House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) responded to former President Donald Trump&#8217;s social media post saying that he will be arrested early next week by vowing to have congressional committees look into whether federal funding was involved in the case out of the Manhattan District Attorney&#8217;s Office.
&#8220;Here we go again — an outrageous abuse of power by a radical DA who lets violent criminals walk as he pursues political vengeance against President Trump,&#8221; McCarthy said. &#8220;I’m directing relevant committees to immediately investigate if federal funds are being used to subvert our democracy by interfering in elections with politically motivated prosecutions.&#8221;
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Here we go again — an outrageous abuse of power by a radical DA who lets violent criminals walk as he pursues political vengeance against President Trump.
I’m directing relevant committees to immediately investigate if federal funds are being used to subvert our democracy by… <a href="https://t.co/elpbh7LeWn">https://t.co/elpbh7LeWn</a>
— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerMcCarthy/status/1637108358208421888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2023</a></blockquote>
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McCarthy&#8217;s remarks come after Trump wrote on social media Saturday morning that he will be arrested on Tuesday.
“ILLEGAL LEAKS FROM A CORRUPT &amp; HIGHLY POLITICAL MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED NEW RECORDS TO BE SET IN VIOLENT CRIME &amp; WHOSE LEADER IS FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS, INDICATE THAT, WITH NO CRIME BEING ABLE TO BE PROVEN, &amp; BASED ON AN OLD &amp; FULLY DEBUNKED (BY NUMEROUS OTHER PROSECUTORS!) FAIRYTALE, THE FAR &amp; AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE &amp; FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK,” Trump posted to his social media platform. “PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!”
The arrest of a former president and current White House candidate would be unprecedented, especially given that the underlying charge is a six-year-old misdemeanor. Prosecutors are expected to charge Trump with a felony by arguing that the alleged crime was committed to hide an illegal campaign contribution, a charge some legal experts have characterized as tenuous.
The remarks from Trump come after a <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/law-enforcement-agencies-are-prepping-possible-trump-indictment-early-rcna75493" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from NBC News said federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies were analyzing security assessments and making plans to prepare for the possibility that Trump could be indicted next week by a Manhattan grand jury in connection with a $130,000 hush money payment he allegedly made to porn actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign.
The case involves an alleged payment that former Trump attorney Michael Cohen admits he made to Daniels during the presidential race to keep quiet about an alleged 2006 tryst between Trump and Daniels. Cohen pleaded guilty to related charges and served time in prison.
Although non-disclosure agreements are legal, the potential problem for Trump centers around how his company reimbursed Cohen. The payment was listed as a legal expense and the company cited a retainer agreement with Cohen. The retainer agreement did not exist and the reimbursement was not related to any legal services from Cohen, thus setting up a potential misdemeanor criminal charge of falsifying business records. The report said that Trump personally signed several of the checks to Cohen while he was serving as president.
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Prosecutors can elevate the misdemeanor to a felony if they can prove that Trump’s “‘intent to defraud’ included an intent to commit or conceal a second crime.”
Prosecutors argue that the second crime is that the $130,000 hush payment was an improper donation to the Trump campaign because the money was used to stop a story for the purpose of benefiting his presidential campaign.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-attorney-trump-will-surrender-to-authorities-if-he-is-criminally-charged">Trump’s Attorney: Trump Will Surrender To Authorities If He Is Criminally Charged</a>

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Speaker McCarthy Vows Action After Trump Claims He Is Being Arrested On Tuesday

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The showdown over the future of the federal <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/budget" target="_blank" rel="noopener">budget</a> is taking shape as President <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> releases his fiscal year 2024 spending proposal and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Republicans</a> prepare to leverage their new majority to block the plan.
The White House suggested an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-taxes-and-more-spending-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-president-bidens-newest-budget" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increase</a> in the federal budget from $5.8 trillion to $6.9 trillion over the next fiscal year while reducing cumulative deficits by $3 trillion over the next decade through a number of tax hikes on businesses and wealthy individuals. Households with more than $100 million in wealth would be subjected to a 25% minimum tax, while the top marginal tax rate would also be increased to 39.6% from the current 37% rate. Businesses would see an increase in the corporate tax to 28%, which would split the difference between the current 21% rate and the previous 35% rate that was in effect before the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
The proposal, which also suggested new health care and education subsidies, largely adheres to the Democratic emphasis on redistributive fiscal policy. “This budget builds on our economic progress by making smart, fiscally responsible investments, which would be more than fully paid for by requiring corporations and the wealthy to pay their fair share,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/SecYellen/status/1633908057380929571" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. “The budget’s growth-enhancing investments will continue the economic progress of the last two years and further boost the economy’s productive capacity.”
Republican officials, who have not yet countered the budget with a proposal of their own, meanwhile <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dead-on-arrival-republicans-slam-biden-budgets-higher-taxes-and-spending" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contested</a> various elements of the plan. “President Biden just delivered his budget to Congress, and it is completely unserious. He proposes trillions in new taxes that you and your family will pay directly or through higher costs,” remarked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). “Washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem.”
The release of the budget proposal coincides with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congressional-budget-office-reveals-when-government-will-run-out-of-cash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">negotiations</a> between Biden and McCarthy over the debt ceiling, a measure established by Congress that disallows the federal government from spending beyond the predetermined statutory limit of $31.4 trillion. Yellen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yellen-warns-congress-extraordinary-measures-have-begun-after-debt-ceiling-breached" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> lawmakers that the Treasury Department was forced to implement “extraordinary measures” earlier this year to fund the government until early June, after which the government will default.
The House Freedom Caucus, which withheld votes from McCarthy at the beginning of the present Congress until he committed to negotiating with Biden on efforts to reduce the national debt, announced that members would likewise <a href="https://twitter.com/freedomcaucus/status/1634205313623572480" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refuse</a> to support raising the debt ceiling unless various White House policies are rescinded.
Among the initiatives that the Republican lawmakers want to repeal are the $400 billion student debt cancellation executive order, the $80 billion allocation to the IRS enacted under the Inflation Reduction Act, and all unspent stimulus funds earmarked during the lockdown-induced recession. Votes in favor of raising the debt limit are also contingent upon capping discretionary spending at fiscal year 2022 levels for the next decade with a 1% annual growth allowance.
Business leaders and government officials have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/were-going-to-have-to-fix-this-jpmorgan-chase-ceo-sounds-the-alarm-over-soaring-national-debt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cautioned</a> that a default would likely induce a worldwide financial crisis. Increases in the national debt, however, are unsustainable: the federal government’s obligations surpassed $31.5 trillion, equivalent to roughly 120% of the nation’s gross domestic product. Maintenance costs are meanwhile increasing due to the present <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/interest-payments-on-the-national-debt-on-pace-to-surpass-military-spending" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rise</a> in interest rates.
An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/government-must-raise-taxes-40-or-cut-spending-30-to-achieve-fiscal-balance-study" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> from economists at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School recently concluded that a 30% decrease in spending or a 40% increase in taxation would be necessary to handle current deficit spending and future obligations. Republican and Democratic administrations alike have overseen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-american-people-want-a-real-change-steve-forbes-rebukes-both-parties-for-sinful-government-spending-habits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">surges</a> in debt over the past several decades.

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Democrats And Republicans Fire First Shots In Debt Limit Showdown

Democrats And Republicans Battle Over The Budget

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Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday he plans on releasing thousands of hours of U.S. Capitol riot footage from the surveillance cameras on January 6, 2021.
&#8220;We just want to make sure we go through them all, and it takes time,&#8221; McCarthy told <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/03/09/exclusive-watch-speaker-mccarthy-vows-full-public-release-of-capitols-january-6-surveillance-tapes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Breitbart News</a>.
McCarthy told the outlet his intentions during his first exclusive interview since Fox News host Tucker Carlson aired unseen security footage from the Capitol riot. In some of the 44,000 hours of tape, Carlson produced segments showcasing an opposing narrative from legacy media outlets and the now-dissolved House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack.
Carlson and his team received exclusive access to more than 40,000 hours of security camera footage as part of a deal made with McCarthy, who said he opted for the disclosure for the sake of transparency and to counter the &#8220;politicization&#8221; he believes had been fostered by former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the January 6th Committee.
&#8220;This is all about transparency,&#8221; McCarthy said when asked why he released the tapes.&#8221; I think it&#8217;s better for transparency that anyone can make their own decision up, and as we walk through these, there are many more hours of tapes than the January 6 committee told us. It&#8217;s not 14,000. It&#8217;s 42,000 hours.&#8221;
McCarthy assured reporters that Capitol Police were part of the process of sharing clips with Carlson&#8217;s team and security would be &#8220;taken care of.&#8221; Still, Capitol Police told The Hill on Monday that the agency requested &#8220;that any clips be shown to us first for a security review&#8221; but that so far, it had &#8220;only been given the ability to preview a single clip out of the multiple clips that aired.&#8221;
McCarthy told Breitbart News that Carlson sifted through the footage aired so far to block out potential security risks, such as exit areas. According to the House speaker, Capitol Police reviewed the tapes and addressed one concern, which the team mitigated.
Carlson wouldn&#8217;t be the only journalist to gain access to the tapes, McCarthy said.
&#8220;Like any news organization, different people get exclusives,&#8221; he said, noting that CNN and the January 6 Committee had previously received footage that the public watched &#8220;all the time, and nobody complained.&#8221;
Democrat Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, who chaired the House January 6 Committee, told <a href="https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-tucker-carlson-capitol-riot-mccarthy-adc245e22f50b076925eb72948062808" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Associated Press</a> that McCarthy&#8217;s decision to release the security footage selectively was &#8220;a dereliction of duty.&#8221;
&#8220;The speaker decided it was more important to give in to a Fox host who spews lies and propaganda than to protect the Capitol,&#8221; Thompson said in a statement, adding January 6 was &#8220;one of the darkest days in the history of our democracy.&#8221;
Thompson later confessed the Committee themselves <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/j6-committee-chair-claims-members-didnt-have-access-to-footage-shifts-blame-to-staffers-and-abc-producer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">never had access</a> to the footage, and it was only viewable by staff.
&#8220;I&#8217;m actually not aware of any member of the Committee who had access. We had a team of employees who kind of went through the video,&#8221; he said, according to <a href="https://twitter.com/alaynatreene/status/1633578749374464005" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>.
In response to Carlson&#8217;s expose, Democratic Majority Senator Chuck Schumer called on Fox News to silence Carlson, claiming that he is endangering American safety and those hurt on January 6.
&#8220;I urge Fox News to order Carlson to cease propagating the big lie on his network and to level with their viewers about the truth, the truth, behind the efforts to mislead the public. Conduct like theirs is just asking for another January 6 to happen,&#8221; Schumer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tuesday-afternoon-update-reaction-to-tucker-carlsons-j6-vids-americans-killed-by-drug-cartel-nord-stream-explosion-update" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
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In response to his remarks on the Senate floor, McCarthy told Breitbart News he wished Schumer would read the Constitution.
&#8220;The Democrats always go to censorship,&#8221; McCarthy said. &#8220;You watched what they did with the laptop. You watched what they did with Twitter. They want to use government as much as they can to censor what people can see and what people can know.
&#8220;This is the difference between us,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I believe in the Constitution. I trust the American people, and you should just have the ability to have all the information and let people make their own judgment.&#8221;

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Vows To Release January 6 Capitol Surveillance Footage To Public: Report

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President Joe Biden condemned House Republicans on Wednesday for allowing Fox News host Tucker Carlson to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-carlson-releases-january-6-footage-that-raises-new-questions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">access and air previously unseen</a> security footage of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/january-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 6</a> that showed police officers appearing to stand by passively as people poured into the U.S. Capitol.
The rebuke from the president came in response to an internal memo from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/capitol-police-chief-responds-to-tucker-carlsons-airing-of-january-6-footage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger which criticized</a> &#8220;Tucker Carlson Tonight&#8221; for broadcasting some of the video and commentary he claimed was offensive and misleading.
&#8220;More than 140 officers were injured on Jan 6,&#8221; Biden said in a tweet. &#8220;I’ve said before: How dare anyone diminish or deny the hell they went through? I stand with the [Capitol Police]. I hope House Republicans feel ashamed for what was done to undermine our law enforcement.&#8221;
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More than 140 officers were injured on Jan 6.
I’ve said before: How dare anyone diminish or deny the hell they went through?
I stand with the <a href="https://twitter.com/CapitolPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CapitolPolice</a>.
I hope House Republicans feel ashamed for what was done to undermine our law enforcement. <a href="https://t.co/pES1zApH9Y">https://t.co/pES1zApH9Y</a>
&mdash; President Biden (@POTUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1633548683542249473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Carlson and his team received exclusive access to more than 40,000 hours of security camera footage as part of a deal made with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who said he opted for the disclosure for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-defends-releasing-january-6-tapes-torches-cnn-reporter-to-their-face" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sake of transparency</a> and to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-carlsons-use-of-january-6-tapes-is-limited-republican-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">counter the “politicization”</a> he believes had been fostered by former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the January 6 Committee.
Some Republicans have been supportive of the speaker. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) thanked McCarthy for the disclosure as it <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1627733161026195470" target="_blank" rel="noopener">may help some of the January 6 defendants</a> in their cases.
Still, Democrats and other Republicans have expressed their dismay with the agreement and Fox News&#8217; portrayal of the events of January 6, 2021, the day a crowd of people entered the U.S. Capitol, disrupting lawmakers who were meeting to certify Biden’s 2020 election victory.
&#8220;It was a mistake, in my view, for Fox News to depict this in a way that&#8217;s completely at variance with what our chief law enforcement official here at the Capitol thinks,&#8221; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/03/07/1161686255/fox-tucker-carlson-jan-6-security-tapes-mcconnell-manger" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told reporters on Tuesday</a>.
Officials have said about <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/one-year-jan-6-attack-capitol" target="_blank" rel="noopener">140 police officers</a> were assaulted in clashes with people at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. In addition, four police officers who defended the Capitol on that day <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/02/3rd-police-officer-gunther-hashida-kills-himself-after-capitol-riot-by-trump-mob.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">later committed suicide</a>. However, only people who were part of the crowd <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/us/politics/jan-6-capitol-deaths.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died</a> on the day of the breach, including Ashli Babbitt after being fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer.
During his show on Monday, Carlson aired some familiar images of the people getting violent with police and breaking windows. But, he said only a &#8220;small percentage&#8221; of the large crowd were &#8220;hooligans&#8221; and insisted the footage his team has seen &#8220;demolishes&#8221; the claim that there was an attempted insurrection.
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Virtually no one in Washington, Republican or Democrat, wanted to see this tape released tonight. <a href="https://t.co/YfpvaIZTbn">pic.twitter.com/YfpvaIZTbn</a>
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The host shared footage that he said makes clear the vast majority of the people were &#8220;peaceful,&#8221; &#8220;orderly,&#8221; and &#8220;meek.&#8221; These &#8220;sightseers,&#8221; as Carlson described them, appeared to revere the U.S. Capitol as they filed inside in an orderly fashion and were present out of concern that there was fraud in the 2020 election. He accused Democrats and journalists of suppressing the images up until now as “a pretext for a federal crackdown on opponents of the uni party in Washington.”
McCarthy <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3878242-mccarthy-gop-pump-brakes-on-release-of-jan-6-footage-to-tucker-carlson/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assured reporters</a> that Capitol Police were part of the process of sharing clips with Carlson&#8217;s team and security would be &#8220;taken care of.&#8221; Still, Capitol Police <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3888104-capitol-police-says-it-reviewed-just-one-jan-6-clip-tucker-carlson-showed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told The Hill on Monday</a> that the agency requested &#8220;that any clips be shown to us first for a security review&#8221; but that so far, it had &#8220;only been given the ability to preview a single clip out of the multiple clips that aired.”
In his memo sent to staff on Tuesday, Manger accused Carlson&#8217;s program of cherry-picking calmer moments from January 6 and claimed the commentary &#8220;fails to provide context about the chaos and violence that happened before or during these less tense moments.&#8221; Manger also said his department &#8220;stands by the officers in the video&#8221; that was shown, asserting that officers were outnumbered on January 6 and did their best to de-escalate the situation.

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Biden Scolds Republicans Over Tucker Carlson Airing January 6 Tapes

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) slammed a CNN reporter during a brief interaction with reporters in which he answered questions about releasing footage from the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol to Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
&#8220;Because of the footage that you gave Tucker Carlson, last night he went on and said this was a mostly peaceful chaos as he said, he downplayed Brian Sicknick&#8217;s death, said it was not related to January 6, that this was not an insurrection,&#8221; CNN&#8217;s Manu Raju said. &#8220;Do you regret giving him those [tapes] so he could whitewash the events of that day?&#8221;
&#8220;No. I said at the very beginning, &#8216;transparency,'&#8221; McCarthy said. &#8220;And so what I wanted to produce for everybody is exactly what I said, people can actually look at it and see what&#8217;s gone on that day.&#8221;
When asked if he agreed with Carlson&#8217;s portrayal of the events that took place on January 6, McCarthy said, &#8220;Each person can come up with their own conclusion.&#8221;
&#8220;But I just wanted to make sure I had transparency, because I know on CNN, I mean, I had here where you guys actually wrote where we were,&#8221; McCarthy continued as he held up the printed off CNN report. &#8220;This was a secret location &#8230; I don&#8217;t know if you got concerned by that, I don&#8217;t even know from a point of view of security if we could ever be taken there again. But when you broke that at CNN, that was a real concern to a lot of people.&#8221;
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&mdash; Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) <a href="https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1633272638360412160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Speaker McCarthy Speaks To The Press About Release Of January 6 Footage

Kevin McCarthy Defends Releasing January 6 Tapes, Torches CNN Reporter To Their Face

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Two days after news broke that Fox News host Tucker Carlson received access to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-mccarthy-releases-41000-hours-of-exclusive-jan-6-footage-to-tucker-carlson-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tens of thousands of hours of January 6 U.S. Capitol surveillance footage</a>, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) opened up about why he made the disclosure.
“I promised,” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/us/politics/tucker-carlson-jan-6-mccarthy.html?smid=tw-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McCarthy told The New York Times</a> on Wednesday. “I was asked in the press about these tapes, and I said they do belong to the American public. I think sunshine lets everybody make their own judgment.”
The speaker said last month he was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-shares-best-way-to-release-january-6-tapes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">looking to release the tapes</a> because of the “politicization” he believed had been fostered by former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the January 6 Committee, which focused heavily on former President Donald Trump in its investigation and final report, but McCarthy did not divulge how he was planning to do so.
<a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/02/20/kevin-mccarthy-tucker-carlson-jan-6-riot-footage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Axios first reported</a> on Monday that McCarthy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-mccarthy-releases-41000-hours-of-exclusive-jan-6-footage-to-tucker-carlson-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared with Carlson 41,000 hours</a> of surveillance footage from January 6, 2021, the day a crowd of people entered the U.S. Capitol, disrupting lawmakers who were meeting to certify President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. A Fox News spokesperson told The Daily Wire that the report from Axios was accurate.
Hours later, Carlson said on his show, &#8220;Tucker Carlson Tonight,&#8221; that his team has been granted what they believe to be &#8220;unfettered&#8221; access to the tapes, and he plans to start sharing what they have found next week.
&#8220;Some of our smartest producers have been there looking at this stuff, trying to figure out what it means and how it contradicts, or not, the story that we&#8217;ve been told for more than two years,&#8221; Carlson said. &#8220;We think already that in some ways it does contradict that story.&#8221;
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Tucker Carlson Announces That His Show Has Been Granted Access To 44k Hours Of Footage From January 6th 
&quot;We believe that access is unfettered. We believe we have secured the right to see whatever we want to see.&quot;
&quot;We&#39;re going to spend the rest of this week taking a look at it,… <a href="https://t.co/sK7691S0n8">https://t.co/sK7691S0n8</a> <a href="https://t.co/GnPvtbENg5">pic.twitter.com/GnPvtbENg5</a>
&mdash; The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) <a href="https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1627851223092035591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Some Republicans cheered the move, including Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), who had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-19-republicans-block-kevin-mccarthys-bid-for-house-speaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opposed McCarthy&#8217;s bid</a> for speaker earlier this year. &#8220;Thank you [McCarthy] for following through on this!” <a href="https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1627735746281934852" target="_blank" rel="noopener">she tweeted Monday</a>. &#8220;The public deserves to see everything that was hidden.&#8221;
But silence from McCarthy&#8217;s camp up until now <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/january-6-panel-chairman-issues-warning-over-tucker-carlson-getting-tapes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gave Democrats room</a> to issue myriad alarming statements about the nature of the disclosure and risks to Capitol security without any pushback from the source.
In a letter to House Democrats on Tuesday, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-to-huddle-about-reported-breach-of-january-6-tapes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said his team</a> is &#8220;working to confirm the precise nature of the video transfer,&#8221; which he called a &#8220;reported breach,&#8221; and he stated there was &#8220;no indication&#8221; that McCarthy and Carlson followed the same protocols adopted by the January 6 Committee in handling the footage.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1628512500437209094" target="_blank" rel="noopener">followed with a letter</a> to his colleagues on Wednesday that warned McCarthy is making available &#8220;a treasure trove of closely held information about how the Capitol complex is protected and its public release would compromise the safety of the Legislative Branch and allow those who want to commit another attack to learn how Congress is safeguarded.&#8221;
McCarthy boasted of giving Carlson the tapes in a fundraising email <a href="https://twitter.com/emrwilkins/status/1628472578548408321" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported Wednesday</a> by a Bloomberg Government journalist. &#8220;I promised I would give you the truth regarding Jan. 6, and now I am delivering,&#8221; he said.
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That appeal to donors led to a rebuke from at least one of McCarthy&#8217;s Democratic colleagues.
&#8220;Kevin McCarthy undermines security on Capitol Hill &#8211; in ways officials say could endanger the safety of Capitol Police officers &#8211; to feed January 6 footage to a propagandist who downplayed the attack on the Capitol,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDonBeyer/status/1628477110170841093" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA)</a>. &#8220;Now McCarthy is using that to raise money. Absolutely appalling.&#8221;
The New York Times report said McCarthy stated that he planned to share the footage with other news outlets after Carlson&#8217;s exclusive. In addition, McCarthy insisted to the newspaper that his team staff members were taking the matter &#8220;very seriously.”

Kevin McCarthy Breaks Silence On Giving January 6 Tapes To Tucker Carlson

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reportedly gave 41,000 hours of exclusive U.S. Capitol surveillance footage from the January 6 riot to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who could begin airing the highly anticipated release on his programs in the coming weeks.
According to an <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/02/20/kevin-mccarthy-tucker-carlson-jan-6-riot-footage">Axios</a> report, sources claim that TV producers for Carlson began sifting through the footage last week on Capitol Hill.
&#8220;[T]here was never any legitimate reason for this footage to remain secret,&#8221; Carlson told Axios. &#8220;If there was ever a question that&#8217;s in the public&#8217;s interest to know, it&#8217;s what actually happened on January 6.&#8221;
On January 6, 2021, a crowd entered the U.S. Capitol, disrupting lawmakers meeting to certify President Joe Biden&#8217;s 2020 election victory. Previous reports said that cameras in and around the Capitol captured more than 14,000 hours of footage between noon and 8 p.m. that day, according to the Capitol Police. However, Axios reported nearly 30,000 more hours of footage exist.
&#8220;By definition, this video will reveal it,&#8221; Carlson said. &#8220;It&#8217;s impossible for me to understand why any honest person would be bothered by that.&#8221;
A FOX News spokesperson confirmed the Axios report to The Daily Wire.
Though congressional committees controlled by Democrats, law enforcement, and others were given access to the archive, Capitol Police had warned that attorneys for January 6 defendants should not be given the footage without &#8220;safeguards in place to prevent its copy and dissemination,&#8221; which alarmed government officials to raise national security concerns.
After a year and a half of investigations and hearings featuring some security video clips, the January 6 Committee released its final report last month, recommended charges against former President Donald Trump, and began releasing dozens of witness materials. McCarthy was one of several House Republicans the January 6 Committee recommended for ethics sanctions after defying its subpoenas.
McCarthy said last month he would push for the disclosure of unreleased U.S. Capitol security footage from that infamous day.
The House speaker told reporters the American public &#8220;should see&#8221; what happened while taking a shot at the January 6 Committee&#8217;s final report that he said was &#8220;written for a political basis.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;re looking through that,&#8221; McCarthy said. &#8220;I want to be very thoughtful about it. But yes, I&#8217;m engaged to do that.&#8221;
House Republicans Reps. Jim Banks (R-IN), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) independently published a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/january-6th-was-pelosis-fault-house-republicans-investigative-report-unveils-counter-narrative-of-u-s-capitol-riot">141-page investigative report</a> last month outlining what they describe as House Democratic leadership and Capitol authorities&#8217; failures that left the complex vulnerable.
Banks, the leader of the effort, said the report &#8220;exposes the partisanship, incompetence, and indifference that led to the disaster on January 6 and it the leading role Speaker Pelosi and her office played in the security failure at the Capitol.&#8221;
Carlson has long pushed for the release of the footage, arguing that Washington, D.C., has &#8220;a regime of secrecy and deceit&#8221; and the Capitol riot itself was an &#8220;outbreak of mob violence, a forgettably minor outbreak by recent standards.&#8221;
Daniel Chaitin contributed to this report.

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Speaker McCarthy Releases 41,000 Hours Of Exclusive Jan. 6 Footage To Tucker Carlson: Report

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Responding to reports that the House GOP majority wants him out of office, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas defiantly rejected the idea.
Mayorkas spoke with CNN’s Chris Wallace, who referred to the “slings and arrows of your critics” and asked if that would “force you out.”
“They will not force me out,” Mayorkas snapped.
A record rise of illegal immigrants have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border during Mayorkas tenure, prompting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to bluntly state, “I am calling on the secretary to resign. He cannot and must not remain in that position. If Secretary Mayorkas does not resign, House Republicans will investigate every order, every action, and every failure will determine whether we can begin impeachment inquiry.”
Three House committees are currently investigating the border. If Mayorkas is impeached, he would be the first Cabinet secretary to be impeached since 1876.
Mayorkas, who has insisted in the past, “The border is closed. The border is secure. The border is secure,” declared he has done nothing wrong, arguing, “I think it is a disagreement over policy, and I think it is used for political purposes to continue a negative dialogue about a migration challenge that is not unique to the United States, to continue that dialogue to uplift it for political reasons.”
“Critics point out in 2020, Donald Trump&#8217;s final year in office, U.S. border authorities encountered migrants 458,000 times at the border but under Joe Biden in 2022, there were 2.3 million encounters. How can you say the border is secure?” Wallace queried.
“Right now the United States has millions of jobs opening due to the economic success of this administration,” Mayorkas deflected. “We have progressed in conquering the pandemic far more than the countries to the south of Mexico. And that makes the United States an appealing place of destination for people fleeing persecution or otherwise in desperate need of a better life.”
“What does secure mean to you?” Wallace pressed. “We have all seen the scenes of floods of people walking across shallow points in the Rio Grande. We&#8217;ve all seen the pictures of encampments in downtowns in El Paso, places in Arizona. We&#8217;ve all seen the pictures of the flood of migrants coming to New York. &#8230; By those standards, it is not a secure border. &#8230; Migrants believe there&#8217;s an open border.”
“I don&#8217;t think the more than 1.5 million people who have been removed or expelled from the border would consider the border open,” Mayorkas said then seemingly blamed Republicans for the surge in illegal immigration. “But political leaders communicate that the border is open. That is music to the smugglers&#8217; ears and the smugglers themselves spread —”
“Wait, wait, wait, you&#8217;re going to blame this all on Republican critics?” Wallace said, shocked.
“They used that rhetoric,” Mayorkas answered.

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/matt-gaetz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Gaetz</a> (R-FL) quietly joined the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, an unexpected addition after his name was not included in the slate of lawmakers announced weeks ago.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) read Gaetz’s name into the record last week, though the late addition was not noticed until Tuesday, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-matt-gaetz-gets-weaponization-federal-government-committee-rcna69602" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a>. Gaetz’s addition appeared to come after Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) spoke with McCarthy about stepping back from the subcommittee to better manage his workload.
“In order to devote adequate time to the Rules, Judiciary and Budget Committees, as well as be a dad and do my job as the Representative of Texas&#8217; 21st Congressional District, I was happy to give my spot on the Weaponization Subcommittee to my friend, Matt Gaetz,” Roy&#8217;s office told The Daily Wire in a statement.
A Gaetz spokesman told The Daily Wire in a statement: “Rep. Gaetz is honored to serve on the Weaponization Subcommittee and will be working very hard.”
The subcommittee, a significant pickup for Gaetz, is expected to play a pivotal role in GOP’s expected investigations into the Biden administration over the next two years. The Republican agenda in the House is centered on investigations into issues that have irked and enraged GOP lawmakers for years, such as tech companies’ censorship policies, President Joe Biden’s role in the business dealings of his son, Hunter, and the FBI’s targeting of former President Donald Trump.
Gaetz’s appointment is somewhat surprising given his recent history with McCarthy. Gaetz was one of McCarthy’s leading antagonists during the speakership fight last month. McCarthy was finally elected to the office on the 15th ballot.
McCarthy gave a number of concessions to conservative holdouts in order to get the speaker’s gavel. Rep. Roy, who was originally slated to serve on the subcommittee, was one of the leading negotiators during the speaker fight, pushing McCarthy to make concessions to House conservatives to win their votes.
It’s unclear what deliberations took place, if any, to secure Gaetz&#8217;s spot on the powerful subcommittee. The special committee has a sweeping mandate to probe numerous departments, officials, and others on their suspected biases and actions taken against conservatives and other groups.

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Matt Gaetz Lands Spot On House GOP’s Weaponization Subcommittee

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Republican hopes for a &#8220;red wave&#8221; in the 2022 midterms that would sweep the party into power in both houses of Congress fell short on Election Day. The party lost a seat in the Senate, leaving the current divide at 51-49 in favor of the Democrats, and while the GOP was successful in retaking the House of Representatives, it currently only holds a slim 10-seat majority in the chamber.
With a Democrat-held Senate, Joe Biden in the White House, and divisions within his own party, it might seem like House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is extremely limited in what he can hope to achieve before the next election cycle, there are several things House Republicans can actually achieve before they get the chance to win the Senate and presidency in 2024.
Given the current state of partisanship and McCarthy&#8217;s reported dislike of the current president, bipartisan action that favors the GOP is unlikely, except with a few moderate Democrat lawmakers. Therefore, obstruction, investigations, and utilization of the House&#8217;s power of the purse will be the primary tools at McCarthy&#8217;s disposal.
Good old-fashioned obstruction is a simple but effective strategy for the House GOP until 2024. Even with a slim majority, Republicans can block any legislation that gets passed by the equally slim Democrat majority in the Senate. At the very least, the Republicans should be able to extract advantageous compromises from Senate Democrats on any legislation originating in the upper chamber.
Perhaps the most consequential power reserved for the House is the so-called &#8220;power of the purse.&#8221; The House initiates all revenue bills, giving Republicans the chance to establish the terms and have the upper hand for any spending bill until 2024. The House Appropriations Committee, which regulates the expenditure of federal money, will be especially important to GOP efforts to rein in spending.
The chamber&#8217;s Republicans used that power to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/09/house-republicans-irs-funding-00077116" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rescind</a> almost $70 billion in additional funding for the IRS in early January. It will most likely not pass in the Senate, but it nevertheless gives the party the chance to renegotiate the funding boost for an agency that has targeted Republicans in the past.
A rules package passed by the House in early January <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/10/gop-holman-rule-unions-biden-congress/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reinstated</a> a rule that could give even more power to Republicans — the Holman Rule. Under the rule, which was first introduced in 1876, but sparingly enforced, representatives can add amendments that can reduce the salaries of federal employees and cut funding for federal agency programs.
Bills with amendments that invoke the rule could still be blocked by the Senate, but with the cooperation of more moderate senators like Joe Manchin (D-WV) or Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), it could help keep some federal agencies in check.
The ongoing debt ceiling debate showcases how McCarthy could extract pro-GOP concessions from the Democrats.
The federal government has until June 5 to raise the debt ceiling, how much the government can borrow to pay for its expenses, or it will face a default, which could wreak havoc on the economy.
McCarthy met with President Joe Biden last week to discuss solutions to the debt ceiling, but reported that no agreement was reached. McCarthy <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-government-us-republican-party-kevin-mccarthy-895d66dcb52739ea06a505859ac9fff3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promised</a> to aim for an 8% overall reduction — bringing it down to 2022 levels — during his campaign for speaker, and he could manage to get some cuts in order to avoid the default.
“Debt limit debates have been used for nearly every successful attempt to reform federal spending in living history. Why? Because the problem only gets solved when both parties come to the table,” the House speaker said in a Monday address.
House Republicans refused to budge on spending cuts during the last debt ceiling crisis in 2011. Only a last-minute deal <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-government-national-debt-us-republican-party-d6bfc59aa623c8c972c44e1aced85d9c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prevented</a> a default, but this time they could get significant compromises from an administration that has dealt with a sluggish economy for the entirety of its tenure and does not want to risk an economic meltdown ahead of the 2024 presidential campaign season.
If Republicans can stand their ground without caving into pressure from the media and the public to pass the resolution, they can most likely get at least some spending concessions from Democrats who want to avoid a default.
House Republicans can launch investigations and create new subcommittees to deal with specific issues. In January, they <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/us/politics/house-republicans-investigations-mccarthy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">created</a> the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. The subcommittee is tasked with investigating alleged incidents of federal agencies, including the FBI and the military, colluding with private entities to suppress conservative viewpoints.
They also created the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, which will focus on economic competition as well as security concerns between the U.S. and China.
Just as the Russian collusion hoax and the January 6 riot became focal point issues in the House during Democrats&#8217; time in power, Republicans have the opportunity to utilize these newly created committees to pivot toward issues critical to their voters and keep them in the media spotlight.
They can also remove certain Democrats from important committees. McCarthy <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/24/politics/mccarthy-democrats-schiff-swalwell-intelligence-committee/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> California Democrats Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell seats on the House Intelligence Committee in late January, removing the two biggest proponents of the Russia collusion hoax from the pivotal committee. House Republicans also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-boot-ilhan-omar-off-foreign-affairs-committee-over-anti-semitism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> to remove Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee over her numerous anti-Semitic remarks.
McCarthy also has a nuclear option under his sleeve. Under the Constitution, the House of Representatives has the sole right to introduce articles of impeachment against federal officials. That right was used twice by Democrats during the Trump administration to impeach the former president, and if McCarthy can rally his own party around the idea, then House Republicans could use articles of impeachment to target both Biden and key members of his administration.
The articles themselves only require a simple majority vote to proceed to the Senate. A two-thirds majority is then required in the Senate to actually convict, so it is highly unlikely any of the officials targeted would actually be removed unless there was unequivocal evidence of malfeasance. But McCarthy could still use the impeachment votes and subsequent trials in the Senate to hinder Biden&#8217;s administration and provide a spotlight on the administration&#8217;s policies.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-republicans-pursue-impeachment-top-biden-border-official-2023-02-01/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on February 1 that he would file articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and accused the Biden official of intentional &#8220;negligence&#8221; on the ongoing border crisis.
So, Republicans do have the ability to get things done for their constituents before the next election cycle, even though Democrats control the Executive Branch and the Senate. The real question is if McCarthy has the willpower to take the actions needed to achieve them and whether he can keep his party united.

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Here's What McCarthy's House Can Actually Get Done Before 2024

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s (R-CA) facial expression went viral during President Joe Biden&#8217;s State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, and not for reasons that were terribly flattering to the commander-in-chief.
Although McCarthy <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-shades-nancy-pelosi-reveals-whether-he-plans-to-tear-up-bidens-speech/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">had promised</a> prior to the speech that he was not going to engage in the type of &#8220;theatrics&#8221; that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) did when she stood and ripped up her copy of then-President Donald Trump&#8217;s address in 2020, he did appear to struggle to keep a straight face when Biden said things he thought were off the mark.
While Biden was talking about infrastructure — namely his claim that the United States had slipped from number one globally to number 13 – Newsmax&#8217;s Benny Johnson shared a brief video clip of the moment and commented, &#8220;I regret to inform you Joe has started yelling during his State of the Union.&#8221;
But it was Bonchie from RedState who noticed McCarthy&#8217;s bored expression at the tail end of the video — while Democrats, including Vice President Kamala Harris, stood to applaud — adding, &#8220;Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s face at the end of this clip &#8230; lol.&#8221;
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Kevin McCarthy&#39;s face at the end of this clip&#8230;lol <a href="https://t.co/KOS1kFtndg">https://t.co/KOS1kFtndg</a>
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And he was far from the only one to comment on the Speaker&#8217;s intentionally blank expression throughout the evening.
&#8220;McCarthy’s face is priceless,&#8221; The New York Post&#8217;s Miranda Devine tweeted.
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McCarthy’s face is priceless
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&#8220;THIS IS AMAZING,&#8221; came from @chicksontheright. &#8220;The pushback happening in real time, and Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s face — this is the most LIT SOTU EVER.&#8221;
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THIS IS AMAZING. The pushback happening in real time, and Kevin McCarthy&#39;s face &#8211; this is the most LIT SOTU EVER.
&mdash; Chicks On The Right (@chicksonright) <a href="https://twitter.com/chicksonright/status/1623150528027934721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;McCarthy’s facial expressions are gold,&#8221; former Trump adviser and counsel Jenna Ellis added.
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McCarthy’s facial expressions are gold. 🤣
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And from Brenden Dilley: &#8220;McCarthy is all of us right now.&#8221;
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McCarthy is all of us right now 🤣😂🤣😂🤣<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SOTU</a> <a href="https://t.co/D21DH9OWiI">pic.twitter.com/D21DH9OWiI</a>
&mdash; Brenden Dilley (@WarlordDilley) <a href="https://twitter.com/WarlordDilley/status/1623143136074600450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Left-leaning media critics appeared to interpret McCarthy&#8217;s expression differently, choosing to attribute it to smugness and even disappointment with his own party.
&#8220;McCarthy&#8217;s face when Republicans start booing Biden is every mom when their kids start misbehaving,&#8221; CNN&#8217;s Abby Phillip commented.
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McCarthy&#39;s face when Republicans start booing Biden is every mom when their kids start misbehaving.
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The Nation&#8217;s Elie Mystal <a href="https://twitter.com/ElieNYC/status/1623150845159256066" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>, &#8220;McCarthy’s face has devolved into the smug disregard he feels for all Americans. MTG appears to be wearing some kind of Cruella d’Ville outfit.&#8221;

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‘Priceless,’ ‘Gold’: Kevin McCarthy’s Facial Expression Goes Viral During SOTU

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Podcast king <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dr-jordan-b-peterson-tells-joe-rogan-of-plan-for-alternative-to-world-economic-forum/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Rogan</a> came under social media fire after defending a comment by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) that was widely deemed anti-Semitic, and chiming in with the suggestion that money is to Jews as pizza is to Italians.
Rogan&#8217;s remarks came during a chat with Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti, co-hosts of the YouTube show and podcast &#8220;Breaking Points.&#8221; Ball, a Left-wing former MSNBC personality, and Rogan were discussing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s decision to boot Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee over past inflammatory statements by the Minnesota Democrat. One such comment McCarthy cited was Omar&#8217;s claim that U.S. lawmakers&#8217; support for Israel was &#8220;all about the Benjamins,&#8221; widely seen as invoking an anti-Semitic trope about Jews and money.
“That’s not an anti-Semitic statement,&#8221; insisted Rogan, host of &#8220;The Joe Rogan Experience.&#8221; &#8220;I don’t think that is. Benjamins are money. You know, the idea that Jewish people are not into money is ridiculous. That&#8217;s like saying Italians aren&#8217;t into pizza. It&#8217;s f***ing stupid. It&#8217;s f***ing stupid.”
McCarthy, who also kicked California Democrats Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell off the House Intelligence Committee over their past behavior, cited several of Omar&#8217;s past comments in ousting her from the panel. In addition to the &#8220;all about the Benjamins&#8221; comment, he noted Omar had compared Israel and the U.S. to terrorist groups Hamas and the Taliban and dismissed 9/11 by saying &#8220;Some people did something.&#8221;
&#8220;We’re not removing her from other committees,&#8221; McCarthy said. &#8220;We just do not believe when it comes to foreign affairs, especially the responsibility of that position around the world with the comments that you make.&#8221;
Although Omar later apologized for her comment about the Israel lobby, saying she didn&#8217;t understand that the trope about Jews and money was bigoted, Rogan and Ball agreed that she shouldn&#8217;t have issued a mea culpa.
“Listen, I understand the way she phrased it, like she could have phrased it a different way so that people would have less of a freak-out, but can you not talk about the influence of money in D.C.?” said Ball, who then seemed to suggest that any politician who supports Israel does so for purely financial reasons.
“Look, I have issues and disagreements with Ilhan Omar, but she actually is one of the more courageous voices on foreign policy who’s willing to call out the hypocrisy and bulls*** in U.S. foreign policy,&#8221; Ball said. &#8220;[That&#8217;s] extremely rare in terms of United States congressmen, so it’s actually kind of a real loss that she got kicked off that committee.”
Rogan agreed with Ball&#8217;s assessment of the Somali-born lawmaker.
“Whether you agree with her or not, she has a bold opinion and that opinion is not her own; there’s many people who have that opinion, and they should be represented,” he said.

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