Swalwell, who’s been known to have a sense of humor (especially on Twitter), isn’t taking it lying down. After plainly stating the obvious—“It’s political vengeance,” the California rep said in the wake of McCarthy’s decision—he posted the following video on Twitter. That’s a a not-so-subtle reference to the gobsmacking fact that fully 13 of 15 Republican members of the new House Oversight Committee are election deniers. These include Reps. Greene and Paul Gosar, who have been earnestly understudying for the third and fourth Horsemen of the Apocalypse like Tobias Fünke for the Blue Man Group.
Watch:
All the nontweeters can watch it on YouTube:
Transcript!
NARRATOR: “Were you arrested trying to overthrow the government on Jan. 6? Are you facing sleepless nights worried the rule of law will catch up to you? The lawyers at Insurrection LLC are standing by to take your call. We will fight for your right to commit treason without accountability. At Insurrection LLC, we understand it’s your right to obstruct justice and plot sedition. And, for a limited time only, if you call Insurrection LLC in the next 15 minutes, we’ll include a free gas stove!”
Hoo-boy, that was fun, huh?
McCarthy may also be wreaking vengeance on his “Democrat colleagues,” as he so graciously puts it, for stripping his new BFF MTG of her committee assignments back when the Flaxen Klaxon first beamed down to the House floor on her bodacious space laser in 2021. (And likely because then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi barred election deniers Jim Jordan and Jim Banks from the House Jan. 6 committee just for cheering on Donald Trump’s rolling coup.)
Of course, Greene was kept off committees during the 117th Congress for very good reasons—among them, her history of advocating violence against Democrats, including “liking” a Facebook post that said Nancy Pelosi should be shot in the head, and her embrace of QAnon.
Her behavior was so off-the-charts egregious, in fact, McCarthy had to concoct his own squishy rationales for kicking Schiff and Swalwell off the Intelligence Committee. (If you’re really interested in his lies and distortions, Daily Kos’ Laura Clawson has more.)
While the midterms were, on balance, good for Democrats (and, by extension, for the country), we narrowly missed keeping the House in the hands of Americans who, you know, care about America and democracy and shit. Unfortunately, the circus is in town now—and we’re not talking about Cirque du Soleil. Or even the Blue Man Group, for that matter. More like a Branson, Missouri, prop comic whose ventriloquist dummy doubles as his Narcotics Anonymous sponsor.
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