Former Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs appeared on Monday's broadcast of MSNBC's Morning Joe, where he is now a network contributor, to opine on House Oversight Committee chairman Darrell Issa's handling of the trio of Obama scandals. Gibbs says Republicans are "on the verge of overplaying their hand" which will cause them to "lose interest" in what GOP leaders have to say.



Gibbs says Issa's comment that his successor in the White House, Jay Carney, is a "paid liar" is "hurting the Republican cause."





GIBBS: Can I tell you -- well, first of all, Darrell Issa should call Jay Carney and apologize this morning. Secondly, let's pull apart the statement. In all likelihood, he is laying out the charge and then saying that it might be true. Then he is saying, as the investigator, I know where I want to get, now I’m just getting around to proving it. I mean, it's a stunning thing. It’s why five people in this town take Darrell Issa seriously, and it's the surest bet that the Republicans are on the verge of overplaying their hand publicly and the American people will lose interest in their side of this. They want to see the IRS cleaned up but they will understand quickly that Darrell Issa is doing nothing more than politicizing this event. To throw around the words liar and perjury as easily as he did is -- is shameful and if he has got information that these people lied, he should put it out there today.



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GIBBS: He is not letting the facts get in the way of a good story. And, you know, it's a case of ready, fire, aim. Let’s just be clear. What it adds to the dialogue is tremendously poisonous and unhelpful. It shows how unserious he is about investigating anything. The notion that he is in charge of, quote, government oversight might now be the biggest joke in all of Washington.