If Republicans retake the House majority in 2022 โ as is increasingly expected โ House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy will likely become Speaker and plans to remove far-left Democrats Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from their respective House committees.
Democrats set this new standard with theirย removals of Republicans Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) from their committees last year and McCarthy has said that his party will not hesitate to use this same standard against Democrats.
Republicans also point to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi'sย refusalย to seat two of McCarthy's picks for the Jan. 6 select committee as another precedent-setter. (RELATED: Jan. 6 Committee Probe Aimed At Trump ProvesโฆWhat?)
But McCarthy's case against these three Democrats goes beyond a tit-for-tat response. McCarthy argues these Democrats should never have been on these committees to begin with.
As Axiosย notes:
McCarthy pointed to Swalwell's association with a Chinese spy,ย reported by Axios. Swalwell, who cut ties with the spy after being alerted to her activities by federal investigatorsโฆ
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In the case of Omar, McCarthy quoted her 2019 remark that a pro-Israel lobbying group's influence in Congress is โall about the Benjamins,โ which wasย blastedย by members of both parties at the time as anti-Semitic.
McCarthy also said Schiff โlied to the American publicโ with his support of theย unverified Steele dossier, which alleged extensive ties between former President Trump and Russia.
Two of the Democrats replied as expected, making it all about former President Trump, white supremacy and partisan talking points about Republicans potentially overturning 2024 election:
Swalwell responded to McCarthyย on Twitter: โMcCarthy is targeting me for 1 reason: I'm effective. He wants to carry water (& sort Starbursts) for Trump's Big Lie & not be called out. He's projecting onto me b/c he's incapable of facing down the Ku Klux Klan elements in his caucus.โ
Schiff spokesperson Lauren Frenchย toldย Axios:
Nevertheless, allowing McCarthy to get anywhere near the Speaker's gavel would be catastrophic โ not just because of his propensity for falsehoods and smears, but because he will exist solely to do Donald Trump's bidding โ even potentially overturning the 2024 results.
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The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions ofย American Liberty News.
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Iโll believe it when I see it. Republicans wimp out when they regain majorities.
Exactly. Look at McCarthy doing nothing this past year on election fraud and the abuse of 1/6 political prisoners. He’s shown us nothing, but promises if we make him speaker next year he’ll suddenly start doing all kinds of wonderful things. I hope we can find someone better.