Gowdy: If You’re Interested Writing Haikus & Sonnets, Rhodes Is Your Guy

CHAIRMAN Gentleman from South ░░░░░░░░ Mr Gowdy GOWDY Thank ░░░░░░░░ Mr chairman I want ░░░░░░░░ thank you for not ░░░░░░░░ to panel this before ░░░░░░░░ but the panel you ░░░░░░░░ to have before us ░░░░░░░░ only that Ben Rhodes ░░░░░░░░ appear and cost us ░░░░░░░░ opportunity to question Mr ░░░░░░░░ it costs us the ░░░░░░░░ and the privilege to ░░░░░░░░ questions of our friend ░░░░░░░░ colleague Tommy Cotton speaking ░░░░░░░░ constitutional crisis hauling a ░░░░░░░░ States senator before a ░░░░░░░░ of Congress what really ░░░░░░░░ created a constitutional crisis ░░░░░░░░ good thing for us ░░░░░░░░ was willing to come ░░░░░░░░ his own And the ░░░░░░░░ contrast would have been ░░░░░░░░ to me You know ░░░░░░░░ White House is very ░░░░░░░░ of Senator Cotton and ░░░░░░░░ been for several months ░░░░░░░░ Senator Cotton of course ░░░░░░░░ he was serving tours ░░░░░░░░ duty in the United ░░░░░░░░ Army in Afghanistan and ░░░░░░░░ Ben Rhodes was navigating ░░░░░░░░ mean streets of a ░░░░░░░░ writing curriculum and and ░░░░░░░░ his post I mean ░░░░░░░░ literally that is not ░░░░░░░░ He has a masters ░░░░░░░░ creative writing And if ░░░░░░░░ re interested in writing ░░░░░░░░ and sonnets and novellas ░░░░░░░░ s probably the right ░░░░░░░░ On the other hand ░░░░░░░░ you re advising the ░░░░░░░░ of the free world ░░░░░░░░ foreign policy matters I ░░░░░░░░ t I don t ░░░░░░░░ how a haiku helps ░░░░░░░░ I would have enjoyed ░░░░░░░░ opportunity to ask Mr ░░░░░░░░ how his background prepared ░░░░░░░░ to sell the Iranian ░░░░░░░░ but yet Tommy Cotton ░░░░░░░░ background did not prepare ░░░░░░░░ to criticize the Iranian ░░░░░░░░ That that would have ░░░░░░░░ an interesting dichotomy for ░░░░░░░░ But what I really ░░░░░░░░ to do Mr Chairman ░░░░░░░░ asked Mr Rhodes to ░░░░░░░░ me as indecipherable did ░░░░░░░░ the past to understand ░░░░░░░░ he meant by certain ░░░░░░░░ Mr Chairman he said ░░░░░░░░ created an echo chamber ░░░░░░░░ does the chairman know ░░░░░░░░ we is CHAIRMAN I ░░░░░░░░ not GOWDY Well certainly ░░░░░░░░ couldn t be referring ░░░░░░░░ other presidential advisers because ░░░░░░░░ then invoked executive privilege ░░░░░░░░ he can t talk ░░░░░░░░ what other presidential advisers ░░░░░░░░ So it couldn t ░░░░░░░░ that could it CHAIRMAN ░░░░░░░░ and you do not ░░░░░░░░ GOWDY OK Well then ░░░░░░░░ said reporters call us ░░░░░░░░ explain to him what ░░░░░░░░ happening in Moscow and ░░░░░░░░ And I m curious ░░░░░░░░ reporters that would be ░░░░░░░░ ones call him to ░░░░░░░░ out what s going ░░░░░░░░ in Cairo But but ░░░░░░░░ can t ask him ░░░░░░░░ he s he s ░░░░░░░░ here And I would ░░░░░░░░ he has plenty of ░░░░░░░░ to sit down for ░░░░░░░░ he had hoped to ░░░░░░░░ a fluff piece in ░░░░░░░░ New York Times He ░░░░░░░░ been on television plenty ░░░░░░░░ times He had plenty ░░░░░░░░ times to draft memos ░░░░░░░░ the president but he ░░░░░░░░ t have time to ░░░░░░░░ before a committee of ░░░░░░░░ And then this is ░░░░░░░░ concerns me Mr chairman ░░░░░░░░ talking about those reporters ░░░░░░░░ said they literally know ░░░░░░░░ How does someone literally ░░░░░░░░ nothing He said they ░░░░░░░░ 27 years old which ░░░░░░░░ that they probably have ░░░░░░░░ driver s license at ░░░░░░░░ point You have to ░░░░░░░░ something to get a ░░░░░░░░ s license If they ░░░░░░░░ 27 they d be ░░░░░░░░ to vote to vote ░░░░░░░░ the Democratic primary more ░░░░░░░░ likely so you have ░░░░░░░░ know something So I ░░░░░░░░ when you say they ░░░░░░░░ know nothing that struck ░░░░░░░░ I wanted to ask ░░░░░░░░ about that Also I ░░░░░░░░ that his appearance today ░░░░░░░░ he bothered to come ░░░░░░░░ have created an opportunity ░░░░░░░░ little bit of bipartisanship ░░░░░░░░ would have given us ░░░░░░░░ opportunity to share our ░░░░░░░░ frustration But he didn ░░░░░░░░ come Mr Chairman you ░░░░░░░░ a great job leading ░░░░░░░░ committee It s up ░░░░░░░░ you whether you assert ░░░░░░░░ people s right to ░░░░░░░░ Ben Rhodes But this ░░░░░░░░ use of executive privilege ░░░░░░░░ one day but it ░░░░░░░░ not executive privilege on ░░░░░░░░ next At some point ░░░░░░░░ is going to have ░░░░░░░░ stick up for itself ░░░░░░░░ re going to have ░░░░░░░░ decide whether or not ░░░░░░░░ do have a right ░░░░░░░░ question people And if ░░░░░░░░ have time to make ░░░░░░░░ comments to a reporter ░░░░░░░░ ought to be able ░░░░░░░░ come explain yourself And ░░░░░░░░ you time at the ░░░░░░░░ House to send a ░░░░░░░░ of mean tweets about ░░░░░░░░ guy who served two ░░░░░░░░ two combat tours and ░░░░░░░░ Cotton and he s ░░░░░░░░ to come but the ░░░░░░░░ writing expert isn t ░░░░░░░░ to come at some ░░░░░░░░ this body is going ░░░░░░░░ have to stick up ░░░░░░░░ itself But that I ░░░░░░░░ back to the chairman.”