Bill Kristol: McCarthy’s Comment On Benghazi Is ‘Embarrassing’

In this image released by HBO, host Bill Maher, right, talks with Margaret Hoover, left, and Bill Kristol, center, during "Real Time With Bill Maher," in Los Angeles Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/HBO, Janet Van Ham)
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Conservative pundit Bill Kristol described House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) comment on the Benghazi investigation “embarrassing” on Thursday.

McCarthy, who is vying to be the next House speaker, earlier this week boasted that the GOP-led House investigation had harmed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

The comment was criticized by lawmakers on both side of the aisle and outgoing Speaker John Boehner released a scathing statement piling onto McCarthy on Thursday.

Kristol weighed in via Twitter:

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  1. Yes Bill, the truth can be embarrassing.

  2. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    Dear God, if only he’d texted a picture of his junk to a hot supporter…

  3. Oh, Bill. If only you could see that your shamelessness is equally embarrassing.

  4. Scathing statements. A confession of embarrassment by Kristol. And that’s all we get. The witch hunt will go on.

  5. Now if only anything Kristol said actually meant anything.

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