Janet Napolitano smacks down repuke Jeff Duncan...

[cynatnite]

In a House hearing Thursday morning, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano was sidetracked from her testimony on the DHS budget when Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) asked her to respond to an online conspiracy theory about the DHS supposedly stockpiling ammo for an attack on Americans. Duncan argued this was more credible than mere “Internet rumors” because the Drudge Report, a popular conservative aggregator, said it was true:

DUNCAN: You know, when Forbes Magazine or Drudge or some reputable news sources start to repeat the numbers…the numbers cease to become Internet rumors and they start having some credibility. I just ask, why was there a long delay or silence from the DHS for a period of time, almost three months, before y’all came forward saying these numbers aren’t correct, these are the actual facts. Why was there a delay or silence from your department?

NAPOLITANO: Well I don’t know about that, that there was that kind of delay, but I will tell you we found it so inherently unbelievable that those statements would be made it was hard to ascribe credibility to them. I don’t know if I’d put Forbes and Drudge in the same sentence.

http://thinkprogress.org/media/2013/04/18/1889321/congressman-invokes-conspiracy-theory-in-hearing-citing-drudge-report-as-reputable-news-source/

[graham4anything]

1. I love Janet Napolitano. I would love to see a Hillary/Napolitano ticket in 2016.

Love the smackdown

[benld74]

2. Because it takes time to double check everything, UNLIKE the 2 you mention

[MOTRDemocrat]

4. Questions that are derived from Internet gossip aren't valid.

And no self-respecting elected official should perpetuate that filth on Capitol Hill.

[Marrah_G]

5. Would you also think a young Irish college student should be deported...

... for almost getting blown up while watching a race?

It was not a valid question, it was a racist and a bigoted question.

And one more little thought for you.

That young man, called compassionate, gentle and kind by those who know him, will go back to his country someday with an imprint of America in his heart. I would like that impression to be one of a compassionate and kind people who helped him in his time of hurt and fear.... not one where people tackled and condemned him based upon the color of his skin and the accent of his voice.

[geek tragedy]

6. "especially a young male saudi."

Go on . . .

Welcome to DU . . .

[Fla Dem]

7. LOL---WTG Janet, socks it to him. n/t