Kevin McCarthy Tells Hakeem Jeffries What He Can Do With His Intel Committee Demands
By Bonchie | 9:00 PM on January 24, 2023
As RedState reported on Monday, Kevin McCarthy was left at a crossroads after Hakeem Jeffries attempted to reappoint Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff to the House Intelligence Committee. In a brazen letter, Jeffries demanded Swalwell and Schiff be reinstated, appealing to the very House tradition of minority deference Democrats had thoroughly shredded during the prior congress.
The minority leader also tried to draw a distinction between the behavior of Marjorie Taylor Greene and Swalwell and Schiff. What he didn’t mention is that the actions of the two California Democrats in question were far more dangerous and egregious. In Swalwell’s case, he’s been credibly accused of having an affair with a Chinese spy.
Now, McCarthy has responded to Jeffries with a simple answer: Pound sand.
https://twitter.com/SpeakerMcCarthy/status/1618047779422769154There are some on the right who live to be upset, and no matter what McCarthy does, they are going to hate him, call him a RINO, and accuse him of being an establishment shill. Objectively, though, things are going pretty well so far, aren’t they? He’s kept his promise on the new Church Commission, appointing a Republican murderers’ row to it. He got the new rules package passed despite many doubting he could hold the caucus together. Further, as this article notes, he’s now made good on his pledge to boot Swalwell and Schiff from the Intelligence Committee.
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