Of course, this is not a coincidence at all. Instead, it is the GOP leadership in Congress doing what it has done best for the last six years, and that is to act as the criminal defense counsel for Donald J. Trump.

The Manhattan District Attorney has the burden of proving Donald Trump guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

That this process will be the same for a former President as it would be for his lawyer or his driver or his doorman or his neighbor is the strength of a democracy, not its weakness.

Any reasonable person can see the difference between threats of political violence and legitimate political discourse.

This kind of political violence is not normal.

You can't ignore those images. And yet, the power of repetition is such that, you know, people like Tucker Carlson, who know they're lying to the public can convince tens of millions of people of those lies.

McCarthy knew exactly what he was doing. And it had nothing to do with the institution or interests of our democracy. It only had to do with appeasing the most extreme elements of his conference and placating the base and fundraising.

As far as I know, that's just plain false. And I'm not surprised that, you know, we would hear another falsehood out of Kevin McCarthy.

China puts the limits, for example, on the screens that American films can exhibit on, et cetera.

I don't understand the delay.

They have proven that they will weaponize the government not just against the other party, but against anyone who refuses to bend to the will and whim of one Donald Trump.

By establishing a Select Subcommittee on Weaponization, they are telling us that Donald Trump's followers... will continue weaponizing any part of the government.

Millions of Americans already fear that 'weaponization' is the right name for this Special Subcommittee.

Instead of tackling those concerns or joining Democrats in a comprehensive immigration reform, many Republicans in Congress seem intent on demonizing migrant families and asylum seekers, portraying them as fentanyl traffickers and violent…

I want to say thank you for your courage. Our country is better off for having you here.

These terrible stereotypes that my Republican colleagues are peddling have real-world consequences and bring real-world harm as they increase the level of hate and violence directed at immigrants here at home.

when it comes to drug trafficking, CBP reports that over 83 percent of smuggled fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine is discovered during vehicle inspections at ports of entry where people enter the country legally, not smuggled by…

If Kevin McCarthy thinks this is going to stop me from doing my job, protecting our democracy? He's going to soon learn that he's only going to make me fight harder.

The precedent that was set, in the last Congress, was if members of Congress incite violence, against other members of Congress, they shouldn't be serving on committees.

It's going to breed distrust, in the Intelligence community.

This is merely the latest smear, from Kevin McCarthy.

I'm more determined than ever, to hold him accountable, and to do what I can, to protect our democracy.

His upset is over the fact that we investigated, and impeached, Donald Trump, over his withholding of hundreds of millions of dollars, from Ukraine, in its war with Russia, in order to extort that country, into helping his campaign.

This is Kevin McCarthy, responding to the demands, of the most extreme elements, of his Conference, the Marjorie Taylor Greenes, the Paul Gosars, and responding to the wishes, of his boss, down in Mar-a-Lago.

Well, sadly, it's going to do damage, to the Committee, to have him use it as this kind of political play thing.