psychothumbs@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWhy Senate Republicans Threw an Epic Hissy Fit Yesterdaywww.thenation.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down18
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minus-squareBilliam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down1·10 months agoOne of the doucheknobs from Texas, Cornyn, whas whining yesterday about terrible it would be for Congress to subpoena “private individuals.” Like, yes, you performative asshat, everyone who doesn’t work in government is, by definition, a private individual.
minus-squarenegativenull@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·10 months agoDidn’t congress just subpoena Hunter Biden? He’s a private individual.
minus-squareLauchs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·10 months agoYes but they don’t like Hunter Biden so it’s different. Come on!
minus-squareBlackbeard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·10 months agoNot to mention Grassley issued a subpoena for his own private individual when it suited his political motivations.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·10 months agoCongress literally already does that all the time.
One of the doucheknobs from Texas, Cornyn, whas whining yesterday about terrible it would be for Congress to subpoena “private individuals.”
Like, yes, you performative asshat, everyone who doesn’t work in government is, by definition, a private individual.
Didn’t congress just subpoena Hunter Biden? He’s a private individual.
Yes but they don’t like Hunter Biden so it’s different. Come on!
Not to mention Grassley issued a subpoena for his own private individual when it suited his political motivations.
Congress literally already does that all the time.