow.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. Liz Cheney called out Banks due to statement

Link to tweet

[llmart]

23. Hell has frozen over for me...

because I'm agreeing more and more with what Liz says these days.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. I feel the same way

[geardaddy]

33. Awesome!

[COL Mustard]

24. I Especially Love The Part About

The Biden Administration's response to the 1/6 attack. You know, the guy who wouldn't even take office for two more weeks......

smgdh

[Moostache]

26. A deconstruction of this nonsense statement:

I have accepted Leader McCarthy's appointment to this committee because we need leaders who will force the Democrats and the media to answer questions so far ignored. Among them, why was the Capitol unprepared and vulnerable to attack on January 6

Translated:

My power-hungry sniveling runt of a human non-representative McCarthy wants me to be a bomb-thrower and disrupt the proceedings by hurling in gaslighting nonsense and what-about-isms related to January 6th.

“If Democrats were serious about investigating political violence, this committee would be studying not only the January 6 riot at the Capitol, but also the hundreds of violent political riots last summer when many more innocent Americans and law-enforcement officers were attacked. And of course, the committee would not overlook the Good Friday murder of USCP Officer Billy Evans that was perpetrated by a far-left extremist.

Translated:

Because we are absolutely dedicated to obstructing this effort, we intend to muddy the waters with innuendo and hyperbole and theatrics and I am here to support the efforts of Gym Jordan. I, too shall avoid suitcoats and wear only shirt sleeves in an effort to pretend that I give a fuck about people in my district. I am also thinking of bringing in the little rat bastard that beat me for 8th grade class president so I can grill HIM about a lack of preparedness and other equally irrelevant issues.

“Make no mistake, Nancy Pelosi created this committee solely to malign conservatives and to justify the Left’s authoritarian agenda.

Translated:

We have absolutely no way to defend our members who either DIRECTLY helped insurrectionists or who DEFENDED them in statements prior to objecting to certification of electors or who are STILL championing the BIG LIE daily. So we are going to malign Democrats to justify our own craven power grab and to obfuscate our own worship of TFG, dictator in waiting.

"Even then, I will do everything possible to give the American people the facts about the lead up to January 6, the riot that day, and the responses from Capitol leadership and the Biden administration. I will not allow this committee to be turned into a forum for condemning millions of Americans because of their political beliefs.”

Translated:

Even then, I will do everything possible to hide the truth from the American people, obscure the facts about the lead up to January 6 and hide the identities of those most directly responsible; the riot that day, and the responses from Capitol leadership like Representative McCarthy, and the Trump administration. I will not allow this committee to be turned into a forum for condemning millions of Americans because of their political beliefs, unless I disagree with those people and their beliefs, in which case I will propose capital punishment for not vopting the way I personally desire.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

28. Good analysis

[malaise]

30. THIS

Excellent

[11 Bravo]

32. Nicely done! I wish I could rec this.

[Delphinus]

34. Bravo!

[llmart]

35. Sums it up nicely.

Unfortunately, a lot of our fellow Americans wouldn't recognize his b.s. if it smacked them in the face.

[calimary]

36. MAN do I smell desperation!

They just DO NOT want January 6th investigated!

If they were innocent and non-complicit, they’d be yelling and screaming everywhere, around the clock, in front of ANY cameras and/or microphones demanding we all look into it. And presenting legitimate proof.

EVERY LAST ONE OF ‘EM should be repeatedly asked “what are you afraid of?”

[LetMyPeopleVote]

38. Those complicit in the crime have no right to sit in judgement.

Link to tweet