McCarthy will pull all Republican members from the Jan. 6 committee

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

Excellent!

[BlueTsunami2018]

1. This was the plan the whole time.

Now they can dismiss it as a partisan political investigation.

[lagomorph777]

42. That's not how it will work. He is only proving their complicity.

What an idiot.

[machoneman]

44. Yep! Their secret plan was........known by all as a farce!

[Nexus2]

54. Yep

All the better for them whine and gripe about how unfair they're being treated by this partisan operation.

Anyone that didn't see this coming wasn't pay attention.

[Volaris]

79. Not if liz is still sitting up there...

Shes there at the SPECIFIC invitation of Pelosi. What's kevin gonna do, vote to kick her completely out of Congress?


Good luck with that lol...

[Kali]

2. what assholes they all are

[Sanity Claws]

3. Cheney may refuse to be pulled

[Nevilledog]

5. She was picked by Pelosi

[Sanity Claws]

12. Cheney is a Republican

She was not among the recent group that McCarthy nominated but she agreed to be on the panel earlier. She won't leave just because McCarthy said he will pull all Republicans. She already defied him.

[Nevilledog]

19. I was agreeing with you.

[FarPoint]

22. There is also another male republican...

I forget his name...something along the lines of ??? Kinzinger? He too volunteered when Cheney signed up....

[Delphinus]

50. I think you're

thinking of Adam Kinzinger from Illinois.

[FarPoint]

57. Yeap...

That is the one..

[murielm99]

70. I live in the 16th,

and I do not trust Kinzinger.

[FarPoint]

76. I completely understand...

[3catwoman3]

55. Adam Kinzinger from Illinois' 16th district.

It's quite a large district, geographically, and sort of wraps itself around the collar counties of the greater Chicago area. Not quite as weirdly shaped as my district, the 6th, or the neighboring 14th, where the dynamic Lauren Underwood is from.

[FarPoint]

58. Thank you...

[ProfessorGAC]

59. Our District Used To Be Pretty Normal In Shape

The redistricting from 8 or so years back made it oddly shaped.
But, I agree that there are others way more non geographically drawn.

[ZonkerHarris]

4. Such a stupid move. But now we will get some shit done. McCarthy is an idiot

[lagomorph777]

43. Yup. He stepped into his own trap.

[Tadpole Raisin]

66. Yup! ;-)

LOL!

ACME products…

[Delmette2.0]

78. Yes we will get it done faster.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

6. Right on cue!

[MoonRiver]

7. Good news!

[Johonny]

8. We won't miss them, and they were going to dismiss the hearings as partisan anyway

So who cares what the cult thinks?

[monkeyman1]

48. CARTEL IS MORE LIKE IT !

[hlthe2b]

9. This is why I think Pelosi's vetoes were strategic (leaving one member who had voted against

certification)...

[Budi]

16. Yes indeed, Pelosi always thinks strategically!!

Counting the votes before making a move forward, has ALWAYS been her most efficient consideration.

It's her, " don't waste our time" move.

She freakin set him up!! Ha!

[Scrivener7]

10. OK.

[sheshe2]

31. Oh no!

They are taking their ball and going home to pout! Big babies.

🤪

[Scrivener7]

34. But we have plenty of balls of our own. We don't need theirs.

And we have Nancy.

[sheshe2]

36. 😂👍😂👍😂👍

[asiliveandbreathe]

11. So childish..but who didn't see this coming..at least now, there will only

be adults at the table..

[CentralMass]

13. The GOP is no longer in the business of governing the country.

They serve solely to thwart the Democrats efforts to do so.

[Corgigal]

14. Works.

Can we put some historians, and criminologists on the board? The people who really want to understand would like people who have studied this type of behavior to ask some questions. Also, would be nice if we have a social scientist who has a background in cult behavior.

Ignore the performance politicians, which is almost the entire Republican Party.

[Scrivener7]

35. That's actually a great idea.

[luv2fly]

38. Maybe a constitutional scholar as well

There might be a former president available.

[brush]

15. I doubt they'll do that. They'll be sorry if they do as there will be...

a negative back lash. They've got their chance to participate. If they don't, it's on them and consequences will be felt in some districts in the '22 election.

[Nevilledog]

23. He's done it

Link to tweet

[brush]

28. I think they'll regret that. Committee hearing wiil go on for weeks...

on national TV and Dems and Liz Cheney will have the spotlight as they get to the facts and question witnesses.

Other republicans will have no input and McCarthy's decision to pull out will be on them. It also looks rather childish.

[Nevilledog]

39. They have help

Link to tweet

Tweet text:
Kevin M. Kruse
@KevinMKruse
It's a good thing there aren't reporters who are just lazily going to parrot his framing of it as partisan and political.

Rachael Bade
@rachaelmbade
Pelosi's move to reject GOP picks for the 1/6 panel is going to be a gift to Kevin McCarthy in the long run.

He wanted this panel to look partisan and political. Now it's definitely going to look partisan and political.
10:07 AM · Jul 21, 2021

[Nevilledog]

40. And

Link to tweet

Tweet text:
Alayna Treene
@alaynatreene
McCarthy says it’s all or nothing with his Jan. 6 committee picks

This could be good for him / Republicans long term — he initially said he opposed the commission because it would be too partisan

Kevin McCarthy
@GOPLeader
Unless Speaker Pelosi reverses course and seats all five Republican nominees, Republicans will not be party to their sham process and will instead pursue our own investigation of the facts.

My full statement: https://bit.ly/3kF1XTB
10:36 AM · Jul 21, 2021

[brush]

52. We shall see.

[wnylib]

61. So McCarthy plans to hold his own

investigation. He's hell bent on having traitor circus performances either way, with or without Pelosi.

It is intended to not only be a counter message about Jan 6, but also a distraction from the real investigation. He will appoint committee members and choose witnesses for their maximum drama and ratings ability. They will present a counter picture of Jan 6 and probably call on TFG to speak. They will use their committee to attack and counter everything that the real committee says and does.

RW media will, of course, give them full coverage. The rest of the media should ignore McCarthy's committee as illegitimate. But they won't. They will drool over the controversy of two committees.

Republicans are setting up their own alternative government within Congress. Is there any way to stop them from doing this? Can their witnesses be arrested for the lies they will tell (after they tell them)? It isa criminal offensr to lie to Congress.

[ancianita]

56. Mini-me Republicans can help produce the Tour Committee

to cite CCTV "tour" footage of Republicans on Jan 5. That, in turn, will supply right wing media's new framing of Republican innocence.

[WinstonSmith4740]

47. "Republicans will not be party to their sham process...

and will instead pursue our own investigation of the facts.”


They're undoubtedly referring to alternative facts. I want to see Jordan subpeonaed as a witness now. Especially after reading how Cheney put him in his place at the time.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. Crybaby

[WHITT]

18. Speaker Pelosi

should add Congressman Kinzinger.

[kysrsoze]

24. I agree - get at least two Republicans on the committee. Then McQarthy looks stupid again.

[leftieNanner]

45. Again?

Always.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

26. I think he's already said he doesn't want to be on the committee.

He's playing his hand very carefully on this stuff. Sort of McCain-like. Wants to march to his own drummer but not be shunned by the party.

[WHITT]

37. He May Reconsider

after Kevin's antics.

[uponit7771]

20. ***MCCARTHY HAS TO PULL THEM ALL!! * * * If this committee is bipartisan Republicans lose

... the partisan argument.

Now Pelosi should go out and get former Republican party members

[brush]

30. Liz Cheney is already on the committee.

[uponit7771]

77. NICE !!! ... looks like they'll start a partisan investigation without democrats.

[zuul]

21. I'm good with that.

The repubes had a chance, weeks ago, to come to an agreeement to share power with the Democrats and they refused.

Suck it, assholes.

[Bettie]

25. Of course he did

because that was the plan all along.

[magicarpet]

27. Zippidy dodah,

This will make it much easier to get to the facts of what happened on 1/6/2021 without all the ReThug delays, showmanship, and needless interference.

[The Magistrate]

29. Oh, Well, Ma'am

It was rather like having a couple of button-men seated on the Crime Commission anyway.

[GoodRaisin]

32. Fine. A committee with no Republicans is better than one with loudmouth Jordan.

That is all!

[Evolve Dammit]

72. Truth! By adding him, McCarthy knew Polosi would reject and then he could pull the rest and squeal.

Let the hearings begin with adults only. Add Romney or Kinsinger if need be. At least they would be civil, unlike the ones who still refuse to acknowledge Biden one, and in Jordan's case just be flaming assholes.

[GoodRaisin]

74. Unfortunately for McCarthy, its already bipartisan because Pelosi selected Cheney.

So he can squeal all he wants, but this committee has a Republican sitting on it. One that wants to get to the heart of this problem.

Pelosi is eating lunch off of McCarthy's head.

[Evolve Dammit]

75. And I am fine with that, because she will ask great questions. Let it roll.

[Paladin]

33. Sounds good to me.

Keep up the good work, McCarthy.

[spanone]

41. Good news. Now Democrats can get to the bottom of 1/6.

[Wild blueberry]

46. Now they can be called as witnesses

(and perpetrators?)
RepubliQans would have whined about "partisanship" no matter what.
Full speed ahead!

[VEGANGTA]

49. I thought..

"pulling Republican Members" was Lindsey Grahams job.

[AllaN01Bear]

51. still doing tfgs bidding.

[Sunsky]

53. Good, the circus has left town.

Their agenda was to turn a serious inquiry into a shitshow and Pelosi said no.

[stillspkg]

60. Ya Think?

Noting the lack interest and intellectual capacity (among other things) of the class of Repugs they put forth as viable candidates for anything, the next Presidential debate should be a thinking contest.
Moderator: We’ll begin this thinking contest with _______(Republican). You can start anytime.

[SoonerPride]

62. Good. Now maybe we can get some work done without a sideshow.

[YoshidaYui]

63. Ahem

Link to tweet

?s=21

[mac56]

64. Well..

[Vinca]

65. And they consider this a loss for Pelosi??????? LOL.

The hearings will go on - with or without them - and the media will be all over the hearings - with or without them. There is no happy ending here for the GQP.

[Champp]

67. Do let the door hit your treasonous Republican asses on the way out

[obamanut2012]

68. I am so glad Nancy Pelosi isn't a Republican

[calimary]

69. What a spoil-sport.

I’d call him a big baby, too, but with apologies to legitimate babies at the same time.

[meow2u3]

71. Kremlin McQarthy wants to take his ball and go home

He also wants to blame Democrats for the actions of rethug perps, falsely accusing Dems of not wanting bipartisanship (read: Democratic capitulation to repuke whims) because he couldn't get away with sabotaging the January 6 Select Committee.

Not. Gonna. Work, McQarthy.

[Nexus2]

73. Didn't they have the ability to select Republicans for the Jan 6 committee

With veto power on subpoenas and they walked away from the table. Now they're are complaining about offer given that didn't have to proposed.