A Little Less Buffoonery in Congress

Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT) went down in a crushing 20-point defeat yesterday in the GOP primary in Utah.

Here’s Cannon, the ranking member of a House Judiciary subcommittee, at the height of his powers of buffoonery, explaining how throwing the book at Scooter Libby helped heal the nation of the damage caused when Bill Clinton wasn’t prosecuted for perjury and obstruction:

Latest Editors' Blog
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Associate Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: