Kevin McCarthy was not my choice for Speaker of the House. I feared he would not be aggressive enough with oversight. I was afraid he would do what so many Republicans have done before. I was concerned he would dance with the Democrats and let bygones be bygones. I’m pleased to be cautiously optimistic today. I believe the fight he had to fight to gain enough votes from his own party to become Speaker of the House might have awakened a deeper commitment to the pursuit of justice. Up to January 31, 2023, it seemed like most conservative thinkers shared in my pleasant surprise in McCarthy’s words and deeds since becoming Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The set-up began during a meeting of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Tuesday, January 31, 2023. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., referring to the shooting death of Air Force veteran, Ashli Babbitt during the January 6th riot, suggested Babbitt was murdered by Capitol police officer, Lieutenant Michael Byrd. Greene said, “no one in this Congress has really addressed that issue.”
Soon thereafter Kevin McCarthy was asked by the drive-by media (I miss Rush) if he thought “Babbitt was murdered or was the officer just doing his job?” McCarthy answered, “I think the police officer did his job.”
Lieutenant Byrd was out of sight for months after the shooting. He maintained radio silence as directed. Our transparent government concealed his identity from the American people for as long as it could. It took the work of independent bloggers and muckrakers to ID Byrd as the triggerman.
In August 2021, during an interview with NBC Nightly News, Byrd explained his justification for shooting, and killing Ashli Babbitt. “I hoped and prayed no one tried to enter through those doors. But their failure to comply required me to take the appropriate action to save the lives of members of Congress and myself and my fellow officers,” Byrd said.
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McCarthy might actually believe Byrd did his job. Byrd was doing his job for sure. He was charged with protecting that particular corridor. But did he do his job well? No impartial jury anywhere in the United States would ever convict Byrd of murder. Manslaughter perhaps. But not murder. Hindsight and video footage provide many important mitigating factors. Byrd was armed. The mob of protesters on the other side of the double doors had not brandished any firearms. The glass of the door was broken. Why didn’t Byrd square up, make himself visible to Babbitt, and command she not pass through the broken window or he would shoot to kill?
If you believe Byrd didn’t murder Babbitt, that the shooting was justified under the circumstances, you will face scorn and distain from millions of MAGA Trump supporters. For saying he thought Lt. Byrd was “just doing his job”, McCarthy has been discarded, again, as just another RINO swamp creature that cannot be trusted. But what if McCarthy had answered the reporter’s question like this? “Yes. I agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene. Lt. Byrd murdered Ashli Babbitt in cold blood, and we’re going to hold him accountable!”
All hell would have broken loose! That’s what would have happened. Liberals would have ripped their clothing off while screaming “Insurrectionist! Insurrectionist! Insurrectionist!” The ladies of The View would have set their studio on fire while shaving their heads to go all G.I. Jane on the Capitol. Liberal propagandists would be calling for McCarthy’s resignation. Joe Biden would be yelling, “Let me say that again. Let me say that again. Let me say that again. Come on man! He’s a bad dude, man. Extraterrestrial threat to our de-mockery. Where’s Jane? She knows what I’m saying is true. She was there. You remember.”
McCarthy would be wise to study the chapter in the Democrat playbook – Duck and Deflect. Rumor has it, Nancy Pelosi wrote that chapter with Baghdad Bob. Here are some examples of better ways for McCarthy to answer the news media when they’re circling for the kill.
- I’m not going to comment on an ongoing investigation. (No investigation is required for this to work.)
- I’m not going to engage in hypotheticals. (It doesn’t make sense, but that’s the point. Keep them guessing.)
- I’m not here to comment on what somebody else said. (Not sure how, but this works for the democrats, so it’s worth a shot.)
- I’ve already spoke to one of your colleagues about this, and have nothing further to add. (Brilliant, especially if you wink in the direction of the reporters.)
- I just learned I tested positive, so I need to self-quarantine. (Tested positive for being a genius, that’s what I tested positive for suckers!)
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