Powerline 2/8/2023
Tomorrow the House of Representatives’ Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government will hold its first hearing, chaired by Jim Jordan. The existence of this committee illustrates the vital difference between a narrow minority and a narrow majority. Under Democratic rule, “weaponization” of federal agencies was applauded, not investigated.
The committee’s name refers in part to the Democrats’ deployment of the FBI and CIA as partisan agents. Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential race despite the intervention of the FBI and the CIA in that campaign. One can only speculate about what would have happened in 2020 if the Democrats had not misused federal agencies to promote Joe Biden.
Jonathan Turley provides a good introduction to what will happen tomorrow and in succeeding sessions:
This coming week a new House select subcommittee will hold its first hearing on the FBI and the possible “weaponization” of government agencies. …
The role of the FBI in prior scandals will remain a point of heated debate in Congress. However, members of both parties should be able to agree on the need to investigate one of the most serious allegations: Censorship by surrogate.I assume Turley is kidding here. Democrats are entirely in favor of censoring all opposing views. They only resort to censorship by proxy because they can’t yet get away with doing it themselves. From here on, though, Turley is sound. Links are omitted:
More:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/02/weaponization-under-fire.php
