House Speaker McCarthy Has Ceded So Much Power To MAGA Republicans And They’re Bragging About It
CNN: “Marjorie Taylor Greene silenced by GOP-led committee after calling Mayorkas a ‘liar’”
NBC News: “Marjorie Taylor Greene prohibited from speaking at hearing after calling DHS secretary ‘a liar’”
Newsmax: “Marjorie Taylor Greene Compares Fox Lawsuit to Bud Light Controversy”
Raw Story: “’That’s totally fallacious, ma’am’: Witness shreds Marjorie Taylor Greene for misinformation”
Business Insider: “Marjorie Taylor Greene is becoming an increasingly important part of the Republican Party’s fundraising machine”
CNN: “House GOP escalates defense of Trump with New York field hearing seeking to discredit Manhattan DA”
New York Daily News: “Jim Jordan’s phony hearing is the real offense: Attacking Donald Trump’s prosecutor Alvin Bragg rather than probing crime is the goal”
Roll Call: “House Republicans’ NYC violent crime hearing was a political farce”
Huffington Post: “Ex-RNC Spokesperson Hits Rep. Jim Jordan With Some Harsh Truths About NYC Stunt”
Raw Story: “’Out of touch’: Former Trump aide slams House Republicans’ New York crime stunt”
Daily Beast: “Inside Jim Jordan’s ‘Charade’ of a Hearing on Violent Crime in NYC”
Esquire: “Jim Jordan Brought His Cabaret Act to New York City”
Business Insider: “Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan holds Manhattan hearing to blast DA’s record on crime despite 73% higher murder rate at home”
Rolling Stone: “Jim Jordan Tried to Pull Some D.C. Bullshit on New Yorkers”
The Nation: “Jim Jordan Wants to Make Alvin Bragg the Villain, but It’s Not Working”
Newsweek: “Jim Jordan’s Hearing in Bragg’s Backyard ‘Skirts Close’ to Interference”
Salon: “‘Transfer this hearing to Ohio’: Dems confront Jordan as his NYC crime ‘stunt’ goes off the rails”
Washington Times: “McCarthy faces internal GOP divisions on debt limit proposal”
Axios: “House Republicans won’t commit to McCarthy’s debt ceiling plan”
Raw Story: “’Work or die’: Kevin McCarthy sneaks Matt Gaetz’s Medicaid plan into debt ceiling bill”
House Speaker McCarthy Let The Corrupt Bargain Run Wild And It Is Bleeding Into Every Part Of Congress
HOUSE SPEAKER. MCCARTHY ADOPTED THE DEBT CEILING PLAN CREATED BY THE FAR-RIGHT WING OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
Rep. Matt Gaetz On House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s Debt Ceiling Plan: “If You Held This Plan And The Plan That The House Freedom Caucus Laid Out Some Weeks Ago And Held Them Up To A Lamp, You Would See A Lot Of Alignment.” “Speaker Kevin McCarthy unveiled a 320-page debt limit bill on Wednesday — and conservatives are taking a victory lap, including some hardliners who nearly derailed his bid for the speakership three months ago. ‘If you held this plan and the plan that the House Freedom Caucus laid out some weeks ago and held them up to a lamp, you would see a lot of alignment,’ Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, one of McCarthy’s biggest antagonizers, told reporters. ‘The leadership just picked up the House Freedom Caucus plan, and helped us convert it into legislative text,’ he later added. ” [Semafor, 4/20/23]
Rep. Matt Gaetz On House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s Debt Ceiling Plan: “The Leadership Just Picked Up The House Freedom Caucus Plan, And Helped Us Convert It Into Legislative Text.” “Speaker Kevin McCarthy unveiled a 320-page debt limit bill on Wednesday — and conservatives are taking a victory lap, including some hardliners who nearly derailed his bid for the speakership three months ago. ‘If you held this plan and the plan that the House Freedom Caucus laid out some weeks ago and held them up to a lamp, you would see a lot of alignment,’ Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, one of McCarthy’s biggest antagonizers, told reporters. ‘The leadership just picked up the House Freedom Caucus plan, and helped us convert it into legislative text,’ he later added. ” [Semafor, 4/20/23]
AFTER DISRUPTING A COMMITTEE HEARING, MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE JUSTIFIED HER ACTIONS AND CLAIMED SHE WAS BACKED BY MCCARTHY
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Claimed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Agreed With Her After She Was Effectively Silence For Calling DHS Secretary Mayorkas A Liar In A Committee Hearing. “Marjorie Taylor Greene told me she was ‘surprised and angered’ when Chairman Mark Green effectively silenced her at a hearing after she called Mayorkas ‘a liar.’ She already spoke to McCarthy who told her he backs her up. ‘He agreed with me,’ Greene said of McCarthy. MTG also said McCarthy would never agree to pulling her off the committee. ‘Speaker McCarthy is never going to let that happen,’ she said.” [Twitter, Manu Raju, 4/20/23; Twitter, Manu Raju, 4/20/23]
- 4/19/23: House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green Barred Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene From Further Participating In A Hearing After She Called DHS Secretary Mayorkas A “Liar” And Accused Rep. Eric Swalwell, Without Evidence, Of Having An Affair With A Chinese Operative. “GREEN V. GREENE — After Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) called Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas a ‘liar’ and accused Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), without evidence, of an affair with a Chinese operative, House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) barred the Georgia Republican from further participation at the Wednesday hearing. ‘It’s pretty clear that the rules state you can’t impugn someone’s character. Identifying or calling someone a liar is unacceptable in this committee and I make the ruling that we strike those words,’ said Green, a Tennessee Republican. It’s hard to convey how seldom this is used by any member against their own party. Matt Berg really paints the picture of a hearing going off the rails.” [Politico, Huddle, 4/20/23]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Claimed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Would Never Allow Her To Be Pulled Off The Homeland Security Committee. “Marjorie Taylor Greene told me she was ‘surprised and angered’ when Chairman Mark Green effectively silenced her at a hearing after she called Mayorkas ‘a liar.’ She already spoke to McCarthy who told her he backs her up. ‘He agreed with me,’ Greene said of McCarthy. MTG also said McCarthy would never agree to pulling her off the committee. ‘Speaker McCarthy is never going to let that happen,’ she said.” [Twitter, Manu Raju, 4/20/23; Twitter, Manu Raju, 4/20/23]
SPEAKER MCCARTHY HAS LET JIM JORDAN’S COMMITTEE RUN WILD- AS REVELATIONS OF JORDAN’S OWN CRIMINALITY CONTINUE TO FLOAT TO THE SURFACE
New York Times Reported Rep. Jim Jordan’s Weaponization Subcommittee Has “Yet To Produce Any New Bombshell Revelations…Despite Weeks Of Investigation, A Budget Of $20 Million And Scores Of Staff Aides Working To Uncover Wrongdoing.” “Mr. Jordan is also the chairman of a powerful new subcommittee created at the insistence of right-wing Republicans to scrutinize what they call the ‘weaponization’ of government against conservatives, which has yet to produce any new bombshell revelations. That is despite weeks of investigation, a budget of nearly $20 million and scores of staff aides working to uncover wrongdoing.” [New York Times, 4/16/23]
Jim Jordan Reportedly Called The Aging Parents Of A Wrestler And Asked Them To Persuade Their Son To Back Off His Charge That Jordan Knew About Sexual Abuse At Ohio State University And Did Nothing. “When a sexual abuse scandal at Ohio State University threatened to derail his political career, Mr. Jordan punched back in characteristic fashion, details of which have not been previously reported, calling a wrestler’s aging parents and asking them to persuade their son to back off the charge that Mr. Jordan knew about the abuse and did nothing, according to interviews conducted for this article.” [New York Times, 4/16/23]
- Five Former Wrestlers Alleged Rep. Jim Jordan Was Aware Of Abuse By The Ohio State Team Doctor And Did Nothing To Stop It. “Five former wrestlers, including Mark Coleman, a former U.F.C. champion, said Mr. Jordan was aware of the abuse by a team doctor, Richard Strauss, who was accused of abusing 177 male student athletes over two decades, but did nothing to stop it, an allegation Mr. Jordan has consistently denied.” [New York Times, 4/16/23]