The Republicans correctly figured out that this office would soon be getting of deluge of complaints from Democrats about *everything* the Republicans did, with zero regard to any genuine complaints. All done as an effort to slow down or even halt what the Republicans are trying to do.
Remember back to the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill fight? The great Democrat quote to come out of the melee was from Nina Totenberg, from NPR, who said during the hearings, “It’s the seriousness of the charge” that matters, not the truth.
Even in the last election, Democrats tried to create an obviously bogus, and even impossible, rumor that Ted Cruz was a serial killer. The Zodiac Killer who operated in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Utterly ridiculous in that Cruz was *born* in 1970.
This was done with the typical Democrat assumption that the public are utter imbeciles, and would disdain Cruz because of “the seriousness of the charge”.
This is why the Republicans limited this “independent” group to just reporting to the House ethics committee, which is evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, so the Republicans can kill any nonsense or slanderous accusations made against them.
I remember that crud. I’m glad I started the thread because I always get the truth here. Why is Ryan against the disbanding?