NEW: House Republicans have thrown out the rulebook. Democrats are holding onto it — at a price.
Rep. Adam Schiff speaks to the media with Eric Swalwell standing to his left. The pair, Democratic stalwarts of past House Intelligence committees, have been rejected for the committee by new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. stood behind a lectern in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning and vowed she and her fellow Democrats “will always stand up to” Republicans’ efforts to “denigrate the integrity of the House.
Omar’s fate on the Foreign Affairs committee will be put to a House-wide vote sometime in the next week. As for Schiff and Swalwell, the House Speaker has final say over who serves on the Intelligence Committee, so there wasn’t much to be done. They rejected the aggressive displays Republicans have engaged in when the tables were turned.
Standing up, in other words, means doing what they can to battle Republicans without becoming Republicans. The upside of that for Democrats is that they get to hold onto the norms they believe hold the country together, as well as to draw a contrast with a Republican Party that they hope will pay off in 2024.
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