Looks like Emily Murphy is not gonna show up

[Nevilledog]

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Hugo Lowell
@hugolowell
House Dems won’t receive private briefing today from GSA administrator Emily Murphy about her refusal to ascertain Biden election. Murphy has still not responded to their invitation as of this hour, per Dem sources.
10:34 AM · Nov 23, 2020

[flor-de-jasmim]

1. Not doing her duty is not going to be a good look in job searching.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Issue an enforceable subpoena.

A hefty fine or be investigated in 2021 should suffice.

[onecaliberal]

3. COMPEL her to show up.

[RealityCheque]

17. Absolutely

[C_U_L8R]

4. Send someone to bring her in

With cameras

[catrose]

6. Yes. Past time to be nice.

[Nevilledog]

7. And a cattle prod

[justhanginon]

13. Preferably 220V.

[RockRaven]

5. I know there are potential problems with its use, but the House's inherent contempt powers

exist for cases such as this, and after holding off on using them for so long, I think this might be the circumstance when that restraint should expire.

[beachbumbob]

10. Why start getting tough now? It's pretty late.

[old guy]

20. This is where i'm at.

There are no consequences for not showing up so why show up?
Subpoena? They laugh at subpoenas and get away with it. There is no rule of law when when there are no rules period.

[beachbumbob]

28. Since we can not criticize, in 2 years what repurcussion has any trump

Official gotten? Laugh at subpoenas, laugh at strongly worded letters. No strategy ever apparent. Still none in site.

[madaboutharry]

8. This woman is a jerk.

She is obviously incompetent and ignorant and was only given this job because of "loyalty" to Trump, which is not her job. Her job is not to be loyal to any person, it is to be loyal to the law and to The Constitution.

I am sick of these amateurs.

[beachbumbob]

9. People thought she was going to? Come on.

[Silent3]

11. Why do Democrats even bother with requests instead of starting with subpoenas?

Send the sergeant-at-arms with a subpoena from the get go.

[uponit7771]

12. +1, it's like they're still stuck in the "lets govern America competently" era of pre Trump politics

[dustyscamp]

31. They need to be replaced by take no bullshit people

[beachbumbob]

29. Apparently our congress people lack that will, just saying

[Yonnie3]

14. I've seen tweets saying GSA will brief on 11/30

None from a source I know.

Only select committee members in House and Senate.


Edit to change "she" to "GSA" in title.

Some news stories are now posted online

[Brother Mythos]

15. I am so tired of this nonsense.

This toady needs to be fired, arrested, convicted, fined, and locked up.

[Mike Nelson]

16. I must be old-fashioned...

... I think people should receive a subpoena to appear. And, if they don't, they should be put in jail. This makes it easier for them to appear, because escorts can bring them from the jail cell to the building. But, i guess that's just the old way of doing things...

[WSHazel]

21. I agree

Unload on them out of the gate. If they refuse to show up, then freeze their assets and seize their passport. Treat them like the criminals they are.

[crickets]

34. Agreed! nt

[Bradshaw3]

18. A GSA official will do a briefing on Nov 30

No Emily apparently.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/527204-gsa-official-to-brief-congress-next-week-on-presidential-transition

[Sherman A1]

19. Well

there's a huge surprise..................

She was never going to show up, anyone believing otherwise was simply kidding themselves.

[bluestarone]

22. MY bet is, SHE is NOT making this decision by herself

She has gotten plenty of advice from RUMPY'S for sure!

[LisaL]

25. I don't believe for a second she is doing it all on her own either.

We know how Trump operates.

[jalan48]

23. She's just another on the list of no-shows. If there aren't any consequences for not

showing up why would she?

[bdamomma]

24. I don't want to

sound to naive, but this tRump loyalist should not have all this power, or was that changed when she was appointed. A tRump loyalist. He is nothing but a thug, and let her lose her job, read an article that she is afraid to lose it . So in the meantime she is obstructing justice.

[SheltieLover]

26. Subpoena her, then lock her up if no show!

[msongs]

27. why should she show? no penalties if she doesn't nt

[DFW]

30. Too bad they can't just send a subpoena delivered by US Marshals, and deliver her in handcuffs.

Give her a color page one photo with a banner headline in the Washington Post and the New York Times, and make her a lead story on CNN, with a few choice comments form Erin Burnett.

THAT would look REALLY good on her job application.

"OK, Miss Murphy, what did you do in your previous position, and under what circumstances did you leave it?"

[Crunchy Frog]

32. Gosh! Who could have predicted that?

[electric_blue68]

33. Ah, I love the Internetz, and my Smartphone...

Couldn't remember my Rep's name (he's retiring bc of health issues) as I was reading this thread: so I looked it up via my State's info site, then dialed up my Rep via my Phone's Contacts - Free Congress [phone] (just pasted here now by Clipboard), and told him The House needs to supoena Emily Murphy. 😁


Time to get more serious!