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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) vowed to boot Rep. Ilhan Omar (R-MN) off the House Foreign Relations Committee but his effort appears to be on the edge of failure.
Politico's Playbook reports that McCarthy at the moment may lack the votes to remove Omar, as at least three Republicans have said they will oppose the move, including Reps. Ken Buck (R-CO), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC).
Even more troubling for McCarthy, the ever-rebellious Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has expressed reluctance to pull the trigger on removing Omar, even as he said he was supportive of McCarthy's bid to kick Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA) off the House Intelligence Committee.
Its one thing to do dangerous things to the country with intelligence, its quite another to say, I dont like your viewpoint and thus I want to remove you, Gaetz said in a recent interview with Newsmax. I dont support that.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kevin-mccarthy-s-bid-to-boot-ilhan-omar-off-committee-on-the-verge-of-failure-report/ar-AA16WzKm
Surprised to agree with Gaetz for a change. If you read further he's not the only Republican expressing reservations.
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(3,669 posts)and I'm sure he never thought that would happen. Oh, Kevin, what a big, bad world you're living in. And good for some republicans' at least for supporting Omar. Yes, at least part of Matt's quote was correct. It's becoming a weirder and weirder world.
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(23,324 posts)counting votes, doesn't he?
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area51
(11,913 posts)Did MSN fire their fact checkers?
Since when is she a nazi party member?