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  .....the two Democrats that also disputed the results of an election?
  Back in 2000.
  When the results of the race was being disputed in court.
  And based on that, the GOP believes that this allows them to normalize election denialism.
  This is what they're going with.  I wish I was joking..  Two people who denied the results of an election over 20 years ago because the results were being disputed through the legal process is the exact same thing as 70% of the party denying the results of the 2020 election.   Because those two are totally the same thing.  Right.
  But yeah.....not only are they resorting to whataboutism, that's the best they've got to go on.
context: The reason that McCarthy gave for not removing Santos was because the voters in his district voted him in office. Can’t that be said for all the other House of Representatives. Rep.Omar voters voted her into office. Her voters have a right to have her on committees. Just like Rep. Swalwell & Rep. Schiff voters voted then into office. >
  
  Yea but they voted Democrat so their votes don't count! >
  
  That’s right I forgot >
  
  Republicans just can’t find any discipline over their worst impulses. I assume this is part of the secret Republican 3-page deal that allowed Kevin McCarthy to squeak into the Speakership. Sad. >
  
  Don't worry, it's not racist if you make up reasons. >
  
  That’s the problem. If those reasons are not simple enough for their voters to get and understand the underlying racism, they’ll call them out for not being racist enough. >
  
  Eh, I don't think the GOP can go wrong with their base on this issue. Their voters may not be the most cerebral bunch, but they definitely understand the process of making up bullshit to hurt brown skinned people. The facade doesn't matter to them. They know why Omar is being punished. >
  
  But the “Jewish space lasers” lady MTG can serve on committees? >
  
  Because she is the "right religion" >
  
  And color >
  
  At least we will see how many drooling maga's we have in the house.  It's useful for that anyways..... >
  
  Oh we actually already have that number it’s 222 with maybe 6-8 that will feign morality in this vote. >
  
  I’m assuming he wouldn’t call a vote on this unless he had the votes. Am I wrong? >
  
  Question: Does the House GOP assume that House Democrats won’t remove Republicans from all their committee appointments in retaliation when they regain control, assume that the Democrats will never regain control or simply have no vision for beyond today? >
  
  Yes, they do assume that. They're banking on Democrats trying to keep decorum and civility and play the long established rules and not just let the whole thing fall into non-stop partisan bickering.
  Therefore, they can act like petulant children all they want without fear of any sort of retribution or consequences. >
  
  Or maybe this is in response to democrats doing the same to republicans >
  
  Removing people with obvious conflicts of interest? >
  
  Similar to removing an anti Semitic woman from a committee with foreign affairs. Seems like a conflict of interest also. So this is justified >
  
  Her “antisemitic” comments are debatable. >
  
  Yet she apologised for some of them >
  
  “Israel has hypnotized the world” while committing “evil doings.”
  Was she wrong? >
  
  I forgot about how she claimed that Jewish Space Lasers were responsible for the wildfires in the American west. Mea culpa >
  
  Cause she is Muslim. Disgusting xenophobia and racism from republicans >
  
  I’d rather not have any person who believes enough in an invisible sky fairy in positions of authority.
  She thinks her god cares what she wears and eats.
  She’s an observant Muslim.  
  Funny how the hive mind has an issue with fundamentalist Christians, but not Muslims or Jews. >
  
  No one has an issue with Christians. People have an issue with Christians that impose their beliefs on other people and harass them for living their lives. >
  
  Wearing a headdress that your god tells you to wear is not something I want my elected public servants doing. 
  Then again.  I don’t want weird Utah underwear on them either. >
  
  So you must support removing all Mormons from committees, right? >
  
  In a perfect world.   Absofuckingloutly. >
  
  Bonus… Mormons tend to be republicans. >
  
  So the basis for this removal is that Omar made a poorly received joke about Israel being on the take about 3 years ago, which proves her bias and is therefore unfit for serving on committees.  However,
  
  Paul Gosar once tweeted a picture of someone killing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and assaulting Joe Biden.   He is currently on the Oversight and Natural Resources committees.
  Marjorie Taylor Greene has identified herself as a "Christian Nationalist", which is basically a white supremacist with a different label.  She has also spoken at multiple white nationalist rallies, supported the insurrection, and said they'd have been armed if she had her way.  She is on the oversight and national security committees.   It's notable that Omar is under threat of removal for making a joke about Israel being on the take, but apparently there was nothing wrong with MTG saying Jewish Space Lazers were the cause of California's wildfires.  
  George Santos has lied about so many aspects of his past that there are legitimate questions about if "George Santos" is even his real name.   Despite all of the baggage he brings with him, he was still seated on two committees until he voluntarily stepped down.  Whether this was truly voluntary is up for debate, but he was still given two committee assignments despite McCarthy knowing about all the crimes he committed.   Again, it's important to note that not only did Santos lie about being Jewish, his explanation was that he said he was "Jew-ish", which most actual Jewish people said was even more offensive than pretending to be Jewish in the first place.  
  Matt Gaetz is on two separate committees despite being involved in sex trafficking involving at least one minor.
  Lauren Boebert, another "christian nationalist" very similar to Marjorie Taylor Greene, is also sitting on the oversight committee despite spending her first term spouting off similar conspiracy theories, supports for extremism, and calls for violence against political opponents.  
  
  And then there are some of the other pillars of society like Jim Jordan, etc.  
  But sure.  Keep trying to tell me that Omar is the one that cannot be trusted....... >
  
  But what about...