Some of them agree wholeheartedly that their Democratic colleagues should be put in jail. The Bulwark reports:
“With politicians, if you’ve used a congressional committee and you’ve lied and tried to set people up and falsely imprisoned people, then you should be held accountable,” Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) told The Bulwark.
“If they broke the law, then they should [be imprisoned],” said Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.). “Now we know that they’ve manipulated evidence, so—if that’s the case, then absolutely.”
“It’s not looking good for them,” said Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.). “You know, they’re asking for their preemptive pardon. So it kind of sounds suspect and guilty. I think anybody who has politically imprisoned American citizens and completely ruined their lives needs to be investigated.”
I don’t know wtf Boebert is babling about — nobody in congress has “politically imprisoned American citizens and completely ruined their lives.” But she’s extremely stupid so who knows what’s in her head?
It feels like it’s only a matter of time before we have literal fights breaking out on the floors of congress. Maybe even duels?
Comer had some especially tart words for the ranking member on his own committee:
“I haven’t kept up with the January 6th stuff like other people,” Comer said. “I don’t know exactly what Trump was referring to. But I have two years of experience working with one of the January 6th Committee members, and I can tell you he’s been nothing but completely dishonest.”
Comer’s shot was aimed at Rep. Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the Oversight Committee. You can understand why he would say that. He’s a Trumper-style liar himself and Raskin makes him look like the moron simply by speaking like an educated person whenever there is a public hearing. It’s bound to sting.
Raskin responsed to the Hill:
In America, we jail people only for having committed criminal offenses that they are found guilty of by a unanimous jury of their peers. We don’t jail people for doing their jobs and living up to their constitutional oaths of office.
It would be nice to live in a time again when people can do their jobs without being threatened with jail time or worse for doing their jobs and living up to their oaths of office. We’re proud of the work we did on the Jan. 6 select committee. We are proud of standing up for the Constitution and the rule of law, and we’re still doing it. And we will keep doing it.]
I really wonder how wwe’re going to get through this with the caliber of idiots the GOP is electing ton congress and the presidency. It’s great that Raskin still believes in the Constitution but it’s hard to see how that’s going to be enough. These Republicans are living in a bizarroworld in which they project everything they are doing on to their sworn enemies, the people who don’t worship Donald Trump. It’s a very big cult and its getting more dangerous by the day.