Even some of Kevin McCarthy's own party members have implored him to cease the political theatrics. He ignored them. (via MaddowBlog)
Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday blocked two Democrats from seats on the House Intelligence Committee. ... McCarthy, R-Calif., made good on his promise to block former Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff and Rep. Eric Swalwell — both D-Calif. — from serving on that panel., such a decision ordinarily wouldn’t be his to make.
scrutinizing the speaker’s case against the Democratic congressmen. It concluded that McCarthy’s claims are based on “specious and vague” reasoning, and attacks “based on figments of imagination.” Or put another way, it’s not unreasonable to think McCarthy was lying about Schiff and Swalwell lying. Indeed, if we’re going to have a conversation about which congressmen “lied to the American public,” the speaker should probably be cautious about throwing stones in his glass house. McCarthy is, after all, the same lawmaker who told the public that the FBI cleared Donald Trump from Jan.
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