'Always Thought This Couldn't Happen Here, But It Has': McClintock Compares US To Banana Republics

At a House Judiciary Committee hearing held last week, Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) spoke about New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
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  • @johnh6515
    @johnh65156 күн бұрын

    Only thing for sure in politics, we the people are not being represented !

  • @jody6851

    @jody6851

    6 күн бұрын

    No exploitation without representation!

  • @rickmeyer926
    @rickmeyer9266 күн бұрын

    When I was young and stupid, I was a democrat (I thought). Then I discovered what the base of the democratic party stood for. The Democratic Party defended slavery, started the Civil War, opposed Reconstruction, founded the Ku Klux Klan, imposed segregation, perpetrated lynchings, and fought against the civil rights acts of the 1950s and 1960s. Shortly after the civil rights acts of the 60's Biden became a senator. His mentor was Robert Byrd former leader of the KKK. So when Biden says that white supremacy is the biggest threat to America. What he's saying to your face is that he himself is the biggest threat to America!

  • @rickmeyer926

    @rickmeyer926

    6 күн бұрын

    Truth

  • @screegeg

    @screegeg

    6 күн бұрын

    twisted history starting with the tale about the KKK which included some Republicans and was founded by former Confederate Army officers

  • @gothivore277

    @gothivore277

    6 күн бұрын

    Yes this is true but it’s even MORE simple than that. I remember specifically hearing Joe Biden during a state of the union speech specifically station “The Days Of America First Are Over!” What kind of psychotic president openly admits that he’s NOT going to put the country that he’s in charge of First?!?!?

  • @brandi7580

    @brandi7580

    6 күн бұрын

    I'm surprised your comment passed the KZread censorship. They don't like facts, especially against the D party. Most people are ignorant when it comes to this... ♥️🙏🇺🇸

  • @VALERIENEWCOMBE-rh7se

    @VALERIENEWCOMBE-rh7se

    5 күн бұрын

    IT'S BEYOND BELIEF THAT PEOPLE ARE CONTEMPLATING VOTING FOR SUCH EVIL DOERS STILL.🤔

  • @davew7250
    @davew72506 күн бұрын

    Enough of this BS talking. You have the power to put people in jail for their actions. Now grow a set of balls along with a new backbone and DO IT!!!

  • @Bigfoothawk

    @Bigfoothawk

    6 күн бұрын

    Congress does not have charge authority, only recommendations to the doj. Ask the doj why they won't prosecute their allies. Is it surprising?

  • @andrewczski1969

    @andrewczski1969

    6 күн бұрын

    I'd like to see you reply to charlesrocks. I think he's right.

  • @michaellong9214

    @michaellong9214

    6 күн бұрын

    Ever heard of Epstein. No one is going to do this. FBI/CIA are too powerful.

  • @lisavanoni6552

    @lisavanoni6552

    6 күн бұрын

    Yes jail

  • @tomc642

    @tomc642

    6 күн бұрын

    Sorry to say, Congress does not have the power. The most they can do is withhold funding to government departments. Besides, they need majority control of both Houses.

  • @wayneclark6624
    @wayneclark66246 күн бұрын

    Well Mr McClintock with that being said YOU GOT MY VOTE from commifornia

  • @brewster46
    @brewster466 күн бұрын

    McClintock is a clear thinker. We need about 100 more of him in Congress

  • @PamKurtz-wv5jo

    @PamKurtz-wv5jo

    6 күн бұрын

    Straight shooter! McClintock is one of the absolute finest (Few) California has

  • @dennisingalls7776
    @dennisingalls77765 күн бұрын

    I still don’t understand how a local or state level prosecutor can bring federal charges ,UPGRADED from a misdemeanor PAST the statute of limitations, and get a conviction on a CRIME that was not specified. Smells to high heaven to me.

  • @user-vt6ci8kp2d
    @user-vt6ci8kp2d6 күн бұрын

    We are no longer fighting with decent and common sense people but with evil who don’t recognize good and truth. We hope to resolve this as quickly as possible.

  • @coryjacobs7855
    @coryjacobs78556 күн бұрын

    It is no longer the Swamp. It's a toilet bowl...

  • @user-zc2xn9eh6b
    @user-zc2xn9eh6b6 күн бұрын

    And they are doing it to RFK JR

  • @etm567

    @etm567

    6 күн бұрын

    I'm voting for RFK. And I pat myself on the back for helping to convince him to run when I copied pages of positive comments about him to Twitter.

  • @ruthnovena40
    @ruthnovena406 күн бұрын

    HE released all of the people that stormed the building during That college protest

  • @SkipMichael
    @SkipMichael6 күн бұрын

    Talk, talk, talk... time for action.

  • @Mid.night1000rr
    @Mid.night1000rr6 күн бұрын

    They used American Tax dollars to rig the election last year and this year 😂😂

  • @dennisoverholts8396
    @dennisoverholts83966 күн бұрын

    Thank you for stating all this out in a clear concise and truthful manner.

  • @chriskelly1890

    @chriskelly1890

    6 күн бұрын

    Except that virtually none of this nonsense is true.

  • @happyappy19931

    @happyappy19931

    6 күн бұрын

    @@chriskelly1890 based on what?

  • @Oldharleyguy
    @Oldharleyguy6 күн бұрын

    Just a bunch of talk. No action. What good are you ?

  • @MyMyself-yr5ks
    @MyMyself-yr5ks6 күн бұрын

    This isn't new understandings. We have been living in a Banana Republic for a long time now. Our leadership argue over old knowledge with little or no formal understanding of how to address the issues in front of them relative to the time they have spent in theater as legislators. This is what gross incompetence looks like at a whole branch level. We should all be concerned for our future.

  • @elisabethBaker-wo6vu

    @elisabethBaker-wo6vu

    5 күн бұрын

    It's a little too late. In 1980 when my son, john levitan was born, in Covina, California, I was pregnant & lost my full time job.

  • @elisabethBaker-wo6vu

    @elisabethBaker-wo6vu

    5 күн бұрын

    I needed emergency medical aid but when I applied I noticed the only ones getting emergency medical aid were the illegals.

  • @elisabethBaker-wo6vu

    @elisabethBaker-wo6vu

    5 күн бұрын

    Since this was all documented by an international lawyer by the name of Melvin belli, this is not just a theory.

  • @johnnym8717
    @johnnym87176 күн бұрын

    Reeks of desperation.

  • @KJF350
    @KJF3506 күн бұрын

    Trump 2024 it's time to take our country back

  • @laymansview5246

    @laymansview5246

    5 күн бұрын

    If it's time to take the country back, why do you want to give it to a narcissistic egomaniac?

  • @denisebrown2392

    @denisebrown2392

    5 күн бұрын

    BACK FROM A FELON? HE LOST WITH 74 MILLIONS VOTES BEFORE HE WAS A FELON WITH 34 FELONIES AND INDICTED WITH 94 COUNTS! HE DAMN SURE CAN'T WIN NOW AND I CAN PROMISE U THAT! U SOUND JUST AS SLOW AND DELAYED AS HE IS! MORE METH???

  • @Jowesmith
    @Jowesmith6 күн бұрын

    The voters need to vote out all incumbents at election time. We can't give these do nothing deadbeats more than 1 term.

  • @user-bg7km4ij7f

    @user-bg7km4ij7f

    6 күн бұрын

    It seems a bit disconcerting think voting harder will fix this.

  • @charlesrocks

    @charlesrocks

    6 күн бұрын

    Voting won’t fix this.

  • @MrGrimco

    @MrGrimco

    5 күн бұрын

    well we voted out one incumbent in particular in 2020 it's worked out pretty good so far 😉

  • @Jowesmith

    @Jowesmith

    4 күн бұрын

    @@MrGrimco stop drinking

  • @user-kj1gt5xh6s
    @user-kj1gt5xh6s6 күн бұрын

    This puts together everything

  • @bendelliskave5132
    @bendelliskave51325 күн бұрын

    I love the truth, it always finds a way to say.....HELLO

  • @etm567
    @etm5676 күн бұрын

    I consider myself a leftie, but I left the un-Democratic Party over two years ago, as to me that party has abandoned its leftist principles entirely and gone completely banana republic. And voices like mine were censored during the pandemic, because I disagreed with vaccine mandates and such. So it wasn't just voices on the right that were getting censored.

  • @martinhughes2637

    @martinhughes2637

    6 күн бұрын

    @etm567, I think there is a stark distinction between classical liberalism and what we see today on the Left. “Leftists” are the polar opposite of liberals. A “liberal” - a classic liberal - believes in liberty, in intellectual honesty, in freedom of thought and expression. “Leftism”, on the other hand, is a new religion, rather than a political philosophy. Its tenants do not allow for personal liberty or freedom of thought or expression. Anyone deviating from Leftist dogma is excommunicated and persecuted. And Leftists have taken over the Democrat party.

  • @user-nq2fk7di9f

    @user-nq2fk7di9f

    6 күн бұрын

    Who knew ??? That TRUTH ? Is ? Ambidextrous

  • @roxannejenks7370
    @roxannejenks73703 күн бұрын

    Hooray! Speaking the truth!

  • @sheilamorin8868
    @sheilamorin88684 күн бұрын

    Good lawfare is .....when you hold those people accountable that have abused the legal system

  • @lindsaywilmoth3747
    @lindsaywilmoth37473 күн бұрын

    Bravo.

  • @gmarc1955
    @gmarc19556 күн бұрын

    When is someone gonna have the nuts and lock up all this crap.

  • @toddj9548
    @toddj95484 күн бұрын

    Right......nothing will happen, nobody will be held accountable.

  • @omercaldwell5204
    @omercaldwell52046 күн бұрын

    Just more sound bites, they don't intend to change anything

  • @user-yj6lf9bq8p
    @user-yj6lf9bq8p5 күн бұрын

    Yeah the supreme Court told him that he could not resolve school debt yet. He turned around and told them he was going to do it anyway. That's against the law. Our law stealing our money.

  • @paginasclaves
    @paginasclaves5 күн бұрын

    The love in these comments is truly inspiring. Keep it up, everyone!

  • @vtxdaryl
    @vtxdaryl6 күн бұрын

    We already are a Banana Republic.

  • @andrewczski1969
    @andrewczski19696 күн бұрын

    Forbes is really "on their game", 10 days later!

  • @JuanMoreno-wo5yb
    @JuanMoreno-wo5yb5 күн бұрын

    Law fair is NOT FAIR. ❤

  • @marlenemyers5065
    @marlenemyers50655 күн бұрын

    Yet, bring the charges and indictments. If there is all this proof, why can’t you do anything?

  • @davidwomack5982
    @davidwomack59825 күн бұрын

    Finally, McCintock is getting somewhat serious. He has been MIA for a long while working too close with enemy.

  • @nicholaskasper6468
    @nicholaskasper64683 күн бұрын

    The House has the power of the purse and they are afraid to use it!!!

  • @SubjectUSAY
    @SubjectUSAY5 күн бұрын

    Lol box is open and always will be .. For the People we the people.

  • @derekgold662
    @derekgold6626 күн бұрын

    The cliff notes for the MO of government lawfare built into the USA in 2000s-current.

  • @davidmichaels4285
    @davidmichaels42852 күн бұрын

    Wow... Good God we do live in a banana Republic now FJB

  • @JonathanHernandez-jr4uz
    @JonathanHernandez-jr4uz6 күн бұрын

    Wow, so many bananas

  • @Stack4Life-yq9hw
    @Stack4Life-yq9hw5 күн бұрын

    And yet congress keeps giving them more and more power,

  • @pattiannepascual
    @pattiannepascual6 күн бұрын

    can barely hear on phone. PLEASE fix your output volume

  • @davidunderdown8100
    @davidunderdown81005 күн бұрын

    Wow

  • @chuckwolfboyer7830
    @chuckwolfboyer78304 күн бұрын

    THIS IS ON JOE BIDEN

  • @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp
    @BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp6 күн бұрын

    If you are serious - take the money off the table All these committee meetings, in which they decide that more committees and special committees are needed to discuss whether we actually do have problems have become nothing more than a source of additional income for these talkers. It is not enough what we pay them for doing nothing in our interest, we pay them on top of that for sitting on their "assets" in such meetings,

  • @TheSeahawk206
    @TheSeahawk2065 күн бұрын

    Hey, let’s have hearing after hearing after hearing then do absolutely nothing about it in the end!!!!! What do you say guys?!?!?

  • @user-yj6lf9bq8p
    @user-yj6lf9bq8p5 күн бұрын

    Dear Lord Jesus of Nazareth, thank you for people that tell the truth. Amen 🙏🙏🙏

  • @tony5826
    @tony58266 күн бұрын

    And after all that what you gonna do about it but talk

  • @njg26.gustav12
    @njg26.gustav126 күн бұрын

    It's the same ones from way back. They just spread out throughout now.

  • @WorldGoneKrazy
    @WorldGoneKrazy6 күн бұрын

    Watergate...

  • @Freedom64ad
    @Freedom64ad3 күн бұрын

    Now force the mainstream media to tell the whole truth to the American people. Hold them accountable for being complicit in conspiring against the American people and our country

  • @mikelyon5595
    @mikelyon55955 күн бұрын

    8 years too late!

  • @MichaelBryan-ii3qq
    @MichaelBryan-ii3qq5 күн бұрын

    I say before our God gets to take away your job,s and do what you need to do now before it's too late.

  • @user-cz5uw3fb6f
    @user-cz5uw3fb6f4 күн бұрын

    He's right. Trump and Garvey 2024 ❤.

  • @user-bx8nn5rl5w
    @user-bx8nn5rl5w6 күн бұрын

    30 years ago I was educated to the fact that they were doing the same thing Hitler did. It works.

  • @jerryross7135
    @jerryross71355 күн бұрын

    Donald J. Trump is our "only" hope............he's our George Washington !

  • @gervaisduval1730
    @gervaisduval17305 күн бұрын

    That whole story sounds more like the Republican Party

  • @auntlala4971
    @auntlala49713 күн бұрын

    So many people are guilty ..it started with obozo

  • @williamgullett5911
    @williamgullett59115 күн бұрын

    Were there even any Democrats there listening?

  • @sally-sp8ee
    @sally-sp8ee5 күн бұрын

    It"s like House MAGA is playing left field with a tennis racket

  • @tracybelmont6020
    @tracybelmont60206 күн бұрын

    These people are out of their minds

  • @nondisclosure2848
    @nondisclosure28486 күн бұрын

    I'm sorry his wife died , but tea?

  • @AngelicaLady

    @AngelicaLady

    6 күн бұрын

    Nobody cares about T they want me dead

  • @JohnDoe-oj5it
    @JohnDoe-oj5it6 күн бұрын

    DISGUSTING

  • @beeamerica5024
    @beeamerica50246 күн бұрын

    You tell that woman there's no such thing as good law affair

  • @Bigfoothawk

    @Bigfoothawk

    6 күн бұрын

    If they are allowed to cheat and you play by the rules you always lose. Fight fire with fire. Grow up

  • @beeamerica5024

    @beeamerica5024

    6 күн бұрын

    @@Bigfoothawk 😂😄🤣😁😆

  • @007alztruli

    @007alztruli

    6 күн бұрын

    ​@@beeamerica5024What's funny?

  • @beeamerica5024

    @beeamerica5024

    6 күн бұрын

    @@007alztruli what you said

  • @mikemichael9117
    @mikemichael91176 күн бұрын

    congress has the power bla bla bla..., they do nothing but talk

  • @Tboyhoot777
    @Tboyhoot7776 күн бұрын

    And the do nothing republicans .... talk talk talk and ........... then do nothing ...... again.

  • @gerardshpunt8327
    @gerardshpunt83275 күн бұрын

    McClintock must be auditioning for bozo the clown honors in the traitorous clown show that is the Republican Party

  • @hollybotw5460
    @hollybotw54602 күн бұрын

    Fair is fair. I'm done high road taking GOP. We need fighters & have to better in electing our officials. This man is weak. Nice guy. But we don't need nice guys. We need lions. Alphas not betas.

  • @phyllisnaquin7171
    @phyllisnaquin71712 күн бұрын

    Yes it did Trump 2024

  • @teevee2145
    @teevee21453 күн бұрын

    Mcclintock is weak..

  • @user-ng7rt9jt2i
    @user-ng7rt9jt2i5 күн бұрын

    Congress funded it.

  • @user-hl4bk9hl4o
    @user-hl4bk9hl4o3 күн бұрын

    Welcome to the Fascist country of America.

  • @JulieHammond-pm3ho
    @JulieHammond-pm3ho5 күн бұрын

    DECEMBER 15 OK FORSYTH COUNTY MAY 9 1978 205 MONEY ADT MAY 9 1978 205 DOD 25 NOVEMBER 6 MARRIAGE NONE DAD IN MAY 22 MAY 9 1978 2014 MAY 3 MONEY SSI 2025 19

  • @anthonytracey4545
    @anthonytracey45453 күн бұрын

    Lawfair, another Obama administration start

  • @debbieboyle6959
    @debbieboyle69596 күн бұрын

    Old news

  • @unreliablememory9687
    @unreliablememory96876 күн бұрын

    None of this is true. Not a fucking word of it.

  • @007alztruli

    @007alztruli

    6 күн бұрын

    Mention one specific example

  • @AngelicaLady

    @AngelicaLady

    6 күн бұрын

    It's mostly all truth with twisted lies and code

  • @AngelicaLady

    @AngelicaLady

    6 күн бұрын

    Minus the largest the most important parts

  • @brandi7580

    @brandi7580

    6 күн бұрын

    Hillary using campaign funds to pay for the Russia collusion hoax isn't true? (If you do research you can find the truth and find out that she paid a fine for misuse of campaign funds.) The hunter laptop was a real thing, the FBI just admitted that, in his gun trial, yet it was pushed as "Russian disinformation" because democrats didn't want the truth out at election time. (Is that not true either?) Which was election interference and does impede on our right to a free press. They are trying to put their political opponent in jail on an election year. They could've brought charges years ago, but nobody wanted to prosecute until this year. 🤔 The "number 3 official in the biden DOJ justice department" was in fact working with Bragg to indict Trump, this election year. They did try to get Trump off the ballot. So, what exactly is not true? Do you watch independent media? Do independent research?

  • @brandi7580

    @brandi7580

    6 күн бұрын

    ​@@AngelicaLadyWhat "lies and codes"?

  • @andytomhall6006
    @andytomhall60064 күн бұрын

    I've been saying this for over a decade, starting with Obama.

  • @THEGEMMINT
    @THEGEMMINT5 күн бұрын

    They all went too far!!

  • @jerrywagner4690
    @jerrywagner46905 күн бұрын

    We pass all the tests for a Banana Republic... and another thing,the IQ of the average citizen has declined...by design.

  • @steverigney7017
    @steverigney70174 күн бұрын

    Says the carpetbagging House rep who has NEVER lived in the district that he represents.

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