In a recent development, Representative Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has drawn attention to what she describes as a "hypocritical" stance taken by Democrats in their defense of President Joe Biden.
The Democrats have been arguing that the impeachment inquiry against President Biden is politically motivated, citing a lack of evidence to substantiate allegations of corruption within the Biden family.
During the inaugural House Oversight Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry, Democrats highlighted Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) previous attempt to impeach Biden two years ago as proof of the Republicans' unjust targeting of the President. However, Mace swiftly countered this argument.
Mace, a Republican from South Carolina, introduced into the congressional record a statement made by Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib in January 2019. Tlaib had demanded the impeachment of then-President Donald Trump, whom she referred to using an expletive.
"Mr. Chairman, I request unanimous consent to enter an article into the record dated Jan. 6, 2019," Mace said. "A member of this own committee, the day after she was sworn in, came into Congress and this article says 'Dem split response to her words "impeach the mother f-er"' the day after she was sworn in.
"Some might even say these kinds of comments, not only are they hypocritical by the left and their arguments today, but that this is an embarrassment to the time and people of this country," Mace added.
Representative Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the leading Democrat on the Oversight Committee, immediately objected to Mace's statement, accusing her of personally attacking Tlaib.
"Mr. Chairman, I'm afraid my friend, the gentle lady from South Carolina, just engaged in personalities against a fellow member of the committee," Raskin said.
However, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R) defended Mace, stating that she was merely introducing Tlaib's own words into the congressional record.
"She said it. She actually said it," Comer told Raskin, who continued to object.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) then intervened, suggesting that Mace's "commentary" was problematic, even as Mace continued to defend herself.
Eventually, Raskin and Ocasio-Cortez withdrew their objections, the comments were entered into the congressional record, and the hearing proceeded.
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