Rancor broke out in the opening minutes of the Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the weaponization of the federal government after the committee’s top Democrat accused journalists of “threatening” Twitter employees.
The bizarre claim was made by Rep. Stacey Plaskett , the committee’s ranking Democrat member, against Twitter Files journalists Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger, who were testifying before the committee. It led to a stern rebuke from the committee chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan , who threatened to strike the comments from the record.Rep.
“Mr. Chairman, I’m not exaggerating when I say that you have called before you two witnesses who pose a direct threat to people who oppose them,” said Rep. Plaskett. “This is unacceptable. Just as it was unacceptable for Kevin McCarthy to provide 41,000 hours of sensitive security footage to a biased talking head in an effort to rewrite what happened on January 6th. This is a new Republican playbook apparently – risking Americans’ safety and security to score political points.
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