Payback: McCarthy confirms that these
three Dems will get stripped of committee assignments
Hot Air,
by
Ed Morrissey
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
1/10/2023 3:47:38 PM
Precedent set by Nancy Pelosi, precedent followed by Kevin McCarthy. In the previous session of the House, Pelosi stripped Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments over a “like” on a tweet that suggested someone start shooting House Democrats — for which Greene later apologized. Now that the gavel has returned to the GOP, McCarthy plans to return the favor for three House Democrats — but really just one: Why just one? Eric Swalwell’s time on Intel was already up, and Omar’s assignment was subject to a House vote anyway:
The move is largely symbolic, as Swalwell is already due to be rotated off his committee, and Omar’s assignment
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Krause 1/10/2023 4:24:26 PM (No. 1375301)
‘Schiff, you’re fired. Pack up and hit the road!’
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
StephaniePlum 1/10/2023 4:34:46 PM (No. 1375309)
Have I missed something? Kevin McCarthy is officially Speaker and now the House is conducting its business. Isn’t there usually an official big deal public swearing in ceremony where that huge gavel is passed to the new speaker by the old speaker. I’ve been looking forward to watching how Pelosi would handle the humiliation of having to perform this ritual (rudely for certain) but it seems like we aren’t going to have the pleasure of viewing that moment.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
watashiyo 1/10/2023 4:54:02 PM (No. 1375319)
So far so good. More clean up please.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
earlybird 1/10/2023 5:27:27 PM (No. 1375336)
Morrissey can minimize this - he’s just more hot air - but these three are GONE And Schiff is a much bigger fish than the other two.
I have no interest in the naysayers at Hot Air..
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
thefield 1/10/2023 5:39:18 PM (No. 1375342)
#2 that was officially done Saturday morning at 2 AM when McCarthy was elected. The person who did it was Nancy's replacement. She did not want to do it again.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
TXknitter 1/10/2023 6:31:57 PM (No. 1375362)
This is all good news and I agree, #4, Morrissey had to find something to criticize!!! Speaker McCarthy is getting some promises fulfilled quickly and I thank him for that!!! Go KEVIN!!
Several of the Brave 20 gave interviews today encouraging conservatives to keep prodding your Brave 20 Congresscritter to continue with the passion and FIGHT they exhibited last week in order to KEEP stiffening the spines of the McCarthy leadership team. The squeaky wheel does get the grease!
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Good.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Citoyen 1/10/2023 6:54:55 PM (No. 1375373)
I would have preferred stripping them of all committees as was done to Marjorie Taylor Green and later Rep. Gosar of Arizona. McCarthy should have doubled what the Democrats did. Maxine Waters should be included for her constant calls for violence against her enemies.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 1/10/2023 7:21:26 PM (No. 1375392)
It's a real shame that they can't exile them to a small island off the coast of Alaska.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Venturer 1/10/2023 8:05:30 PM (No. 1375421)
Get Maxine Waters off the Finance Committee.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
mifla 1/11/2023 4:50:07 AM (No. 1375589)
Throw all the Dems off all the committees. Stop bringing knives to a gunfight.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Rinktum 1/11/2023 7:03:26 AM (No. 1375655)
#2, It did happen after right after McCarthy was elected in the middle of the night. Jeffries got up and went on an anti-Republican rant for a few minutes and then passed the gavel to Kevin. Pelosi was in the chamber but did not participate. She wasn’t about to physically hand over the gavel to McCarthy. Jeffries gave a partisan speech that was anything but uniting. It was a political speech in the manner of Obama’s 2004 speech at the DNC convention. He was setting himself up for bigger and better things. Keep an eye on this guy, he believes he is Obama 2.0 and is just as arrogant and anti-American.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Jebediah 1/11/2023 7:52:29 AM (No. 1375698)
Not revenge: just common sense. A man who has slept (and slept and slept) with a Communist honey trap spy should not be on Intelligence. A man who says one thing CONSTANTLY to CNN, NBC et al (Schiff). and then says the opposite under oath where he could be charged, should also not be on Intel, and we are not even talking his leaks. As to Inhan Omar the list, the anti Semeticisms etc. are too vast to mention........this is a woman who plays the system like a violin. These people should never ever have been on their committees, and just show the iron will of Nancy Pelosi and the total weakness and capitulation of the Press.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Jebediah 1/11/2023 7:54:16 AM (No. 1375701)
Poster #2...Pelosi is no longer Speaker.......we have the virulent Leftist from NY for that post now, and he did do a hand over, after 15 minutes of extolling all the good the Dems hath wrought against those evil Republicans.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 1/11/2023 8:05:40 AM (No. 1375723)
Looks like Pencil Neck will have plenty of free time now.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Paperpuncher 1/11/2023 8:13:20 AM (No. 1375743)
The Huge Gavel I believe belongs to Pelosi. If I recall correctly she got it when the congress passed obambicare.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
capecodfox 1/11/2023 8:45:54 AM (No. 1375766)
Spot on #12. Jeffries speech was disgusting. It's too bad only us night owls got the full flavor of how hateful that guy is.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Zigrid 1/11/2023 11:05:30 AM (No. 1375945)
The swamp deal has been struck for weeks...that's why McCarthy was seated in nervous Nancy's office long before he became speaker...he's been in Washington to long and he's part of the swamp...deals are cut behind closed doors and WE only have Jim Jordan as our champion...and perhaps Matt Gaetz...
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
lakerman1 1/11/2023 12:21:10 PM (No. 1376017)
#2, I caught this.
And I remember how class newt Gingrich
showed in 1995 when he became Speaker.
He handed the gavel to Dick Gephardt first, to
call the House in session.
I also remember how the media wet their pants,
raving how Nancy Pelosi took the gavel while
holding her grandchild in her arms.
She can do it all, reporters said.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
spiderman 1/11/2023 1:06:31 PM (No. 1376062)
Cleanup on the left isle and the right isle. But the biggest mess is on the left isle.
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