Pelosi puts anti-Trump Republican Kinzinger on US Capitol attack panel

[Ramsey Barner]

The speaker of the US House, Nancy Pelosi, has appointed a second anti-Trump Republican to the select committee which will investigate the deadly 6 January assault on the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump.
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Asked if she would ask Adam Kinzinger of Illinois to join fellow Trump critic Liz Cheney of Wyoming on the panel, Pelosi told ABC’s This Week: “That would be my plan.”

Kinzinger said he “humbly accepted” the appointment.

The committee will meet this week to hear testimony from police officers who battled rioters on 6 January. The hearing will take place amid high political drama.

[link:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/25/donald-trump-republicans-6-january-capitol-attack-house-committee-pelosi-kinzinger-banks-jordan|

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(See my letter to the Guardian below)

[Ramsey Barner]

1. Letter to the Guardian Editor

Fairness and Accuracy lacking in headline

Re: "Pelosi puts anti-Trump Republican Kinzinger on US Capitol attack panel" 25 July 2021 online

Nothing in the article or in fact supports the suggestion that Mr. Kinzinger is "anti-Trump." A great deal, including all of the article's quotations by him, supports a conclusion that he is "pro-democracy" and "anti-insurgency."

Most Republicans are publicly in favor or efforts to overthrow the duly elected government. Kinzinger is not. It is unfair and inaccurate, not to mention lazy, to frame this issue as pro-Trump and anti-Trump. One side wants to investigate the origins of a coup attempt and uphold democracy, and the other side wants to excuse the coup attempt and continue the insurrection. Kinzinger (and Cheney) are on the former side.

Thus, the headline is both unfair and inaccurate, and frames the issue as if both sides were equally legitimate in a democratic government.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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[-misanthroptimist]

2. It's more like Kinzinger and Cheney are anti-insurrection

And that is, imo, a good thing. No one should approve of what happened on 1/6, regardless of party. If you think 1/6 is okay then you are a bad American and a bad person. Period.

[blm]

3. Stupid to use anti-Trump as a descriptor. That becomes an excuse

just as Trump intended when he first started whining about it.

[BeckyDem]

4. She is smart to pick him, at least he has not backed down on the truth despite

the roar of GOP lies.

[BeckyDem]

5. The wackos are upset.

Brianna Keilar talks about how some GOP house members want Kevin McCarthy to punish Kinzinger and Congresswoman Liz Cheney for joining the panel.

"So, a growing number of Republicans are calling for Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger to be kicked off their other committee assignments for agreeing to join the January 6th select panel," correspondent Melanie Zanona said.

https://crooksandliars.com/2021/07/house-extremists-want-cheney-kinzinger