A House Republican presented a 'political test' to the FBI director that left observers stunned

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A Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee left several observers stunned on Thursday when he read off a list of names of agents to the FBI director and asked him to disclose their political biases.

"As you're aware, Deputy Director McCabe was involved in highly charged political cases that have been controversial due to his political leanings," Texas Rep. Louis Gohmert said.
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'Totally inappropriate'

The notion that FBI agents could be subject to political tests from another branch of government unnerved several observers and former employees.

Asha Rangappa, a former FBI counterintelligence agent, called it "totally inappropriate."

"We've never had 'political tests' for civil servants," she said on Thursday. "It's worth noting that every agent undergoes an intensive background check that screens for political biases in order to ensure that the prospective agent can look past their own political identity and pursue investigations objectively."

Among those pushing the idea that the bureau has become a bastion for left-wing, pro-Clinton law-enforcement officials and whose reputation was left in "tatters" by the former FBI director James Comey is President Donald Trump. - BusinessInsider

[Irish_Dem]

1. Welcome to the new McCarthy era.

Obama warned us this week that democracy can be lost quickly.

[ret5hd]

3. "Are you now or have you ever been..." (nt)

[Irish_Dem]

4. Just reading this line gave me the chills......

Every day I seem to be taken back to another time, another era.
And not in a good way.

[Ferrets are Cool]

12. Absolutely correct and positively scary.

[enough]

15. Welcome to the Soviet Union. NT

[Irish_Dem]

16. And Nazi era Germany.

[Siwsan]

2. They are just going to continue to push the envelope

And it appears that nobody is going to push to do anything to stop them. And if you try, bye bye.

[gratuitous]

5. Way to go, Texas First District

You keep returning this lamebrain to Congress. I have no compunction in thinking you're a bunch of goddam morons.

[Horizens]

6. Somebody ...

is afraid, very afraid.

[Ferrets are Cool]

13. I dont think they are afraid...I think they are emboldened.

[Bettie]

35. They see that all they need to do

to get rid of a Dem is put forth some anonymous accusations and the problem will be gone....bonus if its in a red state, because the seat can remain empty for a while and they get to do as they please even long.

With gerrymandering, none of these assholes have to really worry about their seats.

[Angry Dragon]

7. The Party of McCarthy is risen

[kentuck]

9. Yep!

The tactics of McCarthy.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

8. This is exactly how the Trump Cult wants them to act.

Our government is being run to please some of the most ignorant and/or radical people in our country.

[octoberlib]

10. The dumbest Congressman in the history of the republic, Louie Gohmert.

[Mr. Ected]

11. The GOP wouldn't take this tack if they weren't harboring their own big secret

They were complicit. Russian bloodmoney runs through their collective veins.

[Irish_Dem]

14. They are all on the take from Putin. We are a Russian client state now. nt

[keithbvadu2]

22. Putin - 'I made America Great Again'

Putin running for president again.

Campaign slogan - 'I made America Great Again'

(Conan)

[PatrickforO]

17. In the meantime, instead of fighting this tooth and nail,

we instead railroad Al Franken.

Only a fool like Gohmert would EVER believe the FBI is left leaning. What a joke, particularly after Comey's action days before the 2016 election. I don't know how this idiot puts on his pants in the morning, let alone serves his constituents.

[YOHABLO]

31. Oh his constituency doesn't surprise me a bit. He's serving them well

Just take a look at his district. Just sayin.

[lark]

18. He wants his own storm troopers, Hitler's book said this was an important step.

[Roland99]

19. Louis Gollum. No surprise.

[NastyRiffraff]

34. He's a strong candidate for

the stupidest member of Congress. He has a lot of competition but he's surging now!

[iluvtennis]

20. They are trying to lay the foundation that Mueller and FBI is corrupt so that when Russian collusion

is proven, that can claim the proof is invalid. The GOP is a bunch of evil monsters.

[Kajun Gal]

21. Wow! History DOES repeat itself!

[TomSlick]

32. History doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes.

(Apparently not correctly attributed to Mark Twain.)

[Enoki33]

23. The Putinization of the GOP continues. His tentacles seem to be everywhere.

[Thor_MN]

24. A man with a negative IQ.

He enters a room and the combined IQ plummets.

[LiberalFighter]

25. That thought should be used against him.

[McCamy Taylor]

26. FBI is heavily Republican. All law enforcement is.

He knew the question would not be answered as it is illegal and then Faux News could construe that as "they are all Democrats".

[ancianita]

27. More proof of how a dictatorship organizes its government.

[nocalflea]

28. A tool pushing a narrative that will fail.

Grasping at straws, foolish, panicky desparation- Nixon had his minions in Congress as well.

Is Gohmert on Muellar's naughty list or is he just dumber than a doornail ?

[yuiyoshida]

29. Republicans keep proving again and again they are

その男はお尻です。

[YOHABLO]

30. They must now swear an oath to Trump. Ring a bell?

[Hekate]

33. KnR