PRESS RELEASE Contact: press@congressionalintegrity.org
For Immediate Release
Date: August 23, 2024
Washington, D.C. – This morning, House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer went to his safe space, FOX News, after his year-and-a-half long impeachment investigation into President Biden officially ended in failure. Comer and MAGA House Republicans have immediately pivoted to attacking Vice President Harris and Governor Walz in order to do Trump’s bidding. Today’s interview led to a meltdown by Comer about Governor Walz’s home state of Minnesota.
Comer: “Minnesota is not your normal state … you have a huge population of residents in Minnesota that have come from other countries and have various different ideologies that don’t really respect capitalism.”
In response, Congressional Integrity Project executive director Kyle Herrig said the following:
“James Comer’s meltdown today is an insult to Minnesotans and all Americans. I wish I could say this is a new low for Comer, but this is far from his first time demonizing immigrants in order to score political points and serve as an arm of the Trump campaign. Comer has used his entire time as Oversight Committee Chairman abusing his position to weaponize Congress to help Trump return to the White House and enact the radical Project 2025 agenda. Comer and his fellow MAGA House Republicans have desperately moved from baseless failed political stunt to baseless failed political stunt all the while completely ignoring the real issues keeping Americans up at night like the economy, the cost of living, or access to health care. The American people deserve better.”
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