After Republican leadership on the House Oversight Committee spent two years blocking Democrats’ subpoena requests related to the Trump administration and other matters, NBC News’ Chuck Todd had what seemed like an unexpected question for incoming Democratic committee chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD): “Do you plan on granting your ranking member, whoever it is on the Republican side, subpoena authority?”
“Uh, no,” Cummings replied.
Will incoming House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) give his GOP ranking member subpoena authority?
"Uh, no," Cummings says. pic.twitter.com/MgauKotv4z
— Matt Shuham (@mattshuham) November 25, 2018
Likely he was thinking, “Not just no, but F No!”
Chuck, that’s a false equivalency, you stupid fuck. Wake up and see there’s a difference, you clod. Let’s see them earn that privilege-sharing back with a couple of decades of good-faith governance, a thing I will not be holding my breath waiting to see.
Congressman Cummings gave a much more diplomatic answer than I could ever have given, but I was heartened to hear a firm “no” from him.
What the Republicans have reaped, they should now sow. Forget the bipartisan claptrap the media insists on only when Democrats are in power, the voters have spoken and they are demanding a full investigation and accountability on whatever laws were broken. I’m thrilled to see Democrats stepping up on that.
Bwahh ha ha ha haaa!!!
“Are you going to give the arsonists back their can of gasoline?”