Conservatives flexed their muscle in the House by electing a young Trump-supporting congressman from rural Missouri, Jason Smith, as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee. Smith was a late entry in that race and yet overcame the less conservative, older Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) on the second ballot. Meanwhile, the new Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the two-time winner of the NCAA Division I wrestling championship when he was in college. He also won his state wrestling championship all four years in high school, and at one point defeated a future Olympic gold medalist.
As Chairman, Jordan should perform the equivalent of the “Fireman’s Carry” takedown, a wrestling move that uses an opponent’s aggression against him. He can issue subpoenas against the unhinged investigators who interfere with Trump’s ongoing reelection campaign to return to the White House, with a penalty of contempt for liberals who refuse to comply.
Presidential elections need to be protected by Congress against political hacks who disguise themselves as prosecutors. Our Republic and its democratic processes should not be thwarted by low-level county prosecutors or unaccountable Deep State operatives who seek to change the course of American history by making unprecedented allegations of non-existent crimes.
I have long held that the closest position we have to a dictatorship in America is the Speaker of the House. For four years, Nancy Pelosi wielded the speaker’s gavel as a bludgeoning weapon against the Republican Party. Now that Kevin McCarthy occupies that chair, it is his job to ensure that those in House leadership position understand their part in exposing the abuses of the radical left. No spending bill should be passed that allows funding for Planned Parenthood. No investigation into Vice President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents should go soft.
The American people need to understand that Speaker McCarthy and the House Republicans have exactly zero reasons to shrug their shoulders and claim an inability to take action. The American people gave them a mandate to take action when they elected a Republican majority to the House. Nothing less than a broad fulfillment of that mandate should be tolerated.
This post originally appeared at https://www.phyllisschlafly.com/constitution/congress/republican-house-mandate-for-change/
Phyllis Schlafly