Posted on 01/27/2023 9:39:33 AM PST by conservative98
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) vow to block Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from sitting on the House Foreign Affairs Committee has hit an early snag, as he may not have the votes to do it, The Hill reported on Thursday.
“There’s already two Republicans that have indicated that they won’t vote to put her off, and I think others will come aboard also,” said Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), the senior Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, who is lobbying Republicans on Omar’s behalf.
“So I don’t think it’s going to be a simple vote. I think that she has a good chance of staying,” he added.
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) said this week she’ll oppose the measure, calling McCarthy’s move “unprecedented” while citing her opposition to Democrats’ successful removal of GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) from committees in 2021.
“Two wrongs do not make a right,” she said in a statement quoted by The Hill. “As I spoke against it on the House floor two years ago, I will not support this charade again.”
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has been similarly cool to the concept, also pointing to her criticism of the Greene and Gosar evictions under Democratic rule, according to the report.
“I’m not going to be a hypocrite just because Republicans are in the majority now,” she told reporters Wednesday morning. “It’s not been a precedent in Congress to kick people off of their committees because of things that they say, even if you vehemently disagree with those things.”
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“Omar is rabidly anti-American. She shouldn’t even BE in the House”
She shouldn’t be in the COUNTRY.
It’s not just a tit-for-tat. She’s a rabid anti-Semite.
Throw the Ukrainian and Mace off every committee. He better keep that pump hand strong.
Another perfect example of why the GOP always gets bested.
They take it up the A with Trump Impeachment, not putting our picks on the Jan 6 committee.
They gain power and these pollyanna’s refuse to simply do what the Dem/Commies do. The Freedom Caucus is appearing to be a joke, btw.
She should be deported.
Cheney defied him after 2020. He better make an example out of these two traitors or it’s going to snowball.
WTF! Do these two poltroons think that if the situation were reversed that the Ds would vote less than 100% to remove?
Kick the muslim whore to the curb ...
While their desire to not become hypocrites is admirable, do they not realize that if the shoe were on the other foot, the democrats would do just as they had when they held the House? They are trying to elevate the way things are done in the Swamp, but you can’t elevate democrats. Besides, there are good reasons why Omar should not be on this committee; it is NOT a case of tit for tat.
apparently someone who defrauds the nation by marrying her brother so he can get citizenship, who hates Israel with a murderous passion, who hates America and who supports islam is the left’s ‘perfect candidate’ to serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and apparently two turncoat rinos think so also
Remove bith from any committee seats .
Stop this Prank .
That evil Ukraine and Mace needs to be cut off at the knees .
Can’t disagree with you. The commies who hate us get into positions to allow enemies like her into our country. I have reached a slow, quiet boil about such things.
Just so people know.
Mace called Gaetz a ‘fraud’ on one of the Sunday shows after the Speaker vote brouhaha.
These two are either bought & paid for or have bad instincts, either way they’re going to be trouble.
their constituents ought to be giving these two leftists a 24/7 earful.
Don't forget:
SHE shouldn’t even be in the USA, much less Congress.
She lied to gain entry to the USA.
SHE shouldn’t even be in the USA, much less Congress.
She lied to gain entry to the USA.
We NEVER should reward BAD BEHAVIOR.
She’s the one who married her brother.
-PJ
I don’t know how anyone can support these two RINOS.
RINOS !!!
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