Republican McHenry Calls Elizabeth Warren a Liar (Anything to Fight Financial Reform))

On Tuesday, May 24th 2011 - During a hearing in a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee, Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) ended the hearing by calling Elizabeth Warren a liar. It was a messy and confusing ending for all watching.

Warren had stated that the Chairman's staff and her, after a late-night, last-minute schedule change, had agreed to let her leave by 2:15 to meet other obligations. You can see the look of shock on her face when he outright calls her a liar.

This video, recorded live, comes from the Oversight and Government Reform Committee's live feed.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• republican McHenry
• elizabeth warren
• freshmen republicans
• corporate interests
• financial reform
• frank dodd
• consumer protection bureau

[zsha68]

Main stream media rarely reported that the hearing time was changed at the last minute, and that Rep. Patrick McHenry had immediately launched into an ad hominem attack against Warren from the outset of the hearing.

[zsha68]

'The bad blood between Ms. Warren and her Republican opponents really comes down to the law. The Dodd-Frank law created a strong agency charged with educating the public about financial products—and regulating those products. It has broad powers, even though it is housed under the Treasury Department.'

Wall Street Journal / Writing On the Wall

[swirlcrop]

McHenry is bought and paid for. He is obviously attacking her for a reason. Who bought McHenry??

McHenry is an arrogant SOB.

[zsha68]

@swirlcrop

Mr. McHenry's most dependable donors include the American Bankers Association, Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co.

[jblk007]

Mr. McHenry is a douch bag. It was obvious that his staff screwed up. There was no one there to ask questions. I bet the asshole won't even apologize either.

[NBM3]

Thank you , Mr.Cummings !

[MessiahObama]

help Obama make profits illegal!

[thighdude7]

I supposed some representatives are just beholden to special interests more than to their own constituents / 'we the people'. How shameful to attack her with ad hominem attacks and then essentially call her a liar when she was sworn in at the beginning of the attack session (I mean at the beginning of the testimony). I'm conservative, but I support her and the establishment of the CFPB. The CFPB will encourage competition and free markets. Only the corrupt and the swindlers need fear that.

[zsha68]

@garyvw Yes, Elizabeth Warren is a very important person. You can tell just by the way corporate republicans are fighting her. McHenry's biggest contributors are the very banks fighting the regulation so very needed.

[wesleyfpt]

@zsha68 It's kindof a rule now that when Rebublicans are losing an election or an argument..they're going to call someone a commie or a socialist. They've got nothing on Dr. Warren so they're just calling names like children. Remember, in their magical world of make-believe, a consumer advocate like Dr. Warren isn't needed because the economy collapsed because of minorities on welfare and Barack Obama, even though it collapsed while Bush was President, and Wall Street should just police itself.

[zsha68]

@TheCommonManUSA Sometimes I find their arrogance even more amazing than their corruption.

[marybrownmiller]

he's an A**hole!



[swirlcrop]

@zsha68 Thanks. I figured so much.

[Fangthane100]

If there's no one there to ask her questions and the emails absolutely prove her point NOT Mr. Mcschmucks then the only vacuum in the room on intelligence and couth is the vacuum in between Mr. Mcschmuck's ears.

Bravo Mr. Cummings for calling him out.