House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) insists his rejection of California Democrats Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell to be members of the Intelligence Committee is all about protecting national security.

House Democrats say it’s vengeance, plain and simple, payback for the barring of Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) from committee assignments in the last Congress, when Democrats were in charge and Nancy Pelosi was speaker.

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