psychothumbs@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoWhy Senate Republicans Threw an Epic Hissy Fit Yesterdaywww.thenation.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down19
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minus-squareBilliam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41arrow-down1·2 years agoOne of the doucheknobs from Texas, Cornyn, whas whining yesterday about terrible it would be for Congress to subpoena “private individuals.” Like, yes, you performative asshat, everyone who doesn’t work in government is, by definition, a private individual.
minus-squarenegativenull@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·2 years agoDidn’t congress just subpoena Hunter Biden? He’s a private individual.
minus-squareLauchs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·2 years agoYes but they don’t like Hunter Biden so it’s different. Come on!
minus-squarePapaStevesy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 years agoCongress literally already does that all the time.
One of the doucheknobs from Texas, Cornyn, whas whining yesterday about terrible it would be for Congress to subpoena “private individuals.”
Like, yes, you performative asshat, everyone who doesn’t work in government is, by definition, a private individual.
Didn’t congress just subpoena Hunter Biden? He’s a private individual.
Yes but they don’t like Hunter Biden so it’s different. Come on!
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Congress literally already does that all the time.