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In reply to the discussion: Nancy Pelosi rejects two GOP members selected for 1/6 committee [View all]BumRushDaShow
(128,979 posts)11. According to the WaPo Editorial Board Opinon done yesterday evening
Nehls also voted against certification.
Opinion: Pelosi must not let Kevin McCarthys cynical gambit spoil the Jan. 6 investigation
Opinion by the Editorial Board
Yesterday at 5:31 p.m. EDT
(snip)
Because of how the committee was created, Ms. Pelosi will have final say on its membership. Her appointments including Republican Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Democratic Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (Miss.), the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee who will lead the panel reflected a real seriousness of purpose. In contrast, Mr. McCarthys choices seem solely designed to make a circus of the proceedings. Ringleader, of course, would be Mr. Jordan, a persistent if not terribly skillful disrupter and provocateur. Mr. Jordan, Mr. Banks and Mr. Nehls all voted against certifying the results of the election despite the absence of voter fraud or major irregularities. Their complicity in feeding Mr. Trumps lie about a stolen election is not compatible with any dispassionate investigation of the days events.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/20/kevin-mccarthys-picks-jan-6-panel-make-clear-he-wants-continue-coverup/
Opinion by the Editorial Board
Yesterday at 5:31 p.m. EDT
(snip)
Because of how the committee was created, Ms. Pelosi will have final say on its membership. Her appointments including Republican Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Democratic Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (Miss.), the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee who will lead the panel reflected a real seriousness of purpose. In contrast, Mr. McCarthys choices seem solely designed to make a circus of the proceedings. Ringleader, of course, would be Mr. Jordan, a persistent if not terribly skillful disrupter and provocateur. Mr. Jordan, Mr. Banks and Mr. Nehls all voted against certifying the results of the election despite the absence of voter fraud or major irregularities. Their complicity in feeding Mr. Trumps lie about a stolen election is not compatible with any dispassionate investigation of the days events.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/20/kevin-mccarthys-picks-jan-6-panel-make-clear-he-wants-continue-coverup/
I suppose McCarthy can now instigate a showdown and create a clown show where he thinks he can spend the next couple weeks cycling through a list of the worst of the seditionist loons, one by one, including the likes of Brooks, Gosar, Nunes, etc. If he did do that, Pelosi should cut it off and go with what she has.
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As of a minute or two ago, it's moot - McCarthy has withdrawn the other three recommendations.
George II
Jul 2021
#7
UPDATE: Whiny ass McCarthy has withdrawn the other three names. So freaking juvenile!!!
George II
Jul 2021
#6
The first thing the GQP will want to do is get rid of the word, "insurrection."
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Jul 2021
#23