Rep. Issa goes after Oversight Committee Democrats

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) took to the Twittersphere to take on Democrats participating in a hearing on Wednesday.

Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, frequently live-tweets from hearings.

He went after one member in particular, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, after the Ohio Democrat made some comments about the history of labor leader Jimmy Hoffa.

.@RepKucinich: "Jimmy Hoffa defended worker rights." He should read "The Enemy WIthin" and what Hoffa actually did for and to workers,” Issa tweeted. Kucinich did not immediately reply.

Issa tweeted 75 times in just under three hours Wednesday morning about the hearing regarding the forced political contributions of union members. Issa was outspoken in his support for the union workers and questioned his Democratic counterparts on their motives.

“What does any of what @OversightDems are saying have to do with worker rights, freedom of speech, personal freedoms?” he continued.

Towards the end of the hearing Issa wondered if Democrats in the hearing were still paying attention.

“Are @OversightDems not even listening to the witnesses? They're being forced to donate to partisan politics. That okay with them?” he tweeted.

If they weren’t, the other members can just check Issa’s Twitter feed for a play-by-play.

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