Thread by @radleybalko

This is infuriating. Grijalva chairs the committee investigating the clearing of Lafayette Square. He wanted his hearing to be via video. The Trump administration said it wouldn’t cooperate unless Grijalva flew from Arizona to DC to appear in person. 1/6

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Given his comorbidities, Grijalva and his staff told me they saw this as a childish taunt — a dare. He agreed anyway, because he thought investigating what happened is important.

Guess who else is on that committee, and attended the hearing in person?

Louie Gohmert.

2/6

There’s of course no way to know if Gohmert gave it to him. But the in-person hearing was a stupid risk, insisted upon by the GOP. The bargain was literally no oversight unless Grijalva subjected himself to the Capitol Hill COVID Petri dish the Republicans have created. 3/6

Here’s Interior Sec. David Bernhardt, telling Grijalva’s committee that he’ll only debrief him in person, and that the flight from Arizona to DC is an “easy trip.” 4/6

Here’s Pooitico’s @JakeSherman explaining how Republican members of Congress pressure, shame their staff into *not* wearing masks.

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5/6

And here’s my piece on the fight to get the head of the Parks Police to testify.

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