A House panel voted today to hold former IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress. A full house vote will follow at a later date.
With mounting evidence implicating Lerner (and certain Democrats for that matter), the House Dems are circling the wagons and accusing Republicans of McCarthyism:
Cummings accuses Republicans of McCarthyism before vote to hold Lois Lerner in contempt http://t.co/lBdX1Eonwp
— ✟ Right Scoop ✟ (@trscoop) April 10, 2014
Cummings: “I cannot cast a vote that will place me on the same page of history books with McCarthy.” @rachaelmbade http://t.co/yJJbxIeqMZ
— Anne Cronin (@annecronin) April 10, 2014
Ugh.
I don't know how many more McCarthy references I can take, this is getting ridiculous #IRS
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) April 10, 2014
And expect the number of mentions to only increase as soon as the Dem-friendly members of the MSM get their talking points memos.
House Dems claim investigating the IRS is a McCarthy witch hunt. Over in the Senate, Harry Reid calls the Koch Brothers un-American.
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) April 10, 2014
Democrats don't read much history, but now that they discovered this McCarthy guy they're gonna use his story for all it's worth.
— Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) April 10, 2014
Democrats playing the McCarthy card for #Lerner is a new low for Democrats in the House. #IRS
— Debra Heine (@NiceDeb) April 10, 2014
I love hearing these guys like @RepCartwright invoke McCarthy to defend IRS trampling citizens' rights.
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) April 10, 2014
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Dems: This is McCarthyism!
GOP: No, it's not.
Dems: That's what people think it is.
GOP: Because you're calling it that.
Dems: McCarthy!— Pete Kaliner (@PeteKaliner) April 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/454270125450223616
So McCarthyism is also going to be the democrat TP… SQUIRREL! #IRS
— Melissia (@ProudoftheUSA) April 10, 2014
Why the “McCarthyism” accusation from some Democrats in regards to holding Lerner in contempt? Some believe it’s simply because the race card is off the table:
Since they can't claim racism against Lois Lerner, they'll claim McCarthyism. #IRS #tcot
— Jaxson313 (@Jaxson313) April 10, 2014
Since Lerner is white and Dems can't play the race card they are crying McCarthyism
— Theresa Maurer (@TheresaMaurer2) April 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/lordhelmet832/status/454267657563291648
Rule #857 in the Democrat Playbook: when the Race Card isn't applicable, play the McCarthy card. #LoisLerner
— JackieKPGH (@JackieKPGH) April 10, 2014
Dems throwing around the “McCarthyism” accusation won’t or can’t appreciate the irony in doing so:
https://twitter.com/Twin66/status/454266912701419520
https://twitter.com/maitaisteelers/status/454329104070762496
Rep. Meehan: McCarthy challenged peoples' beliefs. We're challenging Lerner's actions … against citizens… for their beliefs.
— Pete Kaliner (@PeteKaliner) April 10, 2014
Bingo!
If #Lerner and #Cummings committed felonies and lied about them to a congressional committee, why is it #McCarthyism to prosecute?
— Robert Worthley (@RobertWorthley) April 10, 2014
Possible Dems’ answer to that question: “Because McCarthyism!”
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