How Republicans will sabotage a full accounting of Trump's insurrection

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Greg Sargent
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Republicans are objecting to the 1/6 commission having a broad purpose in its investigation of the factors leading up to the insurrection, a Dem aide tells me.

The problem is not partisanship. It's GOP radicalization.

Lots of new detail here:

Opinion | How Republicans will sabotage a full accounting of Trump’s insurrection
No amount of magical "bipartisanship" will get Republicans to willingly reckon with their party's role.
washingtonpost.com
9:37 AM · Feb 24, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/24/republicans-commission-insurrection-sabotage/

Let’s state this at the outset. If you think the chief obstacle to a full accounting of the mob assault on the Capitol is generalized partisanship, rather than the ongoing radicalization of the Republican Party, then you’re utterly clueless about the reality of this political moment.

Democrats and Republicans are battling over the makeup of a commission that is supposed to examine the Jan. 6 attack. Congressional leaders — led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) — are now haggling over what the legislation creating it will look like.

This has caused some hand-wringing about whether a “bipartisan” accounting into the attack is possible, one similar to that produced by the 9/11 Commission, the model for this one.

But it’s hard to see how a bipartisan accounting on the insurrection is possible, especially if it is going to include a full reckoning with Trump’s role in it.

I’ve got new detail on what’s at issue in the argument over the commission, and it appears to involve the scope of what will be examined.

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[still_one]

1. At least right now we are the majority party, and we will call the shots

[Midnight Writer]

2. So? Steamroll them.