Fox News Shuts Down Dem Rep.: Talk of Republican Benghazi Hypocrisy Is ‘Getting Off Track’

[Purveyor]

Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday told Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) that he was “getting off track” when he suggested that Republicans were hypocrites for continuing to attack President Barack Obama’s administration over last year’s attacks in Benghazi after pressuring the State Department to cut funding for security personnel by voting to cut embassy funding.

During a discussion to promote upcoming testimony by whistleblowers who Republicans say will tell the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that the Obama administration intimidated them into not speaking out about the attacks in Benghazi, Lynch pointed out that Fox News had not made Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) answer for his vote to cut security funding.

“We’re talking about — including my colleague, Mr. Chaffetz — when Secretary [Hillary] Clinton and the State Department asked for additional funding for embassy security, they all voted no,” Lynch said.


“No, no, no,” Chaffetz grumbled.

“We’re getting a little bit off the track,” Wallace interrupted.

“They’ve already admitted this on CNN,” Lynch added.

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[pacalo]

1. I'd like to ask Chaffetz, if security for embassies comes from the Pentagon's budget, why would

the State Department & Hillary Clinton be asking congress for additional funding for embassy security?

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. They’ve already admitted this on CNN

Nice jab!

[colsohlibgal]

3. The Hypocrisy of The Right Is Stunning

Just as stunning is how often beltway media types like David Gregory don't point this out.

On top of 9/11 many more embassy killings happened under Dubya. The problem is how many low info folks know this.

[WinkyDink]

10. Never mind the 241 dead Marines on St. Ronnie's watch.

[Dawson Leery]

4. Right wing hate media has created an alternative reality for 1/3rd of the country.

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[Purveyor]

6. lol. Loved it. eom

[humbled_opinion]

7. Yep the RW is going "all in" on this..

They seriously feel threatened by a Hillary run in "16" and they want to try and taint her and to them they get a two fer because they get to try and hammer away at Obama's credibility. Besides the sheer hypocrisay, it always amazes me how many nitwits believe this conspiracy crap.

At my job the righties are all in their glory claiming how this is Obama's downfall that this whistleblower testimony from career agents is going to be damning, how it is going to show how the admin tried to supress information prior to the election purely for political gain, lies, and deceit, oh my, and there is going to be a call for special counsel... blah, blah, blah....

I got told today... "Remember how you were all over us about Bush admin in the Plame game, well this is going to be Plame on steriods, somebody is goin down, down, down, so you better write your favorite Prez a support letter, cause he gonna need it.... "

I wish I had enough vacation time to at least miss this week when these supposed "whistleblowers testify", Oh well I will just have to ride it out I guess.

[lpbk2713]

8. Hypocrisy --- right on cue.

I wonder if Wallace caught the irony, I doubt it.

[Rex]

9. Foxnews = home of RWing trolls with an agenda.

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