James Comer: I’m Overwhelmed By QAnon And MTG

The New York Times reports:

Representative James R. Comer, the chairman of the Oversight and Accountability Committee, reflected on the pressure he often faced from constituents to investigate unhinged claims about President Biden and Democrats. “I say, ‘Let me see it,’ because I want to see where the source is,” Mr. Comer said. “They don’t know that it’s QAnon, but it’s QAnon stuff.”

Mr. Comer’s committee is populated by the most hard-line House Republicans, including Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who wields extraordinary power because of her mass following and ironclad bond with the speaker.

Mr. Comer conceded he was limited in how much he could control such members given their outsize influence in the party. “It’s hard for a coach to tell LeBron James what he’s doing wrong,” he said.

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