Another excellent article by Heather Digby Parton in her
fine style at SALON with this headline:
“House Republicans’
biggest plan just blew up in their faces”
Introduction to the article:
The House Republicans have been promising that the impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden was going to be filled with fireworks from the word go.
We would see evidence of bribery and extortion and payoffs from foreign
companies in the tens of millions of dollars and that “the Biden Crime Family
would finally be exposed as the international gangsters they are and Trump
would be exonerated.” Or something. They held their first hearing yesterday and
all those fireworks blew up in their faces.
Keep in mind that they decided to hold this preposterous
hearing two days before the government is set to shut down because a
tiny rump faction of extremists in their party is demanding that they get
everything they ever wanted or they'll hold their breath until they turn blue.
Nobody knows exactly what
that is other than to torture Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and make America
miserable again. It's been reported that they have no plans “to table their
inquiry” when the government is shut down even though their staff won't be paid,
and all regular business is usually curtailed until an agreement is reached.
Not this time. It's full speed ahead.
It would be one thing if they had even bothered to prepare
for this silly hearing. But clearly they did not.
The day before the hearing we caught a glimpse of just how
bad it was going to be when Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO, member of the House Ways
and Means Committee (the main committee leading and tasked with pursuing the “inquiry”
was asked a question by NBC News reporter Ryan Nobles during a press conference
(video of that Q&A follows in the entire article as well as other clips at the
link above).
My 2 Cents: As I said a great review by the well-known “Digby”
as Heather Digby Parton also posts by and for anyone who watched that 6-hour GOP
sh*t show will attest that is precisely what it was as the photo above shows.
Pitiful does not even begin to describe it.
Especially noteworthy is the clip from Rep. AOC (D-NY)
– that’s a keeper for sure. Congrats to her for exposing the GOP fraud from Rep.
Byron Donalds (R-FL).
Related from SALON: Very concerning
and scary just take a look.
The worst part is just like the late great Yogi Berra once said: “It
ain’t over til it’s over.”
Stay tuned. The ugliest is yet to come I predict.
And, keep in mind that your vote against anything
Trump/MAGA can protect us all.
Thanks for stopping by.
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