CNN HEADLINE: GOP poised to torpedo insurrection commission

[spanone]

I disagree.

My headline:

GQP is poised to hand the entire insurrection commission over to the Democrats.

[Lovie777]

1. Democrats will go forward .....

The truth shall not be denied.

[FalloutShelter]

2. You are 100% correct.

[Ocelot II]

3. Your headline is the correct one.

The GQP are being incredibly stupid by blocking a bipartisan commission in which they would have some power and control, including the ability to approve or disapprove subpoenas 50-50 with the Democrats. Instead, they continue to kiss TFG's ass, play to the base and shoot themselves in the foot. Now the Dems will go ahead and hold their own hearings, and they will have control over witnesses and information to be made public and the GQPers will be stuck with whatever comes out.

Nice job, Mitch.

[SergeStorms]

15. But this way...

they can claim it's a partisan witch hunt, and completely dismiss any investigation's findings. Fat Nixon gets to keep grifting, Congressional republicans get to placate Fat Nixon, and the cult will never know there could have been a bipartisan investigation. More fuel to enrage them, lather, rinse, repeat.

[CrackityJones75]

17. They would do that anyway.

We have got to stop worrying about what they will or would do. It doesn’t fucking matter.

[Cha]

35. Again.. Exactly!

[Ocelot II]

22. They'd have done that anyway.

They’d have castrated the bipartisan commission and done everything they could to obstruct its investigation. So fck ‘em.

[Cha]

34. Exactly... that's my

attitude.

Shine the Light

[KS Toronado]

23. My gut feeling is by the time the insurrection commission reaches into 45's oval office

reQublicans will have a harder time selling their "partisan witch hunt" bullshit. And yes that will be
one of their major talking points up to then.

[Cha]

33. The magats can "claim"

all they want.

Clyde claimed it was "..like a regular tourist day" The picture of him & videos prove otherwise.

They ran Benghazi into the abyss.. even the parents of Christopher Stevens asked them to stop.

Truth Will Out. Shine the Light

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. Do they think it'll just all go away?

Good luck with that, traitors.

[thucythucy]

5. I'm actually relieved that they're doing this.

The idea of a 50 50 commission, with the GQOP getting to name their own commissioners, was fraught with the possibility of abuse.

We should hold at least as many hearings as the KGOP held about Benghazi. And leading GOP co-conspirators should be required to testify under oath. Let's see how many are able to hold up under eleven or twelve hours of questioning, as did our former Secretary of State and winner of the popular vote in 2016.

[spanone]

6. 👍🏼

[bottomofthehill]

7. There was a 7/5 Republican to Democrat split on the select committee, simple language below

Establishes in the House of Representatives the Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 1/6 Domestic Terrorist Attack on the US Capitol, to conduct a full and complete investigation and study and issue a final report of its findings to the House regarding:

all policies, decisions, and activities that contributed to the attacks on the U.S. Capitol on 01/06/2021 as well as those that affected the ability of the United States to prepare for them;

all policies, decisions, and activities to respond to and repel such attacks, including efforts to rescue U.S. personnel at the Capitol building;

internal and public executive branch communications about these attacks;

accountability for policies and decisions related to the security of the Is Capitol, and the response to the attacks, including individuals and entities responsible for those policies and decisions;

executive branch authorities' efforts to identify and bring to justice the perpetrators of such attacks;

executive branch activities and efforts to comply with congressional inquiries into them;

recommendations for improving executive branch cooperation and compliance with congressional oversight and investigations;
information related to lessons learned from the attacks and executive branch activities and efforts to protect U.S. Capitol and

any other relevant issues relating to such attacks, the response to them, or the investigation by the House into the attacks.

[smb]

31. Imagine Sponge Blob Golf Pants Being Grilled In Front Of Congress For Twelve Hours nt

[samsingh]

8. You are right.

[JohnSJ]

9. Well said OP

[zaj]

10. It will be a "partisan witch hunt" at that point

...and will be deeply undermined. That's a bad thing.

[spanone]

11. They will call it that regardless.

[hadEnuf]

26. Calling it a partisan witch hunt is all they have. Any participation in a commission may force

them to confront their obvious guilt and that won't happen.

Better for them to keep the big lie going.

[Downtown Hound]

27. If you actually thought they were ever going to call it anything else

Then you haven't been paying attention.

[SergeStorms]

12. Of course they are.

Then the Orange Blob can claim it's a " partisan witch hunt" and the cult has something else to enrage them. More fund raising, more rallies, more Orange Blob.

They're so transparent it's laughable, but to the Orange Blob and his cult, it's a reason to get up in the morning.

[StarfishSaver]

14. Of course he and his cult will call it that

But the Democrats inoculated themselves perfectly.

I would still prefer an independent commission - and they probably would, too. But if that's not going to happen, the committee process is the next best thing and putting into place after so obviously and earnestly trying to do a bipartisan commission will make this much easier.

[RVN VET71]

21. It will be bad for the Dems only if Trump's cult

remains steadfast. I’m not so sure that McCarthy's and McConnell’s reneging on agreed upon terms for the commission -- plus the moronic statements that have been made publicly by Republican representatives, lying so obviously that only another idiot child could believe them -- won’t cause a major shrinkage in the numbers of Fat-45’s army of morons.

So, actually, a fully partisan committee with all the cards on the table may not be such a bad thing. It will take a relentless Democratic reminder to the public that Republicans agreed to collaborate and then reneged after the Democrats agreed to their requirements.

[StarfishSaver]

13. Yup. Nancy and Chuck set them up beautifully

And they never saw it coming.

[spanone]

19. Today Nancy was speaking of how bipartisan the vote in the house was....

she's still setting them up

[StarfishSaver]

20. She's always setting them up

It will probably also be bipartisan in the Senate.

[George II]

16. Democrats are going to do what Biden said he's going to do (paraphrase): "If you don't work with....

....us, we'll do it alone."

That's the only way to handle these idiots.

[llashram]

18. the repigs will scream

yet even in this the time of The Big Lie, the truth will come out. The cohorts of trump and maybe ALL leaders of the 1/6/21 Republikkkan Party Insurrection will be revealed and held accountable and hopefully prosecuted... I hope.

[The Mouth]

24. Did anyone expect anything different?

[Person of Interest]

25. So CNN as usual will carry Reich Wing water...

By declaring that the Commision / House Select Committee is invalid because it is not bipartisan.

[calimary]

28. Fine with me!

STAY out of it, you schmucks!

[modrepub]

29. Missing Subtle Point

It's kind of obvious to me that the Republicans are doing everything in their power to shield the person most responsible of 1.6 while totally ignoring the folks who attacked the Capital at Trump's request. Hell, a lot of Republicans refuse to even recognize the folks being prosecuted for the attack as Trump supporters. Why would you support a person or Party that throws you under the bus at the first opportunity they get?!?

[BGBD]

30. They're doing it

because the know that even with half control over the commission the findings are going to be brutal and damning. So, the only play is to go partisan and try to claim it was a "witch hunt." I don't know if that's a good idea or not because they were offered half control, so the public might not buy the partisan line. Secondly, the Benghazi stuff was all partisan, but it certainly took a toll on Clinton regardless.

[Cha]

32. Like the fucking gop

"torpedoed" the Capitol Building, CNN?

US Media are a dense lazy bunch too much of the time.

Mahalo, spanone! Excellent headline!