Posted on 10/06/2015 4:08:07 PM PDT by Kaslin
It probably wasn’t the best idea for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), the presumptive successor to outgoing Speaker of the House John Boehner, to suggest that Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers were sinking due to the existence of the House Select Committee on Benghazi. The Clinton Team already has a campaign ad about it, and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), who is challenging McCarthy for the speakership, called the remarks “absolutely terrible.”
In a second salvo, House Democrats are aiming to dissolve the Select Committee on Benghazi tonight, with Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) proposing the Rules Committee eliminate it tonight, though it’s bound to be blocked given the Republican majority. The Washington Post reports that while this move is unlikely to succeed, it shows that Democrats intend to soften up the panel ahead of Hillary’s Oct. 22 testimony before the committee:
Democrats will double down Tuesday night on their push to end the House Select Committee on Benghazi when Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) offers an amendment to kill the panel during a meeting of the Rules Committee.
Slaughter’s move will be blocked by Republicans, who are a majority on the panel. But the amendment offers a hint at Democrats’ strategy to weaken the panel before it hears testimony from Hillary Clinton on Oct. 22.
Slaughter, the top Democrat on Rules, will offer her amendment to a Republican bill creating a new Select Committee on Planned Parenthood in response to a series of controversial, undercover videos about the group. The amendment will strike the Planned Parenthood language and order the dissolution of the Benghazi committee.
This just in: House Rules Cmte top Dem Rep. Louise Slaughter will put fwd amdt tonight to abolish select committee on Benghazi— Tim Mak (@timkmak) October 6, 2015
Sensing political opportunity, Dems line up to try to shut down Benghazi investigation.
Excited for all the "Democratic overreach" stories!— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 6, 2015
Move to abolish Benghazi cmte latest escalation by Dems, seeking to capitalize on McCarthy remarks w/view for Hillary's Oct appearance— Tim Mak (@timkmak) October 6, 2015
Updates to follow.
FULS
FU dem party!
This isn’t some crosstown high school football rivalry.
This isn’t politics.
Hillary Clinton committed crimes.
We cannot rule out that Hillary Clinton committed espionage and treason against us, the citizens of The United States.
That is betrayal. Betrayal of you, me, the old folks in the nursing home, our military, the kids in pre-school.
There is no doubt that four Americans were murdered in Benghazi and the proximate cause of that is Hillary Clinton’s negligence and criminal behavior.
Greed. Lying. Betrayal. Murder. Theft.
When will the Democrats stop being Democrats and become Americans?
Doesn't she have an interesting name Slaughter and PP?
Is Learner scheduled to be indicted? If so, when?
They have twisted the trails so completely it is almost impossible to unravel easily...
BOTTOM LINE IS GET IT OFF THE NEWS WITH A BETTER STORY...
He denied that. Someone else said he was quitting, he denied it.
Because it was
IF it is a vote to trade PP investigation (not an investigation of the videos) for Hillary, go for it.
Thanks to STUPID Kevin McCarthy!!! Is he having an AFFAIR and being BLACKMAILED???? No other excuse for being so stupid!!!
Really? I didn’t hear him say that...last I heard he was quitting after his term was over....
Well good!!!
No, they're sinking because the public is learning the truth about the most corrupt figure in the history of the US.
He was asked if he would put his name in for Speaker and he said no, because he still has a job to do in the Benghazi case
Boehner and McCarthy—2 meatheads, yet somehow they’ve ended up at the top of the House Republican caucus.
The Stupid Party.
[Congress is a den of whores and thieves.]
I would disagree if disagreement with this were a rational thing. But......
I don’t know, I think he is that stupid. Even stupid people can be blackmailed and if so Hillary is no doubt playing big moves in spite of the desperation that is now filling her soul.
Thank you, Kevin McCarthy.
Idiot.
her soul. I’m such a comedian some times.
I happen to agree with the rats on this one. Broken clock and all. The gop holds endless hearings, posture for the cameras, and in the end do absolutely nothing. If I wanted a song and dance, I’d go to the opera.
live link ?
My 2 cents. Last I read was that the FBI could be finished with it’s investigation by the end of the year.
Obama want’s Slow Joe as the next pres.
They’ve timed this for the SHTF for hillary to happen a week before NH and Iowa. The media will be blowing up the PIAPS will be completely overwhelmed.
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