Posted on 03/14/2021 4:01:05 PM PDT by Libloather
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Friday said he will offer a resolution to remove Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., from the House Intelligence Committee "next week."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Friday reinstated Swalwell onto the committee despite Republican concerns that the former Democratic presidential candidate poses a "national security threat" following reports that an undercover Chinese national, known as Fang Fang, helped fundraise for his 2014 re-election campaign, unbeknownst to Swalwell.
"Pelosi just reappointed Eric Swalwell to the Intelligence Committee," McCarthy tweeted Friday. "Based on the briefing she and I received together, Swalwell should not be on the panel in charge of guarding our nation's secrets. Next week, I will offer a resolution to remove him from the Intel Committee."
A spokesperson for McCarthy told Fox News that the resolution could come as soon as Tuesday, when the lawmaker will force a vote to remove the California Democrat from the committee.
"I'm eager to continue the important work of protecting Americans and supporting the hard-working heroes of our Intelligence Community, and I thank Speaker Pelosi and Chairman Schiff for their support and confidence," Swalwell told Fox News in a statement Saturday.
The congressman on Friday called McCarthy a "loser" in a Friday tweet in response to a tweet from the California Republican calling President Biden's $2 trillion COVID-19 relief package "a liberal wishlist."
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They’d forget all about this if he’d just set them up on dates with his ex-girlfriend.
If the Repubicans can’t find a way to keep Swalwell off that committee then they need to just throw sand in the gears of the House at every opportunity.
YOU DAMN REPUBLICANS ARE SO SLOW WITTED and SLOW FOOTED!!~ WAKE UP!
Tough when you decide anything was better than Trump, and regret getting your wish.
But but but... leaking to Chinese spies, drivers, contributors, publishers ... isn’t the ‘the democrat way?
Exactly, hope our “leader” doesn’t break a nail or get writer’s cramp...
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