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GOP lawmaker SLAMS Rachel Maddow: ‘Stop being a cheerleader and be a journalist’ [VIDEO]
The Daily Caller ^ | 1-29-2014 | Brendan Bordelon

Posted on 01/29/2014 5:31:30 PM PST by smoothsailing

January 29, 2014

GOP lawmaker SLAMS Rachel Maddow: ‘Stop being a cheerleader and be a journalist’ [VIDEO]

Brendan Bordelon

Kansas Republican lawmaker Tim Huelskamp took MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow to task during a post-State of the Union interview on Benghazi secrecy, noting that if Maddow “would stop being a cheerleader and be a journalist, you’d recognize we’re not getting those answers.”

Huelskamp spoke with Maddow about an hour after President Barack Obama wrapped up his State of the Union address Tuesday night, with the MSNBC reporter taking the congressman to task for anti-Obama tweets she deemed offensive and inaccurate.

She zeroed in on one tweet, suggesting that President Obama was deliberately ignoring the ongoing Benghazi controversy, asking the lawmaker if he voted to cut State Department security at any point.

“Don’t forget, the fact of the matter is Hillary Clinton did not request security enhancements,” Huelskamp responded. “And we do believe that this administration let our troops down and let this diplomat down.

“We need more answers there,” he continued. “We need answers about a lot of things. This administration promised to be the most transparent in history, Rachel. And I think if you would stop being a cheerleader and be a journalist, you’d recognize we’re not getting those answers.”

Maddow, always eager to pounce on the slightest hint of Republican sexism, imaginary or not, was furious:

MADDOW: Did you just call me a cheerleader?

HUELSKAMP: Uh, I dunno. Maybe you have that history. I’m saying look at the facts –

MADDOW: No, wait, wait, wait. No, hold on, hold on, hold on. Did you –

HUELSKAMP: I’m saying–

MADDOW: Hold on!

HUELSKAMP: – you’re a cheerleader for the administration –

MADDOW: Ok, so I’m a cheerleader?

HUELSKAMP: – you’re not being a journalist when you’re not willing to look at the facts! If it was Bush you would be jumping and screaming –

MADDOW: You’re amazing.

HUELSKAMP: – but because it’s Hillary Clinton, you don’t want the answers, Rachel. Face the facts! We don’t know the answers there.

The two then got into a contentious debate over whether Obama’s promise to take executive action without Congress — along with unilateral changes already made to Obamacare — constitute “lawlessness,” with Maddow suggesting Huelskamp’s comment come from another universe.

“It’s the universe of reality, Rachel,” he retorted. “The universe of outside this Beltway. The president’s speech fell flat in the real world.”

VIDEO

[h/t RCP]


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1 posted on 01/29/2014 5:31:30 PM PST by smoothsailing
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MADDOW: Did you just call me a cheerleader?

HUELSKAMP: Uh, I dunno. I think I said “Carpet eater”.


2 posted on 01/29/2014 5:34:51 PM PST by Fido969 (What's sad is most)
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To: smoothsailing

3 posted on 01/29/2014 5:35:22 PM PST by Diogenesis
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To: smoothsailing

What makes him think she/he/it is capable of being a journalist?


4 posted on 01/29/2014 5:35:57 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Fido969

LOL


5 posted on 01/29/2014 5:35:57 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: smoothsailing

I’ll be keeping an eye on this thread.


6 posted on 01/29/2014 5:37:39 PM PST by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: smoothsailing

If the cheerleaders in my school were that ugly and dykey I would have dropped out.


7 posted on 01/29/2014 5:37:45 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: smoothsailing

the speech did far FAR worse then fall flat.

It begs description.

it was another obama got caught with his hand in the cookie jar pretense.

That anyone other than a George Soros.on one hand..or a Harvee Hoodrat on the other could still support this fantasy ridden jackass is utterly surreal!

all bogus bland sizzle...no steak


8 posted on 01/29/2014 5:38:04 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." -- Qur'an 47:4)
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To: smoothsailing
Rachel Madcow a journalist?

ROTFLMAO! Now that's funny.

9 posted on 01/29/2014 5:39:06 PM PST by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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To: smoothsailing

Never heard of this guy but like his attitude here.
Tired of GOPers who like to “play nice” all the time with the MSM.


10 posted on 01/29/2014 5:39:42 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: smoothsailing

Hahah!!!

Aww!! Poor widdle Rachel got her panties in a knot because a mean old Republican called her what she is.

When she said “Wait, did you just call me a cheerleader” he should have replied...

“Aww... you’re angry. How cute is that?!?”


11 posted on 01/29/2014 5:40:24 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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12 posted on 01/29/2014 5:41:18 PM PST by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: smoothsailing

Little by little the people in congress with courage are starting to emerge. It’s slow and there aren’t enough of them yet, but they will hopefully give courage to others.


13 posted on 01/29/2014 5:41:49 PM PST by Baynative (Got bulbs? Check my profile page.)
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To: NFHale

“Aww!! Poor widdle Rachel got her panties in a knot”

I think Madcow is more of a boxer kind of guy.


14 posted on 01/29/2014 5:44:42 PM PST by Batman11 (Obama is not American.. he has no clue what it is to be American.)
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To: NFHale
"Aww... you’re angry. How cute is that?!?”

LOL! That would have been a hoot!

All in all though, I'll give him a good solid A+. I wish more Republicans would take it directly to these leftist news hacks the way he did.

15 posted on 01/29/2014 5:45:05 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Good for Huelskamp. We need more people willing to push back on these dishonest mediots.


16 posted on 01/29/2014 5:54:29 PM PST by clintonh8r (Don't twerk me, Bro!)
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To: pgyanke; Diogenesis; The Looking Spoon

17 posted on 01/29/2014 5:55:11 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Ugliest cheerleader ever!


18 posted on 01/29/2014 5:59:17 PM PST by bray (http://www.braylog.com/id47.html)
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To: Batman11; smoothsailing

If it were me, I’d have said this her:

“If you and the rest of your cheerleading gaggle would remove your Liplock from his Love Pork Chop and maybe actually report some of the crap he’s pulled, then the rest of the country would have some respect for you...”


19 posted on 01/29/2014 6:01:42 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: smoothsailing

e U.S. Representative for Kansas's 1st congressional district since 2011

On February 16, 2012, during a contentious three-hour House Budget Committee hearing with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Huelskamp warned of the looming threat of an economic crisis similar to the one then taking place in Europe. Representative Huelskamp accused Geithner and the entire Obama administration of failing to correct the U.S.'s debt crisis, which he believed would lead the country down the same path. Secretary Geithner replied that Huelskamp had an “adolescent perspective on how to think about economic policy.”

20 posted on 01/29/2014 6:02:09 PM PST by kcvl
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