Dems respond to GOP admission that Benghazi Comm. purpose was to lower HRC's poll numbers: (HRC GRP)
....Clinton campaign press secretary Brian Fallon told MSNBC that McCarthy’s comments were a “damning display of honesty by the possible next speaker of the House.” He added that “Kevin McCarthy just confessed that the committee set up to look into the deaths of four brave Americans at Benghazi is a taxpayer-funded sham. This confirms Americans’ worst suspicions about what goes on in Washington.”
With Clinton set to testify before the Benghazi committee on Oct. 22, the comments could be a political gift for Clinton, who has suffered under questions about her private email server. Her campaign has long identified the testimony as a possible turning point in the email controversy, and McCarthy’s comments could help their effort to portray the Republican-led investigation as politically driven.
Clinton allies and Democrats on the committee went into overdrive Wednesday morning to capitalize on the rare opening. After being on defense for years over the Benghazi attack and Clinton’s emails, they were thrilled by the possibly that McCarthy might finally convince the press and Americans what they could not in years of political hand-to-hand combat.
“The political hatchet job at taxpayer expense that is the current Benghazi investigation in the House has been officially exposed by who else — the future Speaker of the House,” said Brad Woodhouse, the president of the pro-Clinton super PAC Correct the Record, which coordinates directly with the Clinton campaign.
“We have been saying for years that Republicans were exploiting the deaths of four Americans for political gain — Kevin McCarthy just admitted it. Disgraceful,” Woodhouse continued....
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/kevin-mccarthy-credits-benghazi-committee-clinton-damage via msnbc
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