Maddow Blog | On Jan. 6 attack, key Republicans act like they have something to hide
It’s been about a week since House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy threatened telecommunications companies, warning that “a Republican majority will not forget” if the private-sector leaders cooperate with the congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 attack. The GOP leader added that the companies will be “in violation of federal law” if they provide materials to the bipartisan House select committee.
Even for McCarthy, the tactics were bizarre. For one thing, the law the Republican leader referenced does not appear to exist. For another, it was unsettling to see one of Congress’ most powerful members — a man who may soon become House Speaker — actively try to undermine a federal investigation into an insurrectionist attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The Washington Post’s Michael Gerson, a former speechwriter in the Bush/Cheney White House, argued that McCarthy’s threat “is probably a violation of House ethics rules, and maybe even a violation of federal law.” The newspaper’s editorial board added, “Mr. McCarthy should be defending Congress’s prerogative to investigate, not trying to curb it with threats and bullying. His fevered reaction can only prompt questions about what he and members of the House GOP caucus seek to hide.”
It was a provocative and underappreciated point. It’s problematic enough to see congressional Republicans deliberately interfere with a bipartisan investigation they oppose, but the dynamic is made vastly worse by the prospect that some members of the House GOP may be concerned about secrets coming to light.
Indeed, McCarthy wasn’t alone in writing letters to telecommunications companies. As a HuffPost report explained, 11 House Republicans did the same thing late last week.
I thought I was afraid for my country when Trump was in office, but I become more frightened every day now. It’s like watching a slow motion train wreck and no one can hear you scream the warnings.
Trump lied about Arabs “dancing and celebrating on the rooftops across the river in New Jersey” on Sept.11, If what is depicted in this cartoon does occur The RNC and all who obey them will be dancing on the rooftops.
This ‘toon disturbs me, Joel. More than anything else in my 70 years, the replays of this event on TV immediately brings my blood to boil, and I switch the channel at once. I cannot bear the sight of it. I remember listening to “60 Minutes”, weeks after the crashes, of the cell-phone recording of one of the stewardesses calling in the seat numbers of the hijackers, when she suddenly began screaming OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! as the jet was heading into one of the Towers. I still feel for her and the others who were herded to slaughter by 14th-century Islamic fundamentalists. I won’t be watching much television this week.
Every time I see a poll about millions agreeing with the GQP I have to come to terms with the staggering amount of ignorance, cruelty, racism, and outright hate my fellow Americans are displaying.
Surely there can’t be this many uninformed, misinformed and ill-informed people in the U.S. But then I remember the Faux Confederate News telling them it’s all true. Right Wing media must be stopped. They’re destroying the country with their lies and they don’t care.
Yeah. Though if it were just the ONE instance, we could cope well enough. It’s more that the disinformation is ubiquitous… and VERY persuasive… that’s the problem.
“A Republic, if you can keep it.” – Benjamin Franklin 1787.
What is going on today is not new, it has happened several times throughout our history. Each time the same predictions and opinions and dire warnings of a loss of our Nation have been expressed. And each time so far, Liberals have risen to the challenge and defeated conservatism. This is our turn.
conservatives are the enemy of the U.S. and have been since 1754.
brwydave Premium Member over 2 years ago
It will happen in slow motion – so slowly that we won’t be able to remember where we were when it happened.
Pickled Pete over 2 years ago
POOF
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member over 2 years ago
Grim.
Flatlander, purveyor of fine covfefe over 2 years ago
same cartoon elsewhere
Radish the wordsmith over 2 years ago
You can also label the plane GOP and the buildings voting rights and abortion.
Radish the wordsmith over 2 years ago
Maddow Blog | On Jan. 6 attack, key Republicans act like they have something to hide
It’s been about a week since House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy threatened telecommunications companies, warning that “a Republican majority will not forget” if the private-sector leaders cooperate with the congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 attack. The GOP leader added that the companies will be “in violation of federal law” if they provide materials to the bipartisan House select committee.
Even for McCarthy, the tactics were bizarre. For one thing, the law the Republican leader referenced does not appear to exist. For another, it was unsettling to see one of Congress’ most powerful members — a man who may soon become House Speaker — actively try to undermine a federal investigation into an insurrectionist attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The Washington Post’s Michael Gerson, a former speechwriter in the Bush/Cheney White House, argued that McCarthy’s threat “is probably a violation of House ethics rules, and maybe even a violation of federal law.” The newspaper’s editorial board added, “Mr. McCarthy should be defending Congress’s prerogative to investigate, not trying to curb it with threats and bullying. His fevered reaction can only prompt questions about what he and members of the House GOP caucus seek to hide.”
It was a provocative and underappreciated point. It’s problematic enough to see congressional Republicans deliberately interfere with a bipartisan investigation they oppose, but the dynamic is made vastly worse by the prospect that some members of the House GOP may be concerned about secrets coming to light.
Indeed, McCarthy wasn’t alone in writing letters to telecommunications companies. As a HuffPost report explained, 11 House Republicans did the same thing late last week.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maddow-blog-on-jan-6-attack-key-republicans-act-like-they-have-something-to-hide/ar-AAObBW4?ocid=msedgntp
casonia2 over 2 years ago
I thought I was afraid for my country when Trump was in office, but I become more frightened every day now. It’s like watching a slow motion train wreck and no one can hear you scream the warnings.
RAGs over 2 years ago
Trump lied about Arabs “dancing and celebrating on the rooftops across the river in New Jersey” on Sept.11, If what is depicted in this cartoon does occur The RNC and all who obey them will be dancing on the rooftops.
moosemin over 2 years ago
This ‘toon disturbs me, Joel. More than anything else in my 70 years, the replays of this event on TV immediately brings my blood to boil, and I switch the channel at once. I cannot bear the sight of it. I remember listening to “60 Minutes”, weeks after the crashes, of the cell-phone recording of one of the stewardesses calling in the seat numbers of the hijackers, when she suddenly began screaming OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! as the jet was heading into one of the Towers. I still feel for her and the others who were herded to slaughter by 14th-century Islamic fundamentalists. I won’t be watching much television this week.
DrDon1 over 2 years ago
Pett is “spot on!”
Terdarian over 2 years ago
Every time I see a poll about millions agreeing with the GQP I have to come to terms with the staggering amount of ignorance, cruelty, racism, and outright hate my fellow Americans are displaying.
Surely there can’t be this many uninformed, misinformed and ill-informed people in the U.S. But then I remember the Faux Confederate News telling them it’s all true. Right Wing media must be stopped. They’re destroying the country with their lies and they don’t care.
Scoutmaster77 over 2 years ago
Three guess where that disinformation is coming from. The first two guesses don’t count, comrade.
Concretionist over 2 years ago
Yeah. Though if it were just the ONE instance, we could cope well enough. It’s more that the disinformation is ubiquitous… and VERY persuasive… that’s the problem.
ncorgbl over 2 years ago
“A Republic, if you can keep it.” – Benjamin Franklin 1787.
What is going on today is not new, it has happened several times throughout our history. Each time the same predictions and opinions and dire warnings of a loss of our Nation have been expressed. And each time so far, Liberals have risen to the challenge and defeated conservatism. This is our turn.
conservatives are the enemy of the U.S. and have been since 1754.