Why One Republican Congressman Says We Should Purge The FBI
Taking on the credibility of the FBI has become increasingly common in the Trump era, but one Congressman took it to a new level this week. In an interview on MSNBC, Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL) said that the FBI and Department of Justice should be purged of anti-Trump bureaucrats.
Jack Hunter, Editor at Rare Politics, discusses why Rep. Rooney's comments are concerning. Hunter says it echoes authoritarian rhetoric, which has been on the rise in recent years.
Hunter also discusses what is likely to be on the Republican political agenda in 2018. Despite Speaker Paul Ryan's goal of reforming entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid, it's unlikely that will make the list. Many Republican Senators and Congressmen say they plan to take on infrastructure reform next. Republicans will officially decide on their policy agenda at their annual conference in West Virginia at the end of January.
Hunter Biden offered to testify publicly before Congress, striking a defiant note in response to a subpoena from Republicans and setting up a potential high-stakes face-off even as a separate special counsel probe unfolds and his father, President Joe Biden, campaigns for reelection.
