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How NOT to Inspire Confidence in the Federal Government Under Biden

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by ETGator1, Jul 17, 2024.

  1. ETGator1

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    DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is blocking Head of Secret Service Kim Cheadle from testifying to congress on Trump's assassination attempt. Of course, Mayorkas' boss is Biden so this makes a lot of sense. Both the republican and democrats want her on Capitol Hill to testify.

    Mayorkas Is Blocking Secret Service Director From Testifying (townhall.com)

    Biden is likely guilty of giving orders, wishes minimum, that cannot come out. Little Alejandro Mayorkas is not the one putting up the stonewall, it's Biden.

    Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill have also launched separate investigations and have called on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to testify on Monday, July 22.

    According to House Speaker Mike Johnson, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is attempting to block Cheatle from testifying. Johnson called on Cheatle to resign during an interview with Fox News Wednesday morning.


    Johnson's claim is backed up by reporting from Tuesday.
     
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    Best part is this is bipartisan, so our lovable lefties can’t hide behind the “partisan politics” defense. No doubt in my mind Biden is the one ordering this and it just further proves his level of dementia. I don’t think anybody truly expects GOP or Democrats to not investigate this.
     
  3. eastowest

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    She's not capable of testifying....
    The slope up to the Capitol is to steep and dangerous.
     
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  4. ETGator1

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    Think the republicans and democrats want her for their own separate investigations at this point in time. If Biden blocks her from testifying on July 22, both republicans and democrats will be pissed off.
     
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  5. ThePlayer

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    The Biden Administration NEVER fires anyone.
    Even for something as egregious as the lapse in security detail for Donald Trump.
    The ragtag group of bureaucrats running this country is nothing short of despicable.
     
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  6. rivergator

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    Cheatle has said she'd cooperate. Maybe that story is true, but it's impossible to tell at this point.
    Does any other source have it?

    Notice how this story moved from "Johnson said he's hearing rumblings ..." to Mayorkas definitely blocking her from testifying.
     
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  7. G8tas

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    Now you're just lying
     
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  8. g8trjax

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    She's Jill's good buddy, nothing will ever come of any so called investigation. In fact, I see a promotion coming.
     
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  9. ETGator1

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    The Townhall story above has comments from Michael Johnson, you know, the Speaker of the House.

    This story has quotes as well as a new twist:

    Exclusive--GOP Rep. Cloud: Homeland Security Agency Is Interfering in House's Assassination Investigation (breitbart.com)

    Cheatle was originally asked to voluntarily appear to testify. She will now be called in under subpoena from the House Oversight Committee:

    Alejandro Mayorkas is interfering with the House’s investigation into the attempted murder of President Donald Trump, Rep. Michael Cloud (R-Texas), told Breitbart News.

    The shooting was “an epic failure,” Cloud told Breitbart News during an interview at the GOP’s national convention, adding, “It is very concerning that right off the bat, we see DHS [Mayorkas’ Department of Homeland Security] obfuscating as opposed to being transparent. This should be something that, regardless of party, we don’t allow this kind of thing in our country.”

    Cloud is a member of the House’s oversight committee, which is chaired by Rep. James Comer (R-KY).

    “We were scheduled for a first briefing today, just on the facts of the case, what’s going on, what they know now, and DHS has stepped in between the communications now of the Secret Service and the Oversight Committee and are now trying to control the communication between the two committees,” Cloud told Breitbart News during an interview at the GOP’s national convention. Cloud continued: “So Chairman Comer is issuing subpoenas to make sure that the Secret Service director does appear.
     
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  10. VAg8r1

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    She should be canned for incompetence. That being said she actually hasn't been blocked from testifying or at least not yet. One sentence from the original linked article is the basis for this thread. It does not say that she has actually been blocked from testifying. The article said the House Speaker Mike Johnson thinks that she may be blocked. There is a difference. This is the relevant excerpt.
    If the OP can find a link stating the Mayorkas has actually prohibited Cheatle from testify it would be appreciated since I did a Google search which indicated that she while she is being subpoened I couldn't find anything stating that Mayorkas actually blocked her from testifying. Not saying that it won't happen but it hasn't yet. I would also add that OP thinks there is a conspiracy when the more rational explanation is just plain incompetence on multiple levels.
     
  11. ETGator1

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    See post #9 for second source, with quotes, and the addition of a subpoena is in the process of being issued by the House Oversight Committee for Cheatle to appear on July 22. Cheatle was originally asked to voluntarily appear which she agreed to do and then didn't.
     
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    The source is Breitbart quoting a Republican member of the Oversight Committee and it still didn't state unequivocally the Mayorkas was ordering Cheatle to defy a subpoena. I would concede that he may be reluctant to allow her to testify at this point in time. There is a difference. Apparently, the Committee has yet to formally issue a subpoena although I would agree it's only a matter of time before they do so and when she does testify she will (and should be) raked over the coals for incompetence. If Comer and the boys go on a fishing expedition trying to find a conspiracy they will undoubetly come up empty.
     
  13. ETGator1

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    Reading comprehension shouldn't be this difficult. She already didn't come to a meeting she had voluntarily agreed to.

    Regardless of the source, the quotes are accurate. Rivergator wanted to see a second source. I provided that and then some with the quotes and the new information on the subpoena.

    Mayorkas is grossly out of line to stand between the congress and the secret service director. It is unacceptable. Mayorkas is responsible for his own quotes, not that he will make a public comment.
     
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  14. rivergator

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    Yes, that he is 'hearing rumblings ...' That's not all that definitive, is it?

    The Breitbart story is just the GOP congressman, right?
     
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  15. ETGator1

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    Mike Johnson's comments were clear to me including that he called for Cheatle's resignation this morning in a tv interview.

    No, it is the congressman, James Comer head of the House Oversight committee, and a subpoena being drawn up by said committee head as you read this.

    I know you don't like the source, but this type of story will only be reported in the lamestream media after the subpoena is released.
     
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  16. rivergator

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    Yes, he called for her resignation. Now, please point to where he said that Mayorkas won't let her testify. thanks.
     
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    He needs to testify in her stead.
     
  18. ETGator1

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    You asked if there was another source. I gave you a source that had quotes plus the added information that Cheatle will be subpoenaed to appear.

    In the first source, Mike Johnson had his comment reported, not a quote. Neither the article nor I reported what Johnson said as a quote. If that is what you want, sorry, I can't turn a reported comment into a quote.

    You'll have to figure out what you would like to see from here. The internet is a big place. Have fun.
     
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  19. ETGator1

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    They both need to be subpoenaed. The public has a right to know how and why Trump was almost assassinated. Put them both under oath and get the information before another fiasco happens.
     
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    Why is this demand being made of you and not others?? There is a definite bias on this one's part. Let them do their own work.

     
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