{"id":1917408,"date":"2023-04-20T23:41:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T03:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-roasts-eric-swalwell-for-fang-fang-affair-causing-hilarious-dem-meltdown\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T23:41:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T03:41:39","slug":"mtg-roasts-eric-swalwell-for-fang-fang-affair-causing-hilarious-dem-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-roasts-eric-swalwell-for-fang-fang-affair-causing-hilarious-dem-meltdown\/","title":{"rendered":"MTG Roasts Eric Swalwell For Fang Fang Affair, Causing Hilarious Dem Meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmtg-roasts-eric-swalwell-for-fang-fang-affair-causing-hilarious-dem-meltdown%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1917408&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Democrats on the House Committee on Homeland Security went into a nearly half-hour tizzy after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called out her Democrat colleague Rep. Eric Swalwell for his ties to a known Chinese spy, a relationship that led Republicans to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/18\/mccarthy-has-plenty-of-good-reasons-to-boot-democrats-from-committee-seats-especially-adam-schiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">boot him<\/a> from the House Intelligence Committee at the beginning of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>During a hearing featuring Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Swalwell used part of the time Congress dedicated to oversight of the ongoing border crisis to claim that Greene\u2019s \u201cDefund the FBI\u201d merchandise constituted \u201canti-police rhetoric.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1774562861\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-359e63b8b9cf8ad438043c0f22c04fb6 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-359e63b8b9cf8ad438043c0f22c04fb6\"><\/div>\n<p>Greene fired back by accusing the California representative of sleeping with spy Christine Fang, who spent years in California\u2019s Bay Area cultivating deep connections with U.S. Democrat politicians and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefdrlst.wpengine.com\/2020\/12\/08\/fbi-communist-china-spy-infiltrated-california-politicians-including-russia-hoaxer-eric-swalwell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gathering intelligence on behalf of communist China.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was quite entertaining from someone that had a sexual relationship with a Chinese spy and everyone knows it,\u201d Greene <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P_x72Sjrflo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in her opening remarks. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"WT1z4eKwR5VGd8YQEUiSa9ZAcvH6JNygbP2tfDBXjkMx\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chaos erupts in House as Democrats panic to get official record scrubbed after MTG goes absolutely nuclear on Fang-Fang-lover Eric Swalwell:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was quite entertaining from someone that had a sexual relationship with a Chinese spy. And everyone knows it!&#8221;\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rq3zmRZ1R3\">pic.twitter.com\/Rq3zmRZ1R3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1648732207459213312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A\u00a0December 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefdrlst.wpengine.com\/2020\/12\/08\/fbi-communist-china-spy-infiltrated-california-politicians-including-russia-hoaxer-eric-swalwell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> found that Fang specifically developed a relationship with the Russia hoaxer between 2012 and 2015, when he began serving on the House Intelligence Committee and was named ranking member of its Central Intelligence Agency Subcommittee. Fang reportedly raised millions for Swalwell\u2019s reelection in 2014 and placed at least one intern in his Washington, D.C. office.<\/p>\n<p>Swalwell ultimately refused to disclose to The Federalist whether his relationship with Fang was ever sexual in nature but several sources directly familiar with the counterintelligence investigation of the spy <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/12\/09\/swalwell-refuses-to-disclose-whether-he-had-a-sexual-relationship-with-a-suspect-chinese-spy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told The Federalist the pair were intimately involved<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a696ae7f533d3ad9a24aa74d86b35cb7 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a696ae7f533d3ad9a24aa74d86b35cb7\"><\/div>\n<p>Despite evidence that Swalwell associated with a spy for his nation\u2019s No. 1 foreign enemy, Democrats immediately scrambled to sanction Greene for her comment about it.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI move to take her words down,\u201d Rep. Dan Goldman exclaimed. \u201cCompletely inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After his request to delete \u201ceverything that the gentlelady from Georgia has said\u201d from the record was rejected by Republican Committee Chairman Mark Green, Goldman requested \u201cthe accusations of an affair with a Chinese spy\u201d to be completely nuked from Greene\u2019s questioning time. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are engaging in personalities,\u201d Goldman insisted. \u201cThose words should be taken down and the gentlelady should not be able to speak anymore in this hearing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-aeefe054eaaae17bbc01a2380a0ef58a fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-aeefe054eaaae17bbc01a2380a0ef58a\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe latter part of that is not an appropriate motion but we will evaluate the striking of those words,\u201d the chairman promised, before asking Greene if she \u201cwould like to retract those words.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I will not,\u201d Greene replied. <\/p>\n<p>After minutes of searching congressional rules for how to proceed, the chairman ruled that Greene\u2019s comments, no matter how offensive to Democrats, would not \u201cbe stricken from the record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before Greene could continue her questioning of the witness, the proceedings were once again interrupted by ranking member Bennie Thompson who moved to appeal the ruling. <\/p>\n<p>Chairman Green took a verbal vote and determined that the motion would be tabled but that wasn\u2019t good enough for Thompson, who demanded a recorded vote, and Goldman, who complained that the chair\u2019s ruling contradicted congressional rules regarding \u201cnot engaging in personalities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican committee members quickly outvoted Democrats to table the motion and proceed with Greene\u2019s questioning. <\/p>\n<p>Even after Greene\u2019s comments were cleared, the drama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ii09Vei0TEw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continued<\/a> when she called Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas a \u201cliar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many more people do we have to watch die every single day in America? How many more young people do we have to see die? How many more teenagers, how many more parents cry themselves to sleep at night \u2014 if they can even sleep \u2014 because their child overdosed on fentanyl?\u201d Greene asked. \u201cHow long are you going to continue this outrage, complete outrage where China is poisoning America\u2019s children, poisoning our teenagers, poisoning our young people? How long are you going to let this go on?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas began to \u201cassure you that we\u2019re not letting it go on\u201d but Greene interjected. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI reclaim my time. You\u2019re a liar. You are letting this go on and the numbers prove it. You can\u2019t lie about the facts, Secretary Mayorkas,\u201d Greene exclaimed. \u201cWhile you live in denial and sit over there with this attitude that you\u2019re doing everything right, you are killing Americans with your policies. And that is a fact. Your policies are killing people \u2014 over 300 Americans a day. Over 300. And it\u2019s outrageous.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"tR6pGyjbv2zDqBXE4kwS35YOI0aMle197CJxoV\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Republicans will never defeat the Democrats, we\u2019ll never impeach Mayorkas, we\u2019ll never impeach Biden, and we\u2019ll never implement our conservative agenda if we can\u2019t even call a liar a liar.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans should not let Democrats strike down our words and do their bidding for them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JihdTZrMzZ\">pic.twitter.com\/JihdTZrMzZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1648787338988748801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Before Greene could continue her rant about the havoc the Biden administration\u2019s policies have wreaked on the nation, Thompson interrupted the Republican\u2019s time to demand, once again, that the committee punish her. <\/p>\n<p>Vice Chair Michael McCaul asked Greene whether she wished to modify her comments to which the congresswoman replied \u201cI will not withdraw my remarks because the facts show the proof.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Green then ruled that Greene was out of line. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty clear that the rules state you can\u2019t impugn someone\u2019s character. Identifying or calling someone a liar is unacceptable in this committee and I make the ruling that we strike those words,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, unsatisfied with Green\u2019s willingness to punish one of his own party members, pushed the chairman to end Greene\u2019s speaking time. Greene tried to ask a clarifying question by naming a \u201cpoint of personal inquiry\u201d but Goldman claimed \u201cthere\u2019s no such thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn consulting the rules of the House, when we strike, it does terminate the time of the individual who is speaking. So the gentlelady is no longer recognized,\u201d Green agreed. <\/p>\n<p> Democrat Rep. Glenn Ivey immediately asked if he could \u201cmake a point of inquiry\u201d in which he declared Greene\u2019s comments were not \u201ca statement of fact\u201d and constituted \u201cslander.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no statement of fact. It\u2019s bullsh-t,\u201d Goldman chimed in. <\/p>\n<p>Having spent 20 minutes arguing over Greene\u2019s comments, the chairman finally declared the committee would move past them. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt does not fit the rules by the ruling of the chair and we\u2019ve already voted on that. It is past us. We have the secretary until about 1:30, we\u2019re going to move on,\u201d Green said. <\/p>\n<p>Greene condemned the chairman\u2019s decision to strip her of her time on Twitter. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans will never defeat the Democrats, we\u2019ll never impeach Mayorkas, we\u2019ll never impeach Biden, and we\u2019ll never implement our conservative agenda if we can\u2019t even call a liar a liar. Republicans should not let Democrats strike down our words and do their bidding for them,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1648787338988748801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-59c5d7746599e2d1145cff93cefd5850 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-59c5d7746599e2d1145cff93cefd5850\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">   Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/alejandro-mayorkas\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Alejandro Mayorkas<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/bennie-thompson\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Bennie Thompson<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/chinese-spy\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Chinese spy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/dan-goldman\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Dan Goldman<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/eric-swalwell\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Eric Swalwell<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/fang-fang\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Fang Fang<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats on the House Committee on Homeland Security went into a nearly half-hour tizzy after Rep. 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