The GOP's Jan. 6 committee dilemma: Disband it, or turn it on Dems?
A faction of pro-Trump House Republicans is escalating calls to preserve Democrats’ Jan. 6 select panel — but use it to serve their own purposes. Not all of the conference is convinced.
The idea of keeping the Capitol riot committee alive if the GOP retakes the majority this fall, with a wildly different focus, has high-profile fans on the right. Freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) said it would be “asinine” for a GOP majority to disband the panel, and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has called for using it to pursue unfounded theories about the Justice Department’s involvement in the Jan. 6 attack.
But interviews and public comments from a dozen House Republicans reveal a split about how a potential GOP-led chamber should handle the remnants of the select committee. Reshaping it into a political cudgel against Democrats, as compelling as it might sound to some conservatives, will take time and focus from a party that wants to pursue its own policy agenda should it vault back to power as expected.
“I'm probably in the camp of: Just let it go away. I don't want to waste our time dealing with it anymore,” said Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas).
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-gops-jan-6-committee-dilemma-disband-it-or-turn-it-on-dems/ar-AATyiJR
If the GOP gets control of Congress it'll be another Newt Gingrich/ Gowdy-doody type clown show.
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