“We should be better than what the Democrats were.”
Can the new House GOP majority do anything? Even something as simple as booting Rep. Ilhan Omar off the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where she belongs as much as I belong on Al Qaeda’s councils, can’t proceed because some House Republicans are protecting her.
Why would protect Miss “Some People Did Something?”
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) on Friday joined a group of House Republicans opposed to kicking Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) off the Foreign Affairs Committee, putting the high-profile effort dangerously close to failing.
Buck, a member of the right-wing Freedom Caucus, told NBC News’ Chuck Todd he is against Republicans removing Democrats like Omar from their committees.
Buck is the third House Republican to say they oppose removing Omar, along with Reps. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.).
“I think that we should not engage in this tit-for-tat,” Buck said.
Not engaging in tit-for-tat, better known as not fighting back, has worked brilliantly for Republicans thus far.
So what’s the plan to dissuade Democrats from doing this when they’re next in the majority? Scold them by emphasizing that Republicans will not lower themselves to engaging in any tit-for-tat. Do anything you like to us, but we will not respond with tit-for-tat.
Beautiful.
After saying he’s opposed to Omar’s removal, Buck added: “I have a little bit less certainty about Congressman Schiff and Swalwell on Intelligence just because it’s a little bit different than a regular committee. But I’m going to think through that and make a decision.”
Deep thoughts are needed.
Rep. David Joyce (R-Ohio), the chair of the moderate Republican Governance Group, told Axios on Tuesday that Omar “should at least be given the opportunity to defend her prior statements” on the House floor.
“I haven’t taken a position on it because I haven’t seen a case against her, but I think she’s entitled to due process and she should be able to make her case on why she shouldn’t be [removed].”
“I don’t think tit for tat is necessary here,” said Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.). “We should be better than what the Democrats were.”
Dis someone send out a tit-for-tat memo?
The emerging consensus is that Republicans were elected to be “better” than Democrats by surrendering to them. It’s worked brilliantly for generations. Bound to work again now.
“When I am weaker than you, I ask you for Freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your Freedom because that is according to my principles.” ― Frank Herbert
࿗Infidel࿘ says
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࿗Infidel࿘ says
Guys like Ken Buck need to be primaried! Just declare in the primaries that he’s an anti-Semite and a Jihad supporter, and let the voters of his district select someone else. In fact, a Dem would be better than Ken Buck, since both of them would vote to allow Omar anyway
Linde B. says
In my opinion, Ilhan Omar should not even be in the US Congress because she is not
a freedom loving person. She supports all things Islamic, and anyone with 1/2 brain knows that Islam is not “the religion of peace”, it is the religion of fighting, warfare and death. 😈 So any ReFLUBican who
supports her is a loser. 🤪
Kevin McCarthy, Ken Buck, Nancy Mace, Victoria Spartz – are any of you paying attention? 🥱😴
dazzleme says
Linda B -you’re exactly right, she doesn’t belong in our government at all. She is a liar, she hates this country, she married her brother so he could get into this country (which there were any consequences and was against the law). She is About everything Islamic which is total opposite of everything we Americans believe. I do not understand these congress people, they are obviously oblivious like Uncle Joe. They (congress members) need to be voted out or rather thrown out.
PRCS says
As a Muslim, she is not solely an anti-semite.
No, indeed; as one of Allah’s Slaves, she believes she is superior to all “unbelievers”.
somehistory says
i. elmi is a snake. This ugly creature, known by a fake name, an alias used to enter the country illegally, is only interested in furthering her power, her purse…and that of her lying, cheating, adulterous husband,…and furthering the interests of mozlums.
i. elmi is a criminal….she lied to Congress about her brother who was also her illicit husband…and lying to Congress is against the law. she lied to gain entry into the U.S., which is also against the law.
Evidently, even though it’s a crime to lie to these guys if they are questioning a person, they can be horrible, stupid, wrong, and work against the interests of the nation and the citizens…must be they want the mozlum votes next time around.
mccarthy should just say “no” and remain staunch in this decision. Otherwise, he will be supporting a snake and listening to other snakes who care not for Truth and integrity.
dazzleme says
Somehistory, “well said “
milo minderbinder says
Why should anyone be surprised by the ineptness of the Republican Party? It’s a party of all talk, and little or no action.
The Republican Party has been infiltrated and deliberately weakened by the Red-Green alliance, Marxism and Islam.
It seems that too many people in Congress have been, and are being controlled by the M.I.C.E. theory.
Money
Ideology
Compromise/Coercion
Ego
“There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.”
– Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
John ..Smith says
Ilhan Omar is the classic example of the enemy within, she hates the people and the country which has benefited her so much. Her true allegiance lies with those that intend to destroy the American way of life. Nothing would give most Americans more pleasure than to see this awful woman put on a plane back to the mud hut she crawled out of in Somalia.
somehistory says
Forget the plane ride, John. She could row a small boat all the way to her homeland. And if she didn’t make it, not many would care one bit.
John ..Smith says
Yeah, that would be a more appropriate way of sending her home. One thing for certain is, she doesn’t belong in the US, amongst the people she loathes.She is a hardcore jihadi and doesn’t deserve the life of luxury which her enemies have provided her with.
milo minderbinder says
John ..Smith says,
“Ilhan Omar is the classic example of the enemy within.”
…………………………………
An accurate and foreboding statement.
She, and others like her, have masterfully executed Sun Tzu’s strategy that is described in the book, The Art of War. These miscreants have skillfully, as in the martial arts, used the strengths of the USA against itself.
King Solomon wrote in the Book of Ecclesiastes 1:9 (KJV):
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.”
How true. In Homer’s book, The Iliad, he tells the story of the Trojan Horse and the downfall of the City of Troy, hence, Ilhan Omar her those like her are a modern-day Trojan Horse.
The Enemies Within: Communists, Socialists and Progressives in the U.S. Congress by Trevor Loudon is an interesting and informative read.
dazzleme says
John ..Smith, I know I would love to see her on a plane back to that shit-hole country she came from, Somalia!
kq6kq6kq6 says
Rep. Ken Buck is on the cover of the February 2023 issue of Newsmax magazine, which I just received today. He is a champion of free speech and is against censorship by Big Tech. Now, I read on Jihad Watch that he is protecting Ihan Omar. Apparently, no one is perfect.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
That’s a pretty major shortcoming. I don’t live in his state, much less his district, but if I did, I’d vote against him not only in the primaries, but in the general, I’d either abstain from voting in his race or vote for one of the independents
dazzleme says
kq6kq6kq6, That just tells me he is lying about freedom of speech and about Big Tech censorship.
OLD GUY says
Is Omar even a legal citizen of America? Or is she a fraud and no one is willing to investigate or charge her for fear of Islamophobia.
somehistory says
she came in with her father and other family members when clinton was allowing some from somalia with the name of omar to enter. Her father…a criminal in somalia, a wanted terrorist, found out that his name elmi, was not on the list, but that people with the last name of omar were being allowed to enter.
so, the criminal terrorist claimed that his name, and that of his children, was omar.
Therefore, the entire family entered the country under an alias…and illegally.
dazzleme says
If illegal then the whole family needs to go, no way she should be in congress. She also broke the law to get her brother in. What else does it take for her to suffer ANY consequences. Apparently if democrat you’re above the law. Of course -we already knew that.
John ..Smith says
Dazzleme
I totally agree, the whole family needs to go. What other country would allow an enemy of their country to of obtained such high position in government. To any sane person it just doesn’t make any sense.