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In a House hearing Thursday morning, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano was sidetracked from her testimony on the DHS budget when Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) asked her to respond to an online conspiracy theory about the DHS supposedly stockpiling ammo for an attack on Americans. Duncan argued this was more credible than mere Internet rumors because the Drudge Report, a popular conservative aggregator, said it was true:
NAPOLITANO: Well I dont know about that, that there was that kind of delay, but I will tell you we found it so inherently unbelievable that those statements would be made it was hard to ascribe credibility to them. I dont know if Id put Forbes and Drudge in the same sentence.
http://thinkprogress.org/media/2013/04/18/1889321/congressman-invokes-conspiracy-theory-in-hearing-citing-drudge-report-as-reputable-news-source/
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)Love the smackdown
benld74
(9,904 posts)Response to cynatnite (Original post)
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MOTRDemocrat
(87 posts)And no self-respecting elected official should perpetuate that filth on Capitol Hill.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)... for almost getting blown up while watching a race?
It was not a valid question, it was a racist and a bigoted question.
And one more little thought for you.
That young man, called compassionate, gentle and kind by those who know him, will go back to his country someday with an imprint of America in his heart. I would like that impression to be one of a compassionate and kind people who helped him in his time of hurt and fear.... not one where people tackled and condemned him based upon the color of his skin and the accent of his voice.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Go on . . .
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