'You're Out of Order!' House Hearing Descends Into Chaos After GOP Blocks Dems From Subpoenaing Elon Musk

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Feb 5th, 2025, 11:26 am


A House Oversight Committee hearing descended into chaos on Wednesday morning after Democratic lawmakers were blocked from subpoenaing billionaire Elon Musk.

Recently, Democrats have raised concerns after Musk along with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have begun purging federal budgets and employees in the executive branch.

On Wednesday, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) made a motion to subpoena Musk before the committee attempting to “dismantle federal agencies, fire people, transfer them, offer them early retirement, and have sweeping changes to agencies without any congressional review.”

Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY) immediately moved to dismiss the motion leading to outcry from Democratic lawmakers on the committee, including Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM).

STANSBURY: Mr. Chairman. I think it’s outrageous that this committee will not even entertain a motion to subpoena-

COMER: State your point of order! That’s not a point of order!

STANSBURY: -Somebody who is breaking the law and dismantling our federal agencies and firing federal employees…

COMER: Out of order!

STANSBURY: And you will not even entertain a motion to bring him in front of the Oversight Committee?!

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/youre-out-of-order-house-hearing-descends-into-chaos-after-gop-blocks-dems-from-subpoenaing-elon-musk/

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Here is the issue when you don't have the majority in order to be Committee Chairs. I have posted that the "glue" of our system relies on "the honor system", and that has been dissolved.

[dweller]

1. Video here

https://www.democraticunderground.com/132259315


✌🏻

[Wingus Dingus]

2. Nothing and nobody can compel him to stop. He is king.

He answers to no one, except maybe Donnie Dumbass, but even then I'm not sure.

[diverdownjt]

15. What your seeing is the start of the new SS....n/t

[liberalgunwilltravel]

19. He can be stopped.

It’s time to realize we are at war. Stop him by any means necessary. It’s either that or the end of the republic.

[BattleRow]

41. Can members of Muskolinni's scheme team,twenty somethings be subpoenaed?

[Wingus Dingus]

43. They can try, but why would anyone comply? There's no punishment.

[BattleRow]

46. Surely there would be info gained .

[bronxiteforever]

3. Kick

[Ray Bruns]

4. You're out of order! The whole room is out of order!

[MissouriDem47]

14. Headline

When I read that headline I thought of that movie.

[mountain grammy]

42. Yeah, watching that House clip I thought of this

and almost expected Al Pacino to pop up!

[Wicked Blue]

5. "The Borg have neither honor nor courage. That is our greatest advantage." - Lt. Worf

[sakabatou]

6. So now the repukes have a new emperor: Muskrat

[Bluethroughu]

7. This vote should have the vote names printed on the front page of media with the caption traitors.

[twodogsbarking]

8. "He owns the circus. You can't make him talk." Is this really what they meant?

[multigraincracker]

9. Lets just find a Sheriff to arrest him..According to the nut jobs, sheriffs are the highest law of the land.

I'd bet we could find one.

[William Seger]

10. The "law and order" party is now just the "order" party -- fuck the laws

[RainCaster]

50. Not the "Family Values" or "Fiscal Responsibility" either

Just sayin

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. C-Span: House Oversight Hearing on Government Efficiency, Vote to Subpoena Elon Musk

C-Span: House Oversight Hearing on Government Efficiency, Vote to Subpoena Elon Musk

February 5, 2025
House Oversight Hearing on Government Efficiency, Part 1
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) testified before the House Oversight Committee on government efficiency and waste and what her state has done to streamline government spending.

Event Programs
House Oversight Hearing on Government Efficiency, Part 1
2:59:12
Vote to Subpoena Elon Musk
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) on USAID Programs & LGBTQ Community
Rep. Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) on Musk Tweet and USAID
Rep. Stansbury (D-NM) on Elon Musk & DOGE
Rep. Cloud (R-TX) Pushes Back on Concerns Over Musk & DOGE
Rep. Timmons (R-SC) on Musk & Personal Information Access

House Oversight Hearing on Government Efficiency, Part 2
1:31:57

[William Seger]

12. On right-wing YouTube, the reactionaries LOVE how upset Democrats are about Musk

In yet another logical error, they conclude that must mean he's doing the "right things."

[Orrex]

20. All those fuckheads want is to piss off Drmocrats

So, to those fuckheads, Trump is indeed doing the right things, consequences be damned.

[William Seger]

22. Ah yup, nailed it! They just want "retribution"

[Dem4life1234]

36. They are such immature brained idiots

Their very existence is all about pissing of Dems, aka owning the libz.

"Let me be a bigot in peace." They hate us because we call them out on it.

They don't even care if it bites them in theirr collective unhealthy behinds.

It's like a game to them, I don't see this brain dead mentality in other parts of the developed world but here. There is something very wrong with these MAGAts.

[3auld6phart]

13. Gawd

Damn republican scum you definitely have youtraitous lips sucking in that orange freaks shit chute . Suck it in you feckin’ traitors..

[surfered]

16. I'm not sure anyone should use the word "honor" and the GOP in the same sentence.

I mean, really……Cruz, Hawley, Graham, Cotton, Johnson, Lee, Paul, Scott, Johnson, Greene, Tuberville, Comer, Jordan, Biggs, Boebert, Cloud, Donalds, Foxx, Gosar, Mace, Perry, Zinke,

I’m open to corrections and suggestions

[Evolve Dammit]

17. I would expand that to the entire elected GOP who forgot their oath to the Constitution and want to undermine Democracy

[Karasu]

25. Yes, it's the entire party. Hell, the national party was in on Trump's fake electors plot back in 2020 and paid no price

for it. The GOP is a fucking crime syndicate.

[Evolve Dammit]

31. Agreed. Happy 500th!

[Karasu]

34. Oh, wow. I didn't even notice! Thank you very much!

[bdamomma]

18. These bastards are emboldened

They are treasonous and they don't give a crap

[Quanto Magnus]

21. GQP bad faith actors

Dems keep trying to play nice, but it will do no good, because they are dishonest, bad faith actors

[sarisataka]

23. House Oversight Committee Abdicates Their Duty

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Nemo

[NoMoreRepugs]

24. Started with Ailes in the Reagan years and hit its stride with Gingrich -

Rethuglicans have zero honor or code of conduct or adherence to norms - they are fucking power hungry douche bags. To expect ANYTHING else is naive.

[GiqueCee]

49. I am utterly astounded...

... that anyone still believes that we can "meet in the middle" with a raging mob of bloodthirsty psychopaths. One doesn't compromise with pure, unrepentant evil, without becoming evil one's self.

[Karasu]

26. Subpoena his ass every fucking day.

[YoshidaYui]

27. What do you expect from the

GOP? They are all assholes under Trump!

[KS Toronado]

28. 50 years ago every R voted to impeach Nixon

We'll never see those days again when they knew right from wrong. Now they fight tooth & nail
even for un-elected Rs no matter how guilty they are.

[Evolve Dammit]

32. spot on

[Dem4life1234]

37. They get worse with each passing year

They have no morals.

[mimitabby]

39. those guys are all dead. nt

[C0RI0LANUS]

29. ...

[GiqueCee]

30. Honor System? Hmmm...

... I saw a Republican with honor once. It was standing next to a unicorn, and Tinkerbell was perched on its shoulder. I think it ate her. No, not the unicorn; they're vegetarians. The Republican!

[BumRushDaShow]

33. There were a handful who put "country over party"

e.g., Cheney and Kinzinger... and I never thought I'd see the day when teabagger Joe Walsh would even make that attempt, but he did.

The problem is that the ones who are left have so much baggage (and apparently a big dossier to be blackmailed) that their opportunist streak required them to do what it takes to stay in their positions.

[Dem4life1234]

38. People need to stop voting for them

[BumRushDaShow]

40. They are brainwashed

The GOP has mastered the ability to attract people who have grievances, and over time, can reprogram them into taking out their frustrations on Democrats/progressives/liberals/the left.

That was sort of covered by this somewhat sardonic animated short from 15 years ago (got a lot of play here in DU) -

[Dem4life1234]

35. This is crazy! And hypocritical of these Rethugs

[vapor2]

44. REPUBLICANS ARE ALL COMPLICIT

[Initech]

47. Seriously, anyone enabling Musk right now needs to be escorted out of Congress in handcuffs.

And Fox News can go eat the steamiest bag of dog shit.

[Initech]

45. Our country is under attack

Elon Musk is the attacker. He needs to be brought to justice NOW, by any means necessary. Tomorrow may be too late.

[JohnSJ]

48. There is no honor among the rethugs in House.

[cbabe]

51. Do it again! Today! Until it gets done!

[bluestarone]

52. I feel we are way past knowing exactly what their plan is.

They have made their plan, and that is to ATTACK America. We have got to accept that and do whatever needs to be done to stop this attack. I do like what the Democratic senators have done, and what their doing. Like i heard on morning Joe this AM is TSF and Musk are doing MANY things, but their end goal in all of this is to give the president more power than he has EVER had before. That's their number one goal.

[Fla Dem]

53. Democracy going down the toilet right before our eyes.

Video is very dramatic.

[Dem4life1234]

54. What is the end game?

Don't these corporations want healthy and happy workers?

[Owens]

55. Elon Musk is a Terrorist!! The GOP are cowards!

[The Mouth]

56. We need to be taking notes- this is how you deal with the other side.

Of course imagine if it were Democrats shutting down an idiotic Republican attempt at a subpoena like this, the Rs would be having shit fits...


We need to stop bringing a feather duster to a chainsaw fight.

[Bettie]

57. Republicans don't get "honor"

they all act like toddlers who want what they want the very second they want it.