QOTD: Kevin McCarthy
by digby
At least he’s honest. When asked by Sean Hannity to give him an example of one thing the Republicans have won he said this:
“Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping. Why? Because she’s untrustable. But no one would have known any of that had happened, had we not fought.”
There you go.
But don’t let that stop the press from eagerly gobbling up every little piece of gossip their “sources” on the committee dribble out.
This was not a slip. He said the same thing on CNN.
It’s so obvious that they are using it as a political ploy that Jake Tapper didn’t even bother to follow up. But that’s kind of a problem, Congressional committees are supposed to be doing government oversight for the good of the country not to degrade their political opponents poll numbers, “win arguments” or otherwise use their ability to subpoena documents and testimony for political purposes.
That’s called “abuse of power” and it’s a big problem, especially if the future Speaker of the House is running around telling everyone it’s a-ok — indeed, something to be proud of.
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