Posted on 10/24/2022 5:00:37 AM PDT by MtnClimber
A Wall Street Journal editor exposes his Trump-hating demons for all to see.
If Paul A. Gigot, editor of the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal, had written his October 22 editorial, "No Sympathy for Steve Bannon" for a course in Trump-loathing, his editorial would have gotten an A+. If, however, he submitted the editorial to a course in Congressional Procedure, he would have gotten an F. Let me explain.
The Journal's October 22 editorial agreed that Mr. Bannon should go to jail for flouting the "lawful subpoena" issued to him by the House Select Committee on Jan. 6. Where the editorial strayed from accuracy was in those two words: "lawful subpoena."
The Jan. 6 committee was established pursuant to the terms of H. Res 503, which called for a committee consisting of eight Democrats and five Republicans, called for a ranking (minority) member, and did not provide for a vice chair. Matters such as subpoenas were to be the result of consultations between the chairman and ranking member.
The committee's five Republicans were to be named by House speaker Nancy Pelosi in consultation with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy. Mr. McCarthy named Reps. Jim Jordan and Jim Banks as his first selections. The speaker rejected Jordan and Banks, not because they had the same first name, but because they are not Trump-haters. With the Pelosi veto, Mr. McCarthy saw no point in putting forth other Republicans, and the speaker constructed a committee made up of seven Democrat Trump-haters and two Republican Trump-haters. In a course on Trump-loathing, the speaker's unilateral action would meet with fervent approval. In a course in Congressional Procedure, the speaker's action would be seen as antithetical to the organizing resolution.
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If this holds then a Republican House should be able to subpoena Biden’s handlers.
I had been a WSJ subscriber for 30 years. During Trump’s term, I finally had enough. I told them I was a firm believer in the First Amendment, and I understood that they could write whatever they desired.
But I didn’t have to pay them to do it.
Callilg Mr. Holder.
Calling Ms. Lerner...
The ONE THING Trump did for us to beat ALL OTHER things he did was bring ALL of these fake conservative cockroaches into the light for us ALL to see!! I too was a loyal WSJ reader, WND is another of my sources to have fallen from grace!!
When Paul Gigot (the ‘conservative’ on PBS) took over the editorial page after Robert Bartley died, it became all amnesty all the time.
He’s a liberal Republican.
I’m still a subscriber.
Their editorial board has gotten tiresome.
The paper itself is one of the last remaining outposts of journalism in the US.
“lawful subpoena” From an illegal committee....... Really?
If we had an honest court system in this country, they would have held that the committee was not lawfully constituted as per the terms of the congressional resolution and as such, any subpoenas it might issue were null and void.
EXACTLY!
He also happens to be a self loathing Jew. The type that hate Israel and wish to see its demise. Very typical of nearly ALL left wing American Jews. He identifies as conservative. Conservative my ass. /spit
Gigot never saw a US job he didn’t want to offshore for a buck.
The WSJ is the NYT for Establishment Repubs like Romney.
WSJ is a no Trumper rag. The WSJ made no effort to vet Trump’s election challenges, but it went through thousands of financials of cabinet officials to discover insider trading. It’s not complicated.
When did that happen? The only part of the WSJ that was ever Conservative was the editorial page, which started supporting Open Borders for job seekers in the 1980s.
As far as the WSJ news division, neo-Marxist John Harwood was their Washington D.C. chief political correspondent and political editor for more than 15 years in the 1990s and 2000s!
The only problem with the ‘rule of man’ approach, is the delusional fools don’t grasp that without a ‘rule of law’ applicable to all equally, they are fair game, too.
If the House Speaker is McCarthy - it's hard to say what he'll do.
Will there be enough MAGA reps in the House and Senate to replace McCarthy and McConnell?
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