The Hill reports:
A group of Republicans in the House Freedom Caucus called for a select committee to investigate the “the money, influence, and power behind the radical left’s assault on America and the rule of law” in the wake of the assassination of conservative powerhouse Charlie Kirk.
The group of 23 members, led by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), articulated the request in a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Thursday, before Kirk’s suspected assassin was apprehended.
The letter concludes:
Enough is enough. We must follow the money to identify the perpetrators of the coordinated antiAmerican assaults being carried out against us and take all steps under the law necessary to stop them. The best option is a full, stand-alone committee with complete authority to elevate and investigate these matters. However, I respectfully request that we establish such a committee. It should be comprised of Members and staff with prosecutorial and/or law enforcement backgrounds, and we should grant it full subpoena powers and authority to deliver results.
We can no longer pretend to be bound together by shared ideals when a well-funded, vitriolic cadre of our fellow Americans and foreign interests are at war with the very values of faith in God, fidelity to our Constitution, and respect for the principles of liberty and Western Civilization that define us as Americans – including, notably, the free speech practiced and exemplified by Charlie Kirk.
Although he isn’t mentioned in the article, among the signers is Congressman Cline.
To anyone with a knowledge of American history, this letter smacks of the worst of McCarthyism and the House Un-American Activities Committee.
It singles out for blame– and investigation– the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Wren Collective and that longtime object of rightwing fear and loathing George Soros. None of them has ever advocated or condoned political violence.
The letter mentions as examples of a “sustained breakdown of law and order, fueled not by chance, but by anti-American ideology” the 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump and the 2017 shooting of Republican lawmakers at baseball practice. It notably does not mention the murder of a Democratic legislator and her husband and the wounding of another legislator and his wife in Minnesota; the arson attempt at the residence of the Democratic governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro; and the brutal attack on the husband of Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.
Why is that, Congressman Cline?
In fact the Department of Justice reported that rightwing extremists were responsible for far more political murders in the US than those on the left. Or it did until the DoJ recently removed the report from its website.
Cline spoke on the House floor this week paying tribute to Charlie Kirk and “his commitment to free speech and open dialogue.”
How does the threatening letter signed by Cline– obviously meant to silence and intimidate– foster that?
Cline Watch 
Cline has no respect for the constitution or the rule of law.
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As Jade Harris said, “It’s time to stop letting them piss on our legs, and then tell us ‘It’s raining’”. We saw Jan. 6th with our own eyes. “Patriots” they were called, and then pardoned. Charlie is heralded for free speech. Jimmy Kimmel, journalists and employees were fired for far less egregious-, uncivil-, and crass remarks than Kirk, Vance and the occupant of 1600 Pa.Ave.
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