House Democrats Fire Back After Kevin McCarthy Vows to Remove Them From Committees
Three Democrats shot back at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) after he vowed to remove them from committee assignments if elected as House speaker.
McCarthy made his intention known over the weekend, saying he would remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) from the House Intelligence Committee.
As for the reasons, McCarthy said Omar had made anti-Semitic comments in the past, while Schiff had misled the American people on the Jan. 6 committee. As for Swalwell, McCarthy referenced the Democrat’s alleged relationship with a Chinese intelligence operative….