House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Nov. 20 that he will remove two top Democrats from their committee assignments if he becomes speaker of the House.
The two Democrats are Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). On Nov. 19, McCarthy also vowed to remove progressive Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from her committee assignments for past comments about Israel.
Swalwell currently sits on three major House committees: the Judiciary Committee, the Intelligence Committee, and the Committee on Homeland Security.
Schiff serves as chairman of the Intelligence Committee and is also a member of the controversial Jan. 6 Committee. In the past, Schiff has come under fire for presenting misleading and doctored evidence to the Jan. 6 panel….