The Republican Party Remains a Useless, Spineless Husk
By Bonchie | 8:15 AM on January 29, 2023
Though House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has kept his promise to kick Rep. Eric Swalwell and Rep. Adam Schiff off the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, things are a bit more complicated when it comes to Rep. Ilhan Omar. That’s because the Speaker doesn’t have unilateral authority over non-select committees, meaning any removal will take a full vote of the House.
Omar, a notorious anti-Semite who has continuously supported policies that empower terrorist regimes, served on the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee under the last congress. That she was placed there at all despite her lack of experience was already unusual, and Omar’s radicalism only made the appointment all the worse.
Still, Republicans weren’t of the mind to remove Omar until Rep. Nancy Pelosi, joined by other Democrats, kicked two Republicans off their committees for supposed inflammatory comments. Obviously, that set the precedent that the majority party could punish bad actors from the minority party for the things they say. Omar fits that bill perfectly given her history of antisemitism.
Unfortunately, while McCarthy is trying to whip support to send the Minnesota congresswoman to a lesser committee, the Republican calvary has arrived to once again save Democrats from the consequences of their own actions.
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