House GOP moves toward holding Blinken in contempt of CongressRapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world – 46 points – 4 days agopolitico.com8Post a CommentPreviewHotTopNewOldSo let me get this straight. Republicans can ignore subpoenas, Democrats can't.Eh, not always. Just ask Steve Bannon, federal inmate #05635-509.Steve Bannon was nit SecState. He wasn't even part of the governmentThen ask Pete Navarro or Mark Meadows.They were out of government when subpoenas were issued. Gym Jordon wasn't though.Holding a contempt vote while they are in government is kind of pointless, because the DoJ is unlikely to prosecute its own. Anyway let's put it this way: in the past ten years only one Democrat has been found in contempt of Congress.Yet that's exactly what Republicans are doing here.::: spoiler Politico - News Source Context (Click to view Full Report) Information for Politico: MBFC: Left-Center - Credibility: High - Factual Reporting: High - United States of America Wikipedia about this source ::: ::: spoiler Search topics on Ground.News https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/09/24/congress/gop-moves-contempt-against-blinken-00180690 ::: Media Bias Fact Check | bot support
So let me get this straight. Republicans can ignore subpoenas, Democrats can't.Eh, not always. Just ask Steve Bannon, federal inmate #05635-509.Steve Bannon was nit SecState. He wasn't even part of the governmentThen ask Pete Navarro or Mark Meadows.They were out of government when subpoenas were issued. Gym Jordon wasn't though.Holding a contempt vote while they are in government is kind of pointless, because the DoJ is unlikely to prosecute its own. Anyway let's put it this way: in the past ten years only one Democrat has been found in contempt of Congress.Yet that's exactly what Republicans are doing here.
Eh, not always. Just ask Steve Bannon, federal inmate #05635-509.Steve Bannon was nit SecState. He wasn't even part of the governmentThen ask Pete Navarro or Mark Meadows.They were out of government when subpoenas were issued. Gym Jordon wasn't though.Holding a contempt vote while they are in government is kind of pointless, because the DoJ is unlikely to prosecute its own. Anyway let's put it this way: in the past ten years only one Democrat has been found in contempt of Congress.Yet that's exactly what Republicans are doing here.
Steve Bannon was nit SecState. He wasn't even part of the governmentThen ask Pete Navarro or Mark Meadows.They were out of government when subpoenas were issued. Gym Jordon wasn't though.Holding a contempt vote while they are in government is kind of pointless, because the DoJ is unlikely to prosecute its own. Anyway let's put it this way: in the past ten years only one Democrat has been found in contempt of Congress.Yet that's exactly what Republicans are doing here.
Then ask Pete Navarro or Mark Meadows.They were out of government when subpoenas were issued. Gym Jordon wasn't though.Holding a contempt vote while they are in government is kind of pointless, because the DoJ is unlikely to prosecute its own. Anyway let's put it this way: in the past ten years only one Democrat has been found in contempt of Congress.Yet that's exactly what Republicans are doing here.
They were out of government when subpoenas were issued. Gym Jordon wasn't though.Holding a contempt vote while they are in government is kind of pointless, because the DoJ is unlikely to prosecute its own. Anyway let's put it this way: in the past ten years only one Democrat has been found in contempt of Congress.Yet that's exactly what Republicans are doing here.
Holding a contempt vote while they are in government is kind of pointless, because the DoJ is unlikely to prosecute its own. Anyway let's put it this way: in the past ten years only one Democrat has been found in contempt of Congress.Yet that's exactly what Republicans are doing here.
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So let me get this straight. Republicans can ignore subpoenas, Democrats can't.
Eh, not always. Just ask Steve Bannon, federal inmate #05635-509.
Steve Bannon was nit SecState. He wasn't even part of the government
Then ask Pete Navarro or Mark Meadows.
They were out of government when subpoenas were issued. Gym Jordon wasn't though.
Holding a contempt vote while they are in government is kind of pointless, because the DoJ is unlikely to prosecute its own.
Anyway let's put it this way: in the past ten years only one Democrat has been found in contempt of Congress.
Yet that's exactly what Republicans are doing here.
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