Three House Democrats, who House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has recommended for removal from committees, responded Sunday to the Central California native’s actions, calling it “Bakersfield BS,” per CNN’s State of the Union.
McCarthy removed Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell of California from the House Intelligence Committee. Speaker Schiff lied to the American people in the first impeachment against former President Donald Trump and cited Swalwell’s previous dealings with a Chinese spy as grounds for his resignation.
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After Democrats voted to remove Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green and Rep. Paul Gosar from House committees in 2021, Schiff and Swalwell dismissed McCartin’s charges as “political malfeasance” and vindictive.
This is some Bakersfield BS. “It’s Kevin McCarthy who has leveraged it because he sees me as an effective political opponent, just like Mr. Schiff and Ms. Omar,” he said, adding that the FBI had investigated his relationship with a Chinese spy and found nothing wrong.
McCarthy was able to unilaterally fire Schiff and Swalwell as Speaker because the House Intelligence Committee is a select committee. The House is set to vote to remove Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
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Omar’s Republican opponents and McCarthy are pushing for her removal because of her past anti-Semitic comments about US support for Israel. In the year In a since-deleted tweet from 2012, he accused Israel of “suffering the world.” Umar apologized for what he said.
“When this was brought to my attention. I apologized. I was myself.” Omar said on Sunday. That’s the kind of person I am and I continue to work with my colleagues and my community to fight anti-Semitism.
Some House Republicans questioned the legitimacy of McCarthy’s claims, worried that Omar’s removal could be seen as political retaliation, and that it was unclear whether GOP members would have enough votes in the House’s narrow majority to remove Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
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So far, three House Republicans have said they will not support Omar’s removal: Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, Rep. Victoria Spart of Indiana and Rep. Nancy Massey of South Carolina.
