“Face the Nation”Anchor Margaret Brennan nails Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer Sunday Upload a videoOn his Twitter Page, where he was “exercising his Second Amendment rights”When firing a gun at the shooting range. “13 days to make history. Let’s #FirePelosi,”In the caption, he said.
The assault of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s husband earlier this week has renewed scrutiny on far-right Republicans in Congress and their posts online. Brennan confronted Emmer, asking, “Why is there a gun in a political ad at all?“
He insisted it wasn’t an ad but rather just a tweet. Brennan retorted and continued.
“A tweet. Hashtag Fire Pelosi with a weapon. Wouldn’t a pink slip be more fitting if it’s about firing her? Why a gun?”She was curious.
The question led to crosstalk and repeated interruptions between the two as Emmer brought up the attack on Republican Congressman Steve Scalise in 2017 by a shooter who had volunteered for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign the previous year. Emmer claimed that nobody was. “trying to equate Democrat rhetoric with those actions.”Brennan was persistent.
“I’m not talking about your rhetoric. I’m talking about what you posted. You’re shooting a gun! Our viewers just saw it!”She spoke. “Republican candidates have spent more than 116 million on ads that mentioned Speaker Pelosi by name in their cycle. If this is about the issues, why shouldn’t [you] make it about the issues? Why not depersonalize it?”
Emmer replied by insisting on the issue-based arguments that Republicans make for the midterms. This includes soaring crime and inflation rates.
“Those are the issues that are top of mind for every voter in this country. That’s why they’re going to show up in – on the November 8th. And that’s why Republicans are going to win in the midterms,”He said.
Paul Pelosi was attacked in his San Francisco home early Friday morning by an assailant demanding to know Speaker Pelosi’s whereabouts. The suspect was taken into custody and found to have posted far-right conspiracy theories online. He faces multiple felony charges including attempted homicide and assault with a fatal weapon, elder abuse, burglary, among others.
Watch Rep. Emmer’s interview on “Face the Nation”See the tweet clip.
