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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts) Thu Oct 24, 2019, 10:23 AM Oct 2019

House Republicans once defended the closed-door nature of congressional investigations.

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House Republicans once *defended the closed-door nature of congressional investigations.

Here's what then-Benghazi Committee chairman Trey Gowdy said on @MeetThePress in Oct. 2015 of witness interviews: "The private ones always produce better results.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-october-25-2015-n451121 …
Meet the Press - October 25, 2015
Dr. Ben Carson, Rep. Trey Gowdy, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Doris Kearns Goodwin, John Harwood, Stephen Henderson, Jennifer Rubin.

10:13 AM - Oct 24, 2019

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House Republicans once defended the closed-door nature of congressional investigations. (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 OP

GOP/trump have little working for them, so making an issue of a non-issue is the way forward beachbumbob Oct 2019 #1

In fact, the House is operating under rules the Republicans instituted gratuitous Oct 2019 #2

beachbumbob

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1. GOP/trump have little working for them, so making an issue of a non-issue is the way forward

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:08 AM

Oct 2019

and now the democrats are announcing their intention to repeat the "secret" committee meetings fully in the public view will have GOP/trump screaming, it needs to be done behind closed doors.

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2. In fact, the House is operating under rules the Republicans instituted

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:12 AM

Oct 2019

Strangely enough, the bulldogs of the Fourth Estate only have time so far to repeat the disingenuous rantings of the Republicans, and no time to explain to their audiences where all these horrible rules started. 2015 was soooo long ago!

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