Ever since Trump Republicans joined the Church of the Holy Wacko, it has been next to impossible to trust anything they say, right down to the words And, If, and But.
So when House Reps heard that Nancy Pelosi wanted to install a Democratic majority on the panel investigating the insurrection of January 6, I for one felt a sense of relief.
As Representative Gerry Donnolly (D-Va) put it, “We do not owe delusional deniers a role or a platform in a commission designed to try to ferret out extremism and violence to prevent its recurrence." He added, “These people are dangerous.”
Additionally, it’s likely some legislators were personally involved in planning or carrying out the attack. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Ca.), who helped prosecute Trump’s second impeachment, sees it as a fox-in-the-henhouse equivalent. Republicans are "asking to have oversight for an event that they are partially responsible for inciting.” You don't say.
Republicans in Congress, meanwhile, are concerned that Democrats intend to muddy Trump and Republicans repeatedly ahead of the 2022 elections, and are more than willing to fling accusations about how unfair it all is. That shouldn't stop Democrats from remembering the rough treatment they've had at the hands of Mitch McConnell's right-wing army of legislators.
It matters that Trump Republicans are a new breed. We've known for a while now that Trump fans have left the real world behind in favor of QAnon or, worse, a taste for news that pours misinformation into gullets thirsty for a reason to force the rest of the nation back into the inequalities of the past.
There is not one Trumpist politician out there who is putting the country first; none show integrity, and their political goals have twisted to the point that they appear eager to do actual harm to people who oppose them. It's like Joe McCarthy came back red-headed and hypnotized them.
It's time to fight back with the commonsensical step of keeping Republican politicians from ruining yet another once-honorable process of Congress. Remember how Republicans' special prosecutor started out investigating Bill Clinton's relationship with Gennifer Flowers and, years later, finally impeached him over an incident that took place long after the investigation began?
In the context of recent history, Democrats will do a fine job just by being honest, and a spectacular job just by being fair.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/540779-democrats-dont-trust-gop-on-1-6-commission-these-people-are-dangerous?fbclid=IwAR36esiQoaONStobeReNLgJbzKHfMshDMrFaVZUldUfQ5rJCq6lQGjRSPBE
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