Should Liz Cheney be named Co-Chair of the Select Committee?

[kentuck]

Since Bennie Thompson has already been named the Chair, and just to show it is a bi-partisan Committee, give them equal status?

After all, it is not about politics. It is beyond Democratic or Republican Party. It is about saving our democracy.

Nancy understands that public sentiment is everything.

[patricia92243]

2. Sounds sensible to me.

[Ocelot II]

3. No. She's already been designated the Ranking Member, which is

the appropriate title for the minority party's most senior committee member. There's no need for a co-chair.

[kentuck]

4. Would it be harmful to make a gesture to those American people...

...who do not agree with you?

[NH Ethylene]

7. They don't agree with Liz Cheney either.

It would not make any difference in the way the public will view this commission (if a co-chair is even needed).

[Ocelot II]

9. At this point? No, screw them.

[brush]

29. No. Hat's off to Cheney but we're in the majority for once so we should not...

concede any power to the insurrection party.

[NH Ethylene]

5. No. There is no obligation to have one of the 2 GOP members be a co-chair.

Nancy should choose whoever she thinks will do the best job.

[happy feet]

6. NO

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. Repubs had their opportunity to do a co-chair thing ala a 911 type committee and chose against it.

[Moostache]

10. A public service reminder to all.

Aesop's Fables and other works of antiquity have addressed this many times by many names...

In "The Scorpion and The Turtle":

A turtle carries the scorpion across the river, and the turtle survives the scorpion's sting - thanks to its protective shell. The turtle is baffled by the scorpion's behavior because they are old friends and the scorpion must have known that its stinger would not pierce the turtle's shell. The scorpion responds that it acted neither out of malice nor ingratitude, but merely an irresistible and indiscriminate urge to sting. The turtle then delivers the following reflection:

Truly have the sages said that to cherish a base character is to give one's honor to the wind, and to involve one's own self in embarrassment.

[kentuck]

11. So the question would be: Is it about "cherishing a base character" or is it something else?

No one Party can solve the problems of this country. We must work together for the truth and good or we accomplish nothing.

[kentuck]

22. It's not like the majority of the Republican Party is working with Democrats.

Politics ain't beanbag. I understand that.

It's a chess game, not checkers. Everything is not black and white. There are many gray areas where we have to play the game. I have confidence that Nancy Pelosi understands the game very well.

[CrackityJones75]

27. No. No no no no no NO!

EVERY time we try and reach across the aisle, go beyond what is expected, offer the olive branch WE GET SCREWED!

[Moostache]

18. Merely urging caution

Liz Cheney is, was and always will be Dick Cheney's daughter...on the committe is fine...co-chair? Nope.

BTW, there is nothing anyone can do to make the GQP accept anything about Jan 6th...no mattet what, so do not mistake an enemy of the progressive cause as a true ally because of temporary agreements.

[brooklynite]

17. Are you saying she won't act responsibly on the Committee?

[Moostache]

21. Not exactly

On the committee is fine...co-chair is not.

If i thought bipartisanship was possible, i might be inclined to give more...the past 30 years show us over and over again NOT TO TRUST A REPUBLICANS.

[brooklynite]

24. "NOT TO TRUST A REPUBLICAN"

So I'll ask again: do you think she's going to act irresponsibly on the Committee?

[CrackityJones75]

28. Not about that.

She will act in the best interest of her version of the republican party. She will take shots at the Democratic Party where she can you better believe it.

[brooklynite]

33. Other than "we know Republicans will do this" there's no evidence that she'll act that way

[kacekwl]

32. I've learned one thing

the last 20 years, never trust a Republican. Or anyone named Cheney. Fool me once.....

[NewHendoLib]

12. No.

[Hekate]

13. What does Mme Speaker of the House say?

[kentuck]

16. She will make the right decision.

I am convinced.

[Hekate]

19. That's what I think, too

[Pobeka]

14. No. Liz Cheney will control the verbage and reduce GOP accountability.

She has asipirations of her own that are a conflict of interest.

She won't allow full accountability because that would damage the GOP too much to let her have a shot in 2024.

[Caliman73]

20. My answer is no. She is the ranking member.

My questions to you are:

1. Can you define "public"? Once you define public can you answer # 2?

2. What exactly do you think that the "public" will take from the selection of a Republican "co-chair"?

3. Do you think that choosing a Republican co-chair, especially one who was stripped of her position in Republican leadership, is going to engender any support from Republicans other than those who are already supportive of the process without Cheney as co-chair?

[kentuck]

23. When Nancy was talking about public sentiment...

I think she was talking about the majority of the American people standing behind you.

[Caliman73]

30. The majority of Americans are likely already standing behind the commission.

People who are paying attention, who are not the fervent supporters of Donald Trump, are likely already standing behind the commission and wanting to find out what lead to the attack on the Capital.

I do not think that making Liz Cheney a co-chair will substantively change any dynamics. As the ranking member, she will play a vital role in the process anyway.

[Harker]

26. No.

Grand Exalted Poobah, maybe.

[kacekwl]

31. No.

No.

[Chainfire]

34. No, we have to learn to fight the Republicans under the rules that they laid out.

Give them everything that they have conceded to us. We have got to stop being the nice guy that gets pushed around. We have the power for the next 18 months, we better learn how to use it effectively or we will lose it for all time. We may be on the final lap of Democracy, and leading by a nose, it is time use the spurs.

[kentuck]

36. The Committee must be as "non-partisan" as humanly possible.

We should try to work for a consensus. Otherwise, what have we accomplished?

[Bucky]

38. Congressional committees are by their nature partisan animals

A special commission could have been more nonpartisan.
One of the two parties shot that idea down. So they'll go with an ordinary Congressional committee doing the work of investigating and recommending changes to fix the problems.

[gulliver]

35. No, it would undermine her with the sane Republicans and Independents disgusted by Trumpism

[Bucky]

37. NO

Ranking minority member is honor enough. They should stick to doing this as a regular work of Congress. Improvisation is completely uncalled for.

This is their job so let them do it and follow the proper forms and procedures.

[ecstatic]

39. Give me a break.

Has anyone actually called for that? Who exactly is the target audience for such a move? We have three groups of Americans at this point. The ones who give a shit about January 6th, the ones who don't, and the ones who have no idea what's going on. The people who give a shit about January 6th are not clamoring to hear from the party of TFG right now. This is a woman who voted for tRump after everything we've seen. I'm really glad she's distinguishing herself from McCarthy and others, but that's a very low bar.

[kentuck]

40. In my opinion, it could be a very smart politiical move...

..even if it only moves a small number of people to watch it.

If the purpose is to get the facts out to the American people?

What good would it be to only get the facts out to Democrats?

Politics must be removed from the process.

[Iggo]

41. No.

Gawd, I hate when this happens.