It would be nice to think that the House would take action to discipline one of its own for his unwarranted assault on the Guardian reporter. But it's more realistic to expect them not to as the majority party has shown little stomach for reigning in the excesses of one of their own while the party's head has undertaken a crusade to diminish and demean the press at very turn, sending out 'dog whistle' messaging that its fair game on reporters who're deemed antagonistic. The strong-arm treatment afforded Univision's Jorge Ramos during the '16 campaign underlines that very approach.