Paul Ryan Calls For Eric Holder's Resignation Over F&F

Ryan Says Holder Must Go Over Fast And Furious

Daily Caller Excerpt

Ryan’s call for Holder’s ouster over Fast and Furious comes a day after he told a sportsmen’s group that gun owners should be worried about Obama trying to infringe on their Second Amendment rights if he is re-elected.  Speaking about Fast and Furious specifically, Ryan said at the Saturday event that such an operation “would never occur under a Romney-Ryan administration.”  Ryan now becomes the 131st House GOP member to demand Holder’s resignation over the scandal.

Fast and Furious was a program of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, overseen by Holder’s Department of Justice. It sent thousands of weapons to Mexican drug cartels via straw purchasers — people who purchased guns in the United States with the known intention of illegally trafficking them somewhere else.

Fast and Furious guns were used to kill U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry on Dec. 14, 2010, in Peck Canyon, Ariz.

Others whose murders have been connected to Fast and Furious weapons include Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata and Mexican citizen Mario Gonzalez. Gonzalez’s sister, Patricia Gonzalez, was the state prosecutor for the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

Univision has recently reported that hundreds more people were murdered with Fast and Furious weapons, including those it decsribed as “16 young people attending a party in a residential area of Ciudad Juárez in January of 2010.”

Mexican government officials have estimated that at least 300 people in Mexico were killed with Fast and Furious weapons.

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Rep. Allen West calls for Eric Holder's removal over Fast and Furious.

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Candidate Obama crusades against hypocrisy on Larry King Live in March 2007.

"What you get a sense of is an attorney general who saw himself as enabler of the administration as opposed to somebody who was actually trying to look out for the American people’s interests.  For that reason, I think it’s time for Alberto Gonzales to step down and for another attorney general — one who can exercise some independence — to be put in place for the remainder of this president’s term."

We will now take a 5-minute break for anyone who needs to vomit.

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Related:

Univision's Bombshell Report On Fast & Furious

Comments

[SKINFLINT]

I am certain that Mr. Holder will step down after the statuate of limitations runs out on the fraud charges against TBTF banks. Then he will retire to the world of white collar defense law. Quite the shame this administration. Frankly I find Mr. Obama to be a dynamic speaker, it is a shame that he abjectly refuses to lead this country.

[DailyBail]

It would be an impressive move if Obama sacked Holder, but it's not going to happen unless the media ratchets up the pressure substantially. And I don't see that happening. Call me a pessimist.

[WTH]

Well since we are on the subject of people stepping down, perhaps ALL of them should step down and allow for some fresh faces in the political realm.

[SKINFLINT]

One would like to think that Mr. Obama got into this world in the hopes that he could help straighten things out and make a difference. However, it seems that this is not the case and rather seems to be a huge right wing neo con with an axe to grind. Yet he speaks as a centrist or even left of center. But look at his deeds. He really doesn't need to go on the stump at all. Hell listen to Mr. Romney, and you would think he is a commie compared to Obama.

[Howard T. Lewis III]

Bush41 is still calling the shots at the White House..

[crawlars]

So what. NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO HOLDER. And Paul Ryan is just playing his part.

Poor theater.

[Originalone]

Anyone care to wager that Holder leaves in January, gets a cush job at one of the TBTF's? After all, he done carried the water for them. Maybe AIPAC will set him up with a duel citizenship too. After all, they are equal opportunity believers, aren't they?