5/21/21 Could a January 6 Commission Name Politicians as Co-Conspirators?

In the face of Republicans' unmistakable bad faith on the January 6 commission -- both in House negotiations and now in the Senate -- it’s probably time to get rid of the filibuster so the Democrats can accomplish some things that need to be done.

Rumblings about the filibuster are starting to sound like an earthquake.

“It’s one more reminder that McConnell thinks he has a veto over anything that he wants to stop. That’s not what the founders thought when they wrote the constitution and it’s sure not what a Democratic majority should go along with now,” said Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).

With big bills from the Democrats in the offing, and the Republicans claiming (without being specific) that better broadband access and electric charging stations for cars are not infrastructure, it's going to be tough to get those bills through.

It will be embarrassing to the Republicans if they filibuster the 1/6 Commission, but it looks as though they'll do it.

So yes, Republicans are on the very edge of forcing Democrats to get rid of the filibuster. The Republicans did it already for SCOTUS nominations so that Democrats couldn't keep the neanderthals off the bench. They'd do it again in a heartbeat. The Democrats, despite all our scruples, should go first.

Back to the 1/6 commission: Republicans once initiated a bill for a commission about the insurrection attempt, but didn't follow through. Now, McConnell and other bitteratti of the Right are talking about not needing an investigative group at all based on an ongoing investigation that doesn't exist. Some don't even need excuses; they simply refuse to cooperate. Thanks to Ms. Pelosi's brilliant decision to meet all the Republicans' demands for the commission, they haven't got an excuse or a leg to stand on.

We've all assumed that Republican politicians are clinging to Trump because the voters are clinging to Trump. We've assumed that it's a naked pursuit of reelection for all those politicians.

It's also fear, as Liz Cheney said, for their personal protection and the protection of their families and homes. Trump added to those fears today by bitching about the Republican House members who voted for the commission along with the Democrats.

But there's more. The Republicans' extreme level of obstruction is starting to look like self-protection. Republicans were and still are backing Trump and all his lies. Because they spread and supported those lies throughout the presidential campaign, it's possible that Trumpists are afraid that they'll be blamed as co-conspirators in the insurrection.

I don't mean that Republican politicians will be charged with crimes. I mean that their anti-patriotic, even treasonous actions will be widely recognized by the public. I suppose that scares them in the same way Trump does.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/january-6-commission-filibuster_n_60a69467e4b0a24c4f797681?fbclid=IwAR2p0Mv96de8Ufouzdnxk7FTqFeuehpG4dXk_h0Ufr3LAupHTUFH0jz-4nA

Is it time to deep-six the filibuster? Do you feel any scruples about it? Does it scare you a little?

Do you think that Republicans fear being called co-conspirators in the insurrection?

What would it take to keep Trump from continuing to damage our democracy?