Rep. Kathleen Rice Goes Full New Yorker On DHS Officials

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Source: crooksandliars

Anyhow, Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY), ranking Dem on the House's Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, asked if top DHS officials agreed with our intelligence agencies' assessments (and the Senate Intelligence Committee's assessment) that Russia interfered with our elections in 2016. Two of those top officials, Soraya Correa and John Zangardi refused to take a position.

This did not go well for them. Let's just say Rice's bullshit detector was set on high, and her threshold was low. Just a few words into Correa's fumbling non-answer to the Yes or No question, Rice pulled the classic, sharp-toned "I have stop you there." This drew a comically contrite response from Correa, who immediately recoiled, placed her hands in her lap, and said, "I'm sorry." And yet...

Correa ultimately claimed she had no opinion on whether Russia interfered.

Rep. Rice told her, "That is frightening. FRIGHTENING."

Then, pointing to Zagardi, Rice said, "How 'bout you?"

ZAGARDI: Yes, thank you for the opportu...

RICE: YES OR NO? Do you agree with the findings?

ZAGARDI: Ma'am, I'm here to testify to the authority...

(Oh, John. John. That was a piss-poor idea.)

RICE: No, you're here to ANSWER MY QUESTIONS...If we can’t get people here … to acknowledge that there was interference in the 2016 election, none of you should be in the positions that you’re in to protect us in 2018, or 2020...So, Yes or No?

Read more: https://crooksandliars.com/2018/07/rep-kathleen-rice-goes-full-new-yorker-dhs

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This is satisfying to watch

[iluvtennis]

1. Awesome - the clip is less than 3 minutes and worth watching. Brought a grin to my face :-)

Thank you for the link.

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24. Like watching a hot knife cut butter

[Sophia4]

25. Yes, and I would like to point out that it is clear that someone hacked the DNC

e-mails and John Podesta's e-mails and arranged with Wikileaks to publish them "later in the summer."

Trump has been in the White House for over a year.

If the hacking was not done by Russia, then who did it?

Trump has had plenty of time to locate and identify that 300 lb man sitting where was it -- on his bed or in his basement or on Trump's balcony?

Anyway, it's up to Trump to come up with an alternative explanation that meets the standards of forensic science and prevails in court.

Let's see what he comes up with.

His opportunity to prove the Senate committee, the Mueller investigation, etc. wrong is coming. He had better be ready.

[SamKnause]

2. I enjoyed that.

[Honeycombe8]

3. Damn! That's what I like to see! A Democratic who speaks plainly & boldly & no sh*t...

and takes it where it oughtta go! Damn! Who IS that gal????

[FailureToCommunicate]

4. Sweeet!

[CurtEastPoint]

5. Damn, she is excellent!

[Judi Lynn]

6. So good!

https://cdn.newsday.com/polopoly_fs/1.9820829.1421632560!/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/landscape_768/image.JPG





Come at me, swampsuckers.

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7. Thank you for this

I liked her already, but I like her more now.

[pangaia]

8. Don't mess with Democratic New Yorkers..

[heaven05]

9. bam!! it's as simple as this

[Scurrilous]

10. K&R

[calimary]

11. Good stuff!

Give ‘em HELL!

[Demonaut]

12. wow, very telling

[forgotmylogin]

13. Even better, there was a 'hot mic moment'...

The whole episode did, however, also lead to a grand hot mic moment at the very end of the hearing. It happens at the 1:23:49 mark.

“It’s just f---ing outrageous. They have no right being in the positions that they’re in, if they don’t take a position like that. No right,” Rice, the ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security subcommittee on counterterrorism and intelligence, could be heard saying once the hearing concluded. Rep. J. Luis Correa (D-Calif.) replied: “They are not going to put their jobs at risk.” “Well guess what, then are you American, or are you, do you, you know, get a job somewhere else,” Rice said. “Give me a f---ing break.” The exchange was first reported by Politico’s Eric Geller.

Get 'em Kathleen Rice, this is the spine we all need to see!

[dalton99a]

14. +1

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23. More than just outrageous. I see republicanism as a distinct character flaw now.

Hide the children.

[LakeArenal]

15. That was eye opening. Yikes!!!!

[LakeArenal]

16. Please Post more about Rep Rice after Nov

She seems VERY interesting.

Much like Sen Franken.

Will love to hear more then.

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22. I would like to hear more from her myself.

[yonder]

17. thanks, that was fun

for them, not so much.

[Heartstrings]

18. Boom, just like that!

We need more Kathleen Rice's to step up to the plate....NOW!

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21. We should all be honking the horn on these traitors

[WinstonSmith4740]

19. We need more Democrats like this.

I think one of the things knocking Republicans backwards these days is Democrats aren't being the punching bags they have grown to depend on over the years. A couple of years ago, the democrat would have let Correa and Zagardi deliver their word salads, and then thanked them. They're fighting back, and it's great to see.

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20. Common sense has been overwhelmed by the weight and mass of propaganda.

Democrats used to rely on the voters to see through all of the BS. That is so much more difficult now that there are entire networks devoted to shading and deliberately hiding the truth.

[Dogboyzdad]

26. Go for it.

Yes. At last. A Democrat with balls.

[Yonnie3]

28. Not a good choice of words! nt

[Hekate]

29. Spine

[lapucelle]

27. She's my congresswoman, and you can spot her shopping at the mall when Congress isn't in session.

In 2016, she was working her own phone bank, and I got a call at home. It was great to talk to her one on one. She laughed when I told her I'd have to cut her short or else I'd be late for my shift at the phone bank.