California Congressman-elect Darrell Issa provides insight into Rep. Eric Swalwell facing backlash over allegedly having ties with a Chinese spy.
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Talk about what goes on
inside there, but it only raised
more questions.
The one thing that was
fundamentally answered he should
not be on Intel.
I just think there are
definitely two hundred other Democrats
that I know could fill that
place.
Strong words from House
Minority leader, Kevin Mccarthy,
are a finally receiving a
briefing on Congressman Eric
swalwells ties on a chinese
spy.
He had J Jed former congressman
Darrell Issa witnessed his rise
to the ranks to join the Intel
committee.
Congressman Elect Issa joins us
now
Congressman elect thanks for
being here.
We have been following this
story closely.
It get more fascinating by the
day.
What do you make of Kevin
Mccarthys comments?
Strong words?
He should not be on Intel.
Well, I think people have to
understand the select committee
on intelligence which I served
on. It is a committee where
either the ranking member,
Mr Mccarthy or the speaker,
depending upon your party,
chooses who sits on that
committee
and only a handful of
Republicans. Only a handful of
Democrats sit on this committee
to hear the most sensitive
information,
so its not a committee, you must
serve on
as a matter of fact its, not
even a committee that counts
against your. You know if you
will your normal committees,
so it is a privilege and a
service on behalf of all the
members of Congress to sit on
the committee so with Eric
compromised right now in the
confidence of his own people, to
say the least, plus, of course,
members of Congress. On the
republican side, there is no
logical reason that Nancy Pelosi
shouldnt pull him and replace
him with somebody. By the way,
there is always a long list of
people who want to get on the
committee waiting for an
opportunity to serve
PETE Congressman. Why would she
choose him in the first place? Is
it common that a second term
congressman that, with no
experience with intelligence or
law enforcement with be chosen?
Is he a nonpartisan?
Does it raise eyebrows from the
beginning
it has from president
beginning
he is from a neighboring area
from an Oakland area.
I think it had more to too with
his little to her
and his proximity to her
district,
but you know, regardless of you
who he got on
and the fact that he really
wasnt qualified- and I will
season accept that nobody is
qualified at that level,
practically, except maybe MIKE
Pompeo when he came out as a
former CIA person.
But the fact is theres no
logical reason to have him
continue serving in a
compromised role
by the way the normal tradition
is eight years and you are off.
He has really served his full
term at this point, too,
will Congressman elect. We have
done this story several times on
Fox AMP friends.
We have talked about the Exodus
California
States, like Texas.
I believe the numbers are now in
the hundreds of thousands of
people who have chosen to leave
the stayed state of California.
The political winds in
California always seem to favor
Democrats
and Gavin. Newsom has benefited.
Is there any building momentum
to change? Those winds to recall
Gavin Newsom, amidst whats, going
on in California,
theres huge building
momentum,
and you saw it with both in and
out of state support. For the
recall,
I think the important thing is
that somebody has to have a
wake up, call for the governor
or were going to go exactly
down the road I saw in two thousand and three
where Gray Davis, didnt
understand and the people
demanded a change and they got
a pretty radical change with
Arnold Schwarz and for a time we
had the lights came back on
power started working
the economy started working.
I think, if he doesnt take this
very very seriously, a recall
is inevitable.
Jedediah Joe Biden on another
topic has nominated his Interior
Secretary Debbie Hole Hollins.
She would have to exit the house
and chip into that Democrat
majority.
Your thoughts on that
its always dangerous to take
members of the house, because
Specialspecial elections is go e,
opposite the way they did a few
months ago.
We certainly have seen that in
the past and the Trump
administration
in this climate, it is very
possible that any swing seat,
even not so swing seat in a
Biden presidency, would end up in
republican hands,
but even if they didnt for
the period of time that there is
a vacancy three or four months,
it really does change the arab
ratio to be more favorable to
republicans demanding a seat at
the table and some fairness in
house operations.
Pete congressman elect its
very early there and we are.
Transcript generated on 2020-12-19.