In wake of Bannon indictment, Republicans warn of payback

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Republicans are rallying around former White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon after his indictment on charges of contempt of Congress on Friday, warning that Democrats’ efforts to force Bannon to comply with what they say is an unfair subpoena paves the way for them to do the same if they take back the House in 2022.

Bannon, like former president Donald Trump, has refused to comply with an order from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection to turn over records and testify about his actions leading up to the attack, when a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol trying to stop the certification of President Biden’s electoral college win.

Bannon is expected to turn himself in to law enforcement Monday ahead of a court appearance that afternoon. Democrats and a handful of anti-Trump Republicans argue that the indictment was necessary to enforce subpoenas issued by the Jan. 6 committee to Trump associates who are resisting cooperation and to witnesses summoned by other congressional panels.

Many GOP leaders, however, are seizing on Bannon’s indictment to contend that Democrats are “weaponizing” the Justice Department, warning Democrats that they will go after Biden’s aides for unspecified reasons if they take back the House majority in next year’s midterm elections, as most political analysts expect.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/in-wake-of-bannon-indictment-republicans-warn-of-payback/ar-AAQHBeS

Hey GOPers you're going to do that anyway if you get back in power no matter what happens to Bannon. I mean Hillary Clinton whipped your boy Gowdy Doody over Benghazi in a Congressional hearing.

Currently we have the guy with the pubic hair goatee, Durham, trying to throw shit at the wall hoping something will sticks.

[Shermann]

1. Perhaps the party of "Lock Her Up" is projecting a bit? nt

[Baitball Blogger]

14. For real. We have a lot of catching up to do, if we resort to using subpoenas the way

they did. If their intentions are without merit, it will show in the results, like Benghazi.

[Stallion]

2. Democrats Generally Respond to Congressional Subpoena

...so there's that

[live love laugh]

3. Weaponizing the DOJ?! Last week it was the do-nothing DOJ.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Complicit much?

It's time to take these conspiring assholes down. Release the indictments !

[GoCubsGo]

5. This is how mobsters behave.

The GOP is, and has been, nothing but a criminal enterprise. I don't think the Dems are going to fall for their threats.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Those Republicans need to be put in their places

Subpoena. Rule of Law. Justice. They are bullying again and expect it to stick.

[Baked Potato]

7. OMG! Democrats should stop everything! Republicans are going to retaliate!

Gym Jordan will go after Ron Klain.... oh no, say it isn’t so.

Screw you republican windbags.

You so fucked, you COULD’NT indict a ham sandwich!

[13Dogs]

8. Desperation Starting to Show

When you don’t have the truth on your side , which R’s rarely do, make a lot of impotent threats about revenge to try to stop the truth from coming out. Standard practice for the cult that is now what remains of the Republican Party. You can testify all day long if the truth is with you, as Hillary demonstrated. Imagine Bannon trying to lie and obsfuscate for 11 hours? He’d be jelly like and raving mad after about 3 hours trying to keep his lies straight.

[onecaliberal]

9. Payback for what.

There is NO ONE on our side that could even come within the same planet as republicans.

[Me.]

10. What? Are They Actually Going To Hang Pence?

[Cha]

11. Stupid Treasonous Assholes..

fuckers need to be Indicted.

[kimbutgar]

12. Benghazi

[EndlessWire]

13. This isn't Government

I don't know what is wrong with these people, but "getting even" isn't exactly how to go about it. Honestly. we can't let these fruitcakes get ahold of the Government. Quite frankly, I can see them executing people if they ever win again.

[Poiuyt]

16. GOD, I HATE REPUBLICANS!

It didn't used to be this way, but it sure has been lately.

[PortTack]

17. Thing is Dems aren't fomenting insurrections and overthrow of the government. They have nothing

To hide..so go ahead.

[BeyondGeography]

18. Calling them gangsters is an insult to gangsters

[onenote]

19. And if they try to refer a contempt charge to the DOJ

the Biden DOJ should do with it exactly what the Trump DOJ would've done with one passed by the Democrats --- nothing.

[TomDaisy]

20. "Do not comply in advance." - Tim Snyder, On Tyranny

[canetoad]

21. Unfair how?

Was the committee somehow prohibited from summoning Bannon? Thought not.

[JHB]

22. So they're threatening something that they would do anyway?

Something that they'd even arrange to be "necessary" just for the spectacle to show off in conservative media?

Pfft.


If you think "weaponizing" the DoJ is a bad thing, 1) you've never minded that when a Republican was in charge of it, especially over the last few years, and 2) don't allow people to blow off subpoenas. Make sure Bannon and everyone else who is called gets their flabby asses in front of the committee and answers some questions. Truthfully. I know that's not something you guys are used to, but hey, you're the ones making a big stink about "weaponizing", so walk the walk.