Republican says she WON'T back Kevin McCarthy's
bid to throw Ilhan Omar and Eric Swalwell
off committees because it is a 'charade'
- and Congress needs to stop being a 'circus'
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Elizabeth Elkind
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
1/24/2023 9:49:38 PM
A Republican congresswoman blasted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's threats to boot three outspoken Democrats off committees on Tuesday.
Indiana Rep. Victoria Spartz dismissed the GOP leader's efforts as 'bread and circuses' and called on him to 'start governing for a change' in the searing statement.
McCarthy has vowed to remove Democrat Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff of California from the House select committee on Intelligence, while threatening to remove progressive Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar off the Foreign Affairs Committee.
It's payback for Democrats voting to strip hard-right GOP Reps. Paul Gosar of Arizona and Marjorie Taylor Greene of George of their committee assignments in the last Congress.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 1/24/2023 9:57:25 PM (No. 1386580)
A RINO Knotsee, one of the worst kind. At least it didn't take a long time to discover.
79 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 1/24/2023 10:02:08 PM (No. 1386583)
I know someone else he shouldn't seat on any committees.
96 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
ronniethek 1/24/2023 10:02:14 PM (No. 1386584)
Its not payback as the writer asserts.Its keeping traitors off sensitive committees.
95 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
vrb8m 1/24/2023 10:05:39 PM (No. 1386585)
Nancy Mace is another one.
59 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
volksford 1/24/2023 10:08:37 PM (No. 1386587)
Someone who needs to be Back Home Again in Indiana .
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Californian 1/24/2023 10:22:41 PM (No. 1386592)
Swalwell should be in prison for treason with his cccp girlfriend not worrying about which committee he's on.
57 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
Rich323 1/24/2023 10:26:16 PM (No. 1386595)
Speaker McCarthy here is the answer Indiana Rep. Victoria Spartz will not be assigned to any committees. She will sit in her office for four years and then return home unless thrown out by her own voters first. She will not be allowed to speak and if so in the middle of the night. Give it right back into het!
62 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
SALady 1/24/2023 10:29:39 PM (No. 1386596)
Demon-Rats always start with this kind of unprecedented garbage, and set the precedence, when they have power. And then when Republicans get power again and do the same thing, the normal chorus of Demon-Rats and "play nice at any cost" RINO Republi-Can'ts cry "unfair"!!!
I truly believe a RINO Republi-Can't is worse than a pure Demon-Rat. At least with a Demon-Rat, you know they are going to be pure evil. But RINO Republi-Can'ts say all the right conservative things when they are running, but then show their true spineless evil colors when they get elected!!!
45 people like this.
First, Pence, and now her. Does everyone in Indiana just want to play nice and not rock the boat?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Heraclitus 1/24/2023 10:35:47 PM (No. 1386601)
Those who spun like whirligigs the lies designed to TAKE DOWN A PRESIDENT do not deserve to be on such committees, any, in my opinion.
Silly woman
38 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
BarryNo 1/24/2023 10:53:21 PM (No. 1386610)
The lap dogs in the GOP yap loud and long to defend their masters, the Democrats.
24 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
PChristopher 1/24/2023 10:53:27 PM (No. 1386611)
And where was she when the DEMS were turning this into a circus?
35 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 1/24/2023 11:02:37 PM (No. 1386613)
Certain members on the Right keep reaching out across the aisle thinking they are fostering a "can't we all just get along" moment. No matter how many times they pull back a bloody stump, another one comes and thinks they have the magic touch, if they only can show how sincere and fair they are.
31 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
earlybird 1/24/2023 11:02:58 PM (No. 1386615)
Intelligence is a select committee. The Speaker selects members. Spartz must be new or stupid. Or a Dem troll?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
earlybird 1/24/2023 11:06:52 PM (No. 1386617)
She’s the rep who was born in the Ukraine.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
hershey 1/24/2023 11:07:21 PM (No. 1386618)
Indiana's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana that takes the north side of Indianapolis as well as its eastern and northern suburbs, including Marion, Carmel, Anderson, Noblesville, Fishers, and parts of Kokomo.
That says it all....
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
earlybird 1/24/2023 11:12:29 PM (No. 1386621)
FTA.
But despite McCarthy's repeated promises to keep all three off of their committees, he may run into trouble booting at least one of them.
McCarthy has unilateral power to keep or remove nominees from Intelligence due to its status as a select committee.
In Omar's case, however, removal would require a full House vote - and McCarthy can only afford to lose the support of four members with his razor-thin Republican majority.
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina indicated that she will also likely oppose Omar's removal if it comes to a House vote.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
anniebc 1/24/2023 11:32:56 PM (No. 1386623)
You can't fix stupid.
Amen, poster #4. I can't understand how SC sends the traitors that it does to Washington and remains a red state.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 1/25/2023 12:12:17 AM (No. 1386628)
Kevdogg needs to boot Victoria off of the committees too. He's the Big Boss and she needs to shut up and obey.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
formerNYer 1/25/2023 12:24:36 AM (No. 1386630)
Did she complain this loudly when Nanzi Pelnazi had the sham 1/6 kommittee?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Nimby 1/25/2023 12:51:39 AM (No. 1386635)
Who elected this maroon? Is she getting kickbacks from Democrats?
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Nimby 1/25/2023 12:53:22 AM (No. 1386636)
So she is a Zelenskyphile!! The worst of the worst!
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
HisHandmaiden 1/25/2023 12:55:17 AM (No. 1386637)
Pence and Mace…
Or is it Mace and Haley?
Tie:
…all three, not MAGA
As idyllic as Mace’s Daniel Island, SC District is … [and I recently moved]she still must Go!
DJT and team, let’s follow up on loyalty in SC!
TBIYTC
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 1/25/2023 1:53:55 AM (No. 1386642)
She was born in Ukraine. Huh.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Zeek Wolfe 1/25/2023 2:28:53 AM (No. 1386646)
RINOs pop up, an unwanted pistule, like the shingles virus, very painful and difficult to shake. Victoria Spartz needs to face a primary challenge. Keep her off important committees because she is a Liz Chaney wannabe.
17 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
Safari Man 1/25/2023 2:55:54 AM (No. 1386651)
Why does the GOP have so many democrats in sheep’s clothing?
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Grayraven 1/25/2023 3:42:36 AM (No. 1386654)
How do I say this politely? Omar, Swalwell, and Schiff are the circus. They're the ones wo have engaged in racism, intolerance, bigotry outright lies, and antisemitism for years. They have perverted the legislative process. Getting them off the committees will be a confrontational process. I think if the Republicans carry out that plan then calm will return to the house and we will get back to the process of government. None of these three have any staying power; they only have the power and authority we cede to them.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
mifla 1/25/2023 5:28:14 AM (No. 1386671)
The Susan Collins of the House.
Dems vote in lockstep, Republicans have mavericks.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Penelope27 1/25/2023 7:27:02 AM (No. 1386734)
Mavericks have independent thought, the Republicans that called themselves maverick were just democrats walking in lock step - they are/were RINOs, nothing more…
12 people like this.
Reply 30 - Posted by:
walcb 1/25/2023 7:55:16 AM (No. 1386766)
The Indianans need to flood her office with calls--I am sure they are.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
stablemoney 1/25/2023 7:57:14 AM (No. 1386769)
Well thank you Spartz. I hope this is your last term in Congress.
14 people like this.
Reply 32 - Posted by:
Yuban 1/25/2023 8:17:11 AM (No. 1386784)
She just joined the circus she is against. These clowns are not very intelligent folk.
5 people like this.
Reply 33 - Posted by:
MDConservative 1/25/2023 8:43:05 AM (No. 1386808)
Hey, lady, payback is a large component of politics. Bringing an olive branch to a knife fight rarely ends well for the one holding the branch.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
bad-hair 1/25/2023 9:11:38 AM (No. 1386827)
Agree with Victoria except CIRCUS implies some vague kind of organization. Somebody has to set up the tent.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
moebellini3 1/25/2023 9:47:24 AM (No. 1386870)
Schiff and Swalwell shouldn't even be in Congress. Two pieces of human trash that should be throw out on their rear ends. Two partisan hacks.
7 people like this.
Reply 36 - Posted by:
bighambone 1/25/2023 9:49:17 AM (No. 1386873)
Just as about always, anytime a Republican in a leadership position announces a substantial action in accordance with most Republican voters wishes, up pops a RINO or so-called establishment Republican politician intent on sabotaging the action.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
janjan 1/25/2023 9:56:37 AM (No. 1386883)
What is a bigger circus than having a pathological liar and a national security risk on the Intelligence Committee? Spartz needs to take her job seriously and worry more about the best interests of the country and less about House etiquette.
6 people like this.
Reply 38 - Posted by:
Kate318 1/25/2023 9:57:18 AM (No. 1386884)
Threats or bribery, Victoria?
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
Venturer 1/25/2023 10:34:17 AM (No. 1386912)
I know absolutely nothing about this lady except that she is obviously an idiot.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
PageTurner 1/25/2023 11:21:22 AM (No. 1386937)
Time to get rid of her. If she got her way, only Republicans would be thrown off House committees. Democrats would get away with it every time. McCarthy's move is useful discipline for them, it helps them learn since they cannot learn otherwise.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/25/2023 1:58:51 PM (No. 1387081)
Congress has worked hard for a couple of decades to become the three-ring extravaganza that it is today. You can't just ignore success like that.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
rochow 1/25/2023 8:34:30 PM (No. 1387332)
She is a Ukrainian and she says what she gets paid for most. Besides her Ukrainian credentials as a bit flakey. You do not have a BA and a MA at 22. Perhaps she works with the bidets and they give her 'a little' on the side????
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
danu 1/25/2023 9:21:06 PM (No. 1387358)
squaller showed to whinge in public--looking like he came in drunk from his
night on the park bench
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