In his statement,
McCarthy ordered U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to "preserve"
documents and "clear" his calendar in preparation for an investigation
Republicans will conduct into the U.S. Department of Justice should they
retake the House during this year's midterm elections.
"I've
seen enough. The Department of Justice has reached an intolerable state
of weaponized politicization," McCarthy said. "When Republicans take
back the House, we will conduct immediate oversight of this department,
follow the facts, and leave no stone unturned."
Other lawmakers representing California were quick to hit back.
Democratic
Rep. Ted Lieu (District 33) focused his critique on the fact that
nobody — McCarthy included — knows what federal agents seized [,,,] "You
say you’ve 'seen enough.' Did you see the classified and unclassified
documents that the FBI seized at Mar-a-Lago? No. So you have no idea
what you are talking about," Lieu said to McCarthy on Twitter. "Stop making stuff up. You are the leader of the minority party. Do better."
Democratic
Rep. Eric Swalwell (District 15) said [...] "It’s
outrageous to threaten the Attorney General—especially about a criminal
affidavit (signed by a judge) you have not seen and evidence (seized by
law enforcement) you don’t know," Swalwell said, also on Twitter. "This behavior is why you will never be Speaker."
[...] Georgia
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, New York Rep.
Elise Stefanik (the third-ranking Republican in the House) and Florida
Sen. Rick Scott (the head of the National Republican Senatorial
Committee) each strongly condemned the raid, with Greene going so far as to say the FBI should be defunded.
Frenzy and stupidity can seem universal in DC, yet it always seems most concentrated among our Republican friends.
________UPDATE________
Okay, it was a stupid tweet. MTG likely was kidding. Unlike her "gazpacho police" previous gaffe. Shoot from the mouth before thinking within the creases and recesses of that eerie skull content? From that link
Marjorie Taylor Greene appears to confuse Hitler’s secret police with popular Spanish cold tomato soup
Marjorie Taylor Greene accused Nancy Pelosi of some sort of consommé-based reign of terror. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
