"Fear of public ineptness is a good reason for the GOP to oppose Hunter Biden's request for his testimony to be televised."
And this gets us back to the original premise of this thread and what a lying idiot Comer is...
There are two seperate taped appearances of Comer on various right wing shows being interviewed and promoting the possibility of subpoenaing witnesses, ie Jim and Hunter Biden. Speaking offhandedly Comer clearly says something to the effect that "they need to come in and clear this up.
They can either come in for a deposition OR appear before our Committee, THEIR CHOICE.
The video below contains both those instances as well as discussing what Hunter's lawyer (Abbe Lowell) said in his original reply to the subpoena. He directly refernced both Comer appearances and stated that in accordance with Comer's previous offer Hunter was notifying them of his intent to take them up on the offer and appear publicly before the Committee. Lowell further embarrassed Comer by spelling out the reason they declined the offer to come in for a deposition, the Committe's track record of lying...
Now Comer evidently forgot about these previous offers, because he is trying to now change his tune and demand a deposition.That makes him look like enough of a fool to begin with. But then he compounds his idiocy by trying to claim that the idea of a public hearing is simply something the HB team made up out of thin air, when as the tapes show HE (Comer) was the one who made the offer, and now is desperately trying to backtrack...
The letter threatening a contempt of Congress charge vs Hunter is equally farcical. It's signed by not only Comer but by Jim Jordan as well. Our Maga friends are likely unaware that Jordan established the precedent for ignoring Congressional subpoenas and threats to be held in contempt of Congress when he refused to testify before the Jan 6 Committee.
The reason people like Comer keep making fools of themselves is because they've been backed into a corner.It's largely their own faultbecause they've allowed the MTGs and Goetzs to set the agenda. Both are in deep red districts full of true believers, so they aren't in danger of losing their seats.
At this point depending on whether or not they hold the vote on a formal inquiry prior to Xmas break, the GOP has at most a 2 seat majority of people who might possibly vote yes on a formal inquiry. That number shrinks to a single person if they can't hold the vote prior to McCarthy's resignation.
And all of that presupposes that every single one of the 18 or so moderate Pubs who represent districts Biden won decide they are more swayed by the threat of a far right primary challenger than the problems they will encounter from Biden voters in their district in the general election.
So why is Comer putting his own GOP members (and moderates who basically gave them their majority) in such a dire situation? Having to publicly vote is basically a death threat for most of those Reps. Vote No and they lose to a far right challenger that will likely cost the Pubs the seat. Vote yes and they are the candidate who has to face a district full of angry Biden voters which again likely costs the Pubs the seat...
It's a kamikaze choice for Comer, forcing a vote which will likely doom the GOP's majority. But because of Fox News, Newsmax etc as well as crazy base voters similar to dbm,DANC,ftw etc... who are desperate for an impeachment which they believe will help Trump, he has no way to avoid holding the vote. And if one of those moderate Pubs joins Buck in voting no, then Comer faces the total embarrassment of losing outright.
Charlie Sykes, who is a conservative and former Pub provides an excellent analysis of this in this conversation with WAPO reporter Philip Bump...