House Republican Confronted Over His Double Standard In Tense Live TV Grilling
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John Berman didn’t let up as he confronted Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) over his apparent double standard for dealing with congressional subpoenas.
The CNN anchor, on a live broadcast Thursday, questioned the North Carolina Republican over the impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden after House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) announced subpoenas for the president’s son Hunter Biden, his brother James Biden and family associate Rob Walker.
Murphy said he’d “absolutely” hold Hunter and James Biden in contempt of Congress if they don’t respond to the subpoenas, before Berman jumped in.
“You say, ‘Yes, absolutely.’ Why have you changed your position on holding people in contempt of Congress? You voted against holding Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress,” said Berman, reminding Murphy of the former chief strategist in the Donald Trump White House.
Bannon was convicted of two counts of contempt of Congress last year after defying a subpoena issued by a House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Only nine House Republicans had joined Democrats in voting to hold Bannon in contempt.
Murphy, on Thursday, fumbled in his response to Berman’s question.
“Well, I think it’s a little bit different when you have a president of the United States. We have somebody who’s not an elected official. You have the president of the United States — was selling his influence. His son was selling — ” Murphy said.
“No, but I don’t understand. We’re talking, the people you’re talking — ” Berman interjected.
“It’s a little bit higher or different of standards, John, when you have somebody who’s in elected office versus somebody who’s not in elected office,” Murphy continued. “He’s the president of the United States. He was the vice president of the United States.”
Berman chimed back in to ask Murphy who he meant when he mentioned someone “in elected office” in reference to holding people in contempt for not responding to a subpoena.
“Well, what — tell me what office Steve Bannon was in,” Murphy said.
“Well, tell me what office Hunter Biden was in,” Berman shot back.
You can check out more from the interview in the clip below.
H/T Mediaite
