Or something.
Via Daily Caller:
Virginia Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly pulled no punches when asked what he thought about Wednesday’s Oversight Committee hearing with Lois Lerner, claiming Chairman Darrell Issa’s treatment of the accused IRS official “hearkens back to the McCarthy era.”
Connolly spoke with MSNBC’s Ronan Farrow about today’s hearing on alleged IRS’ targeting of Tea Party groups, where former Exempt Operations head Lois Lerner again refused to testify on her role in the scandal by exercising her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Democrats — including Connolly — appeared extremely displeased by Issa’s decision to haul Lerner back before the committee after a ten month hiatus.
“What you just saw is a profound abuse of power by a chairman of a committee,” Connolly accused. “It is precisely the kind of thing the Founders anticipated in crafting the Fifth Amendment, to protect citizens from that abuse of power. Unfortunately we saw it on full display today by Darrell Issa and the majority.”