Rep. Darrell Issa leads the pitchfork mob against Eric Holder
Republicans, led by Darrell Issa, vote to hold A.G. Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, for exacerbating the mental instability of Wayne LaPierre.
17 Democrats voted with the mob. 108 walked out.
The Dems who voted with Issa were:
Jason Altmire – PA, 4th District
John Barrow – GA, 12th District
Dan Boren – OK, 2nd District
Tom Boswell – IA, 3rd District
Ben Chandler – KY, 6th District
Mark Critz – PA, 12th District
Joe Donnelly – IN, 2nd District
Kathy Hochul – NY, 26th District
Ron Kind – WI, 3rd District
Larry Kissell – NC, 8th District
Jim Matheson – UT, 2nd District
Mike McIntyre – NC, 7th District
Bill Owens – NY, 23rd District
Collin Peterson – MN, 7th District
Nick Rahall – WVA, 3rd District
Mike Ross – AR, 4th District
Tim Walz – MN, 1st District
Nancy Pelosi joined the walk-out.
WTF Has Barack Obama Done So Far?
They sacrifice Eric Holder because they are afraid of the NRA?? How gutless.
I best not see any E Mails asking for support for these seventeen suckers.
Issa has mob mentality, There are probably a lot of ,people who are not familiar with this man’s criminal background. Also he was responsible for the Sandra Fluke debacle!
There’s another way of looking at the 17 Dems who voted for the contempt citation:
Maybe — it’s possible that Pelosi or someone advised them to go ahead and vote for the contempt citation — in order to cut down on the certainty that they would be “primary-ed” by the NRA. Sometimes you have to make sacrifices when dealing with crazy people.
It’s much more important that the Dems win the House back in November than it is to make a brave but sacrificial vote on a meaningless contempt citation.
That’s exactly what happened Pearl, and to me that’s what makes it Shameful; anyone willing to vote Eric Holder in contempt rather than stand up to the NRA doesn’t get my support, and shouldn’t have a “D” next to his name; it’s gutless.
The NRA doesn’t issue Congressional subpoenas. Those that walked out are cowards who didn’t want to have the vote on their record. Next time someone who isn’t a Democrat is subpoenaed do you think they’ll be in favor of ignoring the subpoena? Not a chance. Shameful is right. 108 of them.