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BumRushDaShow

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8. Remember that Garcia only recently became the Democrats' House Oversight Ranking Member

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #6)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 09:52 AM

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after what was a contentious battle for the position last year.

A year ago after the 2024 election, Gerry Connolly won the position against younger challenger AOC. However Connolly fell ill and passed away, was briefly replaced by Stephen Lynch, and was finally replaced by García.

It was literally a generational change from Boomers to the younger end of GenX in an attempt to get someone younger and more fiery into that Oversight position, and García has been stepping up to the challenge to be seen and heard.

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Blanche, other Trump officials could face subpoenas on 'day one' of Democrat majority, Garcia says [View all] BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP

Todd Blanche would be richly deserving of multiple subpoenas FakeNoose Tuesday #1

November hasn't happened yet. mwmisses4289 Tuesday #2

right there with you Javaman Tuesday #3

Yes. And they should not be making this a news Scrivener7 Tuesday #4

I think it's mainly for red meat purposes thrown to our base BumRushDaShow Tuesday #5

There is a mountain of red meat out there that can be thrown to our base without using Scrivener7 Tuesday #6

Remember that Garcia only recently became the Democrats' House Oversight Ranking Member BumRushDaShow Tuesday #8

As usual with your posts, that's very informative. Scrivener7 Tuesday #10

Yeah we often devolve into this unfortunately BumRushDaShow Tuesday #12

Do you? That seems rather knee-jerk. I don't. Scrivener7 Tuesday #13

I spend time going through over 3 dozen news sites to try to find stories about Democrats "doing something" BumRushDaShow Tuesday #14

And that is much appreciated. I hope you didn't take my comment personally? Scrivener7 Tuesday #15

Months ago, many GOPers were already whining about upcoming "investigations" if they lose the House BumRushDaShow Tuesday #17

I'm kind of lost with all the twists this conversation is taking. Yes, I think we have Scrivener7 Tuesday #18

They better. But we need an independent tribunal to handle this level of treason travelingthrulife Tuesday #7

The dumb magats will do their best to protect the criminals they put in office mdbl Tuesday #9

So, more subpoenas to ignore. DiverDave Tuesday #11

Headline should probably be "...Democratic...", not "...Democrat..." JustABozoOnThisBus Tuesday #16

Maybe, but, according who is ruling the Dems. republianmushroom Tuesday #19