NRA blackmailed Republican lawmakers into voting to hold Eric Holder in contempt of Congress
WED JUN 20, 2012 AT 09:25 PM PDT
NRA blackmailed Republican lawmakers into voting to hold Eric Holder in contempt of Congress
byRolandzFollow
On the June 20th edition of “The Rachel Maddow Show," the hostess with the mostest featured one of her best segments ever, explaining the events leading up to Darryl Issa’s unprecedented move of charging Attorney General Eric Holder with contempt of Congress for not agreeing to hand over certain documents in the “Fast and Furious” investigation.
Watch the video for yourself. It is packed with jaw-dropping pieces of information, showing how the whole "scandal" began as a loony conspiracy-theory on the fringy right, moved into the halls of Congress and eventually culminated in the events that we saw today. But the one fact that struck me the most comes at the end when she accuses the NRA of threatening the Republican members of Congress with a negative rating if they voted against charging Holder with contempt. The result: all 23 Republican members on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to do just that.
I’m not saying all 23 wouldn’t have voted that way anyway, but it sure is scary realizing just how much power right-wing interest groups - and none more so than the NRA - have over the conservative members of Congress.
Bravo, Rachel, for this eye-opening report. It is a must-see.
VIDEO: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/
MORE:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/21/1101813/-NRA-blackmailed-Republican-lawmakers-to-vote-to-hold-Eric-Holder-in-contempt-of-Congress
= new reply since forum marked as read
once again.
Thanks to Rachel and MSNBC.
I read that in the gungeon
