This is what Speaker McCarthy should do: Have each member state whether he or she believes that the minority party should have the right to select its own committee members, and whether Pelosi was wrong in denying this right in the last session. Those who answer yes to each question are accorded the traditional courtesy. Those who do otherwise should be appointed to such committees, if any, that McCarthy chooses. What's sauce for the goose......................
To follow the advice of Mirengoff is what makes it frustrating to be a Republican. Republicans pillow fight while Democrats are MMA. If you want Democrats to stop doing what Pelosi did, they must be punished.
Keeping various Democrats of off committees won't stop Pelosi's successors from doing this to Republicans. If anything, it will cause them to do more of it. That, at least, is the lesson from the judicial wars.
I don't consider this reality a reason not to punish Democrats that way, but neither is "deterrence" a good reason for punishing them.
And while it might make a certain kind of conservative feel MMA-tough to punish Dems by keeping Omar, Ocasio-Cortez, etc. off of committees, the smarter move is to keep these radicals front-and-center on important committees. That way, the public will perceive them as highly influential, and maybe even as the face of the Democratic-party.
McCarthy must respond tit for tat to ensure Pelosi's overreach never happens again.
Start with Swalwell. Omar should be barred from all committees for anti-semitism. And Adam Schiff needs to be tossed from any and all committees on intelligence or judiciary. He's shown he's a liar, leaks classified information for political gain and can't be trusted.
Then allow democrats on investigative committees, but disallow any like Adam Schiff or anyone involved with the Jan. 6 committee. If they went along with that kangaroo court then it's disqualifying.
This is what Speaker McCarthy should do: Have each member state whether he or she believes that the minority party should have the right to select its own committee members, and whether Pelosi was wrong in denying this right in the last session. Those who answer yes to each question are accorded the traditional courtesy. Those who do otherwise should be appointed to such committees, if any, that McCarthy chooses. What's sauce for the goose......................
To follow the advice of Mirengoff is what makes it frustrating to be a Republican. Republicans pillow fight while Democrats are MMA. If you want Democrats to stop doing what Pelosi did, they must be punished.
Keeping various Democrats of off committees won't stop Pelosi's successors from doing this to Republicans. If anything, it will cause them to do more of it. That, at least, is the lesson from the judicial wars.
I don't consider this reality a reason not to punish Democrats that way, but neither is "deterrence" a good reason for punishing them.
And while it might make a certain kind of conservative feel MMA-tough to punish Dems by keeping Omar, Ocasio-Cortez, etc. off of committees, the smarter move is to keep these radicals front-and-center on important committees. That way, the public will perceive them as highly influential, and maybe even as the face of the Democratic-party.
McCarthy must respond tit for tat to ensure Pelosi's overreach never happens again.
Start with Swalwell. Omar should be barred from all committees for anti-semitism. And Adam Schiff needs to be tossed from any and all committees on intelligence or judiciary. He's shown he's a liar, leaks classified information for political gain and can't be trusted.
Then allow democrats on investigative committees, but disallow any like Adam Schiff or anyone involved with the Jan. 6 committee. If they went along with that kangaroo court then it's disqualifying.