Washington, DC – David Brock, founder of Correct The Record, sent the following letter to Representative Kevin McCarthy this afternoon demanding McCarthy end his campaign for Speaker. Text is below and signed letter is attached.
September 30, 2015
Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C., 20515
Dear Representative McCarthy:
Sir, yesterday you displayed a level of candor not seen in many politicians. However, by admitting – in fact sir by bragging – that the House Select Committee on Benghazi is little more than a partisan cudgel intended to damage Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, you have pulled back the curtain on your own party’s abuse of power and misuse of taxpayer funds to advance a nakedly political goal.
Your admission that the work of the taxpayer funded Benghazi Select Committee had only one goal in mind – destroying Hillary Clinton’s political ambitions – must have consequences. I have already called, publicly, for the Benghazi Committee to be disbanded immediately and for the Office of Congressional Ethics to open an investigation into the scope of your majority’s shameless abuse of the public trust.
Yet there must be an even broader recognition of the wrong that you, personally, have done.
Mr. McCarthy, you are widely-reported to be the next in line for the Speakership—a role that is tasked with representing the whole of the House of Representatives. However, it’s abundantly clear that you intend to run your office like an annex of the Republican National Committee and that you are even willing to use public money to undertake political dirty work against your partisan opponents. Frankly, that is evidence enough that you are unfit to lead. As such, you should withdraw from consideration as Speaker immediately and make way for someone whose sense of decency and national service isn’t completely overwhelmed by partisan ambition.
It’s clear now from every available fact that Hillary Clinton is innocent of any wrongdoing, yet you have tried to smear a lifelong public servant with lies and innuendo for nothing more than partisan gain. Shame on you sir. For the good of the country and credibility of the House of Representatives shut down the Benghazi Committee and end your campaign for Speaker.
Sincerely,
David Brock
Correct the Record
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