Jayapal Demands Investigations Into Three GOP Reps For ‘Instigating’ Capitol Attack

Rep. Jamila Jayapal (D-WA) on Wednesday requested that the House Committee on Ethics and the Office of Congressional Ethics investigate three House Republicans for “instigating and aiding” the deadly Capitol insurrection earlier this year.


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Jayapal (D-WA) on Wednesday requested that the House Committee on Ethics and the Office of Congressional Ethics investigate

A bit redundant, as the OCE cannot issue subpoenas and can only refer its findings to the Ethics Committee – but still, I’m glad she is starting somewhere.

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Agree. These snakes cannot be allowed to slither back under their protective rocks. Name, blame and shame all of them.

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Treason and traitors are protected by the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, Article XII and the Two Corinthians of Constitution. Treason and traitors are above and beyond the law.
Traitors have to "Not only to stand up for "Article One, … stand up for Article Two, Article 12, you name it of the Constitution.”

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Totally off topic.

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“Rep. Jamila Jayapal (D-WA)”…

It’s Pramila. Not Jamila.

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Yet more proof that Repubs are the most persecuted hate group in the US.

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This reminds me of a neo-Nazi joke that I had better not repeat.

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She’s off to a good start. And she can badger a witness.

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it “thoroughly investigate” the actions of Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mo Brooks (R-AL) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) in the weeks and days leading up to the Capitol attack,

So where was Marjorie Taylor Greene? Busy doing a field investigation of a potential tantric gun sex guru?

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Why didn’t she include MT Greene? Seems that Greene was also involved. She’s my Rep. I will contact her.

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Perhaps there’s a “special treat” being done up for her.

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Equal opportunity virago.

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The Q-congress critters seem like an unhappy bunch -lots of snarling with that group.

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She’s certainly putting in a lot of effort. Any groups she hasn’t missed?

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I know it’s petty, but there’s a part of me that wishes some of her constituents would refer to her as “The bleach blond bimbo.”

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The resemblance is striking.

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My kingdom for a copy editor.

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It’s why the Deplorable Neanderthals get so worked up when someone calls them Deplorable Neanderthals, because it turns out they actually are Deplorable Neanderthals.

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