{"id":1925957,"date":"2023-05-07T00:27:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T04:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-shrugs-off-attack-by-democratic-aligned-group-flying-banner-over-kentucky-derby\/"},"modified":"2023-05-07T00:29:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T04:29:57","slug":"comer-shrugs-off-attack-by-democratic-aligned-group-flying-banner-over-kentucky-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-shrugs-off-attack-by-democratic-aligned-group-flying-banner-over-kentucky-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Comer dismisses Democratic group&#8217;s attack during Kentucky Derby."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fcomer-shrugs-off-attack-by-democratic-aligned-group-flying-banner-over-kentucky-derby%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=1925957&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--><h2>Republican Rep. James Comer Responds to Democratic Activist Group&#8217;s Helicopter Stunt<\/h2>\n<h3>Comer Shrugs Off Attack<\/h3>\n<p>Republican Rep. James Comer from Kentucky has responded to a helicopter stunt by the Democratic-aligned activist group Congressional Integrity Project. The group flew a helicopter over the Kentucky Derby with a banner calling for an investigation into the influential House Republican. However, Comer shrugged off the attack, claiming it would actually help his reputation rather than harm it.<\/p>\n<h3>Allegations Against Comer<\/h3>\n<p>The banner displayed a website URL: investigatecomer.com. The website directs users to an article in the Louisville Courier-Journal reporting on a letter requesting an investigation into the Republican leader for his actions while running for governor in 2015. During that campaign, Comer allegedly obtained and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-shrugs-off-attack-by-democratic-aligned-group-flying-banner-over-kentucky-derby\/\" title=\"Comer dismisses Democratic group's attack during Kentucky Derby.\">distributed leaked emails<\/a> to intimidate a former girlfriend as well as his political opponent. Critics say he must be investigated for his possible involvement. The allegations stem from a profile piece on the congressman in the New York Times in March that detailed the scheme.<\/p>\n<h3>Comer&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<p>Comer responded to the helicopter banner on Saturday afternoon, claiming the stunt would actually do more to help his reputation rather than harm it. He tweeted, \u201cThis desperate political stunt by the Bidens is helping me so much politically in Kentucky today, I wonder if I will be required to list it as an in-kind donation from China on my next campaign finance report?\u201d He also referenced his latest investigation regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-says-he-knows-what-country-is-at-the-center-of-bidens-alleged-criminal-scheme-but-is-not-at-liberty-to-disclose-yet\/\" title=\"Comer Says He Knows What Country Is at the Center of Biden\u2019s Alleged Criminal Scheme But \u201cIs Not at Liberty\u201d to Disclose Yet\">unclassified records detailing<\/a> an alleged \u201ccriminal scheme\u201d between then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national during the Obama administration.<\/p>\n<h3>Comer&#8217;s Investigations<\/h3>\n<p>Comer issued a subpoena in conjunction with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on Wednesday, demanding access to an FBI-generated FD-1023 form they say details an exchange of money between Biden and a foreign national that may have influenced U.S. policy decisions. The two Republicans were tipped off about the document\u2019s existence by a whistleblower, although it remains unclear what wrongdoing Biden is being accused of conducting. The subpoena is the latest development in House Republicans\u2019 investigations into the president\u2019s family and their business dealings, which became a focal point of their agenda after taking control of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-swalwell-attempts-to-act-intimidating-after-being-booted-from-intel-committee\/\" title=\"Eric Swalwell Attempts to Act Intimidating After Being Booted From Intel Committee\">lower chamber earlier<\/a> this year. The Oversight Committee has made that a high priority in recent months, with Comer leading investigations into the Bidens\u2019 business dealings \u201cto determine if the Biden family has been targeted by foreign actors, if President Biden is compromised, and if there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-spox-largest-threat-to-u-s-national-security-are-u-s-cops\/\" title=\"State Dept Spox: \u2018Largest Threat to U.S. National Security are U.S. Cops\u2019\">national security threat<\/a>,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Comer&#8217;s investigations into the Bidens&#8217; business dealings have become a high priority for the Oversight Committee in recent months. While the Democratic-aligned activist group Congressional Integrity Project attempted to attack Comer&#8217;s reputation, the Republican shrugged it off and claimed it would actually help him politically. The investigations into the Bidens&#8217; alleged wrongdoing continue to be a focal point for House Republicans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. James Comer (R-KY) shrugged off attacks by the Democratic-aligned activist group Congressional Integrity Project flying a helicopter over the Kentucky Derby with a banner calling for an investigation into the influential House Republican. The banner, which flew over Churchill Downs as thousands of people gathered to watch the annual horse race, simply displayed a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1925958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4002,7734,4009,25988,4833,4056,12830],"class_list":["post-1925957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-attack","tag-comer","tag-democratic","tag-derby","tag-dismisses","tag-groups","tag-kentucky"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1925957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1925958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1925957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1925957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1925957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}