When only two (2) (count 'em!) House Republicans are prepared to back an investigation into an insurrection attempt ...
When more than two dozen House Republicans literally flee Washington, DC to avoid voting on the bill to authorize an investigation ...
When Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader, threatens to strip committee assignments from any Republicans who join the Select Committee ...
it starts to look less like partisan chess than like a fight between Good and Evil.
That's why we're happy to see Liz Cheney show that she has a spine and a mind of her own. When Nancy Pelosi phoned to ask her to join the Select Committee, Cheney said Yes. She's already been punished once by being removed from the House Republican leadership. She's ready to face up to her bullies on principle. Good for her!
The only other Republican rep to vote for the Select Committee was Adam Kinziger (R-Ill.), who, asked about McCarthy's threat, said "Who gives a s**t?"
Kinzinger added, “I do think the threat of removing committees is ironic, because you won't go after the space lasers and white supremacist people but those who tell the truth." He was alluding to statements by the reality-flouting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).
Pelosi’s choice to lead the committee is Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.). He'd worked on the plan for a bipartisan commission to investigate January 6.
Her other six choices for the committee are Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who led Democrats in Trump's second impeachment; Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who led Democrats in Trump's first impeachment; Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), who is a former impeachment manager; Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), who is on her leadership team, and two members with national security chops, Reps. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) and Elaine Luria (D-Va.).
Besides threatening Republicans who cooperate by joining the committee, McCarthy has threatened not to choose members for the five additional seats that he will choose in consultation with Pelosi.
However, a few of the Republicans who want to whitewash the events of the 6th are reportedly trying to get seats on the committee. For those would-be members, we suspect that Pelosi's consult with McCarthy could be as short as a single word.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/01/pelosi-taps-cheney-for-jan-6-select-committee-497533?fbclid=IwAR0GdmAs3pToeJiCbx3ouaPhzO-Icpq7IGrB0s-Gilchizh2DPvB0zk40T4
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