What Republicans hope to accomplish with their own Jan. 6 probe

[babylonsister]

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/what-republicans-hope-accomplish-their-own-jan-6-probe-n1274704

Maddowblog
What Republicans hope to accomplish with their own Jan. 6 probe
House Republicans say they'll have their own Jan. 6 "investigation." Its apparent goal: Find a way to blame the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
July 22, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
By Steve Benen

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In case this was too subtle, McCarthy appeared on Fox News last night and suggested the House Speaker may have made "a decision" not to have the National Guard protecting the Capitol on Jan. 6.

So let's take stock. Earlier this year, a violent mob, incited by Donald Trump, tried to prevent the certification of an American election. It was, by any measure, the most serious attack on the U.S. Capitol, the citadel of our government, in more than two centuries.

Republican leaders rejected an independent commission to investigate the assault. Republican leaders then opposed the creation of a congressional select committee to investigate the assault. Republican leaders then tried to add unserious Trump sycophants, one of whom may be a material witness in the investigation, to the investigatory panel.

And now Republican leaders, thwarted in their effort to cover up the former president's wrongdoing, are gearing up to blame House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the Jan. 6 riot.

I realize that some of the coverage of these developments is stressing the idea that "both parties have attacked the other as insincere," but only one of those parties has a legitimate case to make.

[Wounded Bear]

1. They blame Madame Speaker for everything anyway...

[SharonClark]

2. So they want to blame Pelosi for not protecting the Capitol from the

insurrectionists and terrorists they encouraged?

Is that a little like the guy who murdered his parents and then appeals for leniency because he's an orphan?

[EarlG]

5. Blame the victim

Always one of the top plays in the Republican playbook.

[global1]

3. Since When Does A Speaker Of The House Have The Ability To.....

activate or not activate the National Guard?

How are the Repugs going to justify that?

[lagomorph777]

4. We already know that Trump's recently-appointed lackey deactivated the National Guard.

He did so a day in advance of the coup attempt.

[orwell]

6. So where are they going to conduct the kangaroo court?

...In the House broom closet?

[NCDem47]

7. There are two plays here for Rs to divert attention from their own mideeds on 1/6

1. Put Pelosi on trial. I don't think they are going to like what comes out in that scenario. Doesn't matter though. This will just become a battle of the message with the Rs screaming the loudest and most often in their echo chambers.

2. Muddy the waters and show 1/6 was the culmination of anarchy in the streets that began with George Floyd/BLM protests in summer of 2020. Rs excuse the behavior of 1/6 because they draw false equivalency to "civil unrest" taking place prior.