No one is supposed to be playing politics with the USA Constitution. It is not a toy to bantered around. The two House members she banned from a bipartisan committee were going to make a circus out of a very serious insurrection they don't even believe was an insurrection, so much as party politics.
PEOPLE DIED ON JANUARY 6, 2021. A Capitol Police Officer gave his life to protect the election process and the future of the USA Constitution. There is no room for Republicans to treat the US Constitution as political fodder. This is not a game!
Those two House Republicans were picked by Trump, not McCarthy. McCarthy was just to visit Trump in Maralago and the choice for the Republicans on the committee was solicited by Trump. Just that simple.
In the meantime, there are people being indicted in New York (click here), there is an off duty DEA agent that was at the Capitol on January 6th with his gun (click here), and there is the first prison sentence for a participant that day (click here).
Kevin McCarthy should be putting restrictions on the members of his party in the US House unfit to back to represent their constituents because they back Trump's Big Lie (click here). They are not competent to serve. Jordan is still wanted for questioning from his former coaching position that exploited young men for sex (click here). McCarthy should not be pandering to right-wing extremists. They just had CPAC so they are all hyped. CPAC is not the GOP although they would like to think they are and their money is used to back political sellouts that vote for their cronies' demands and not their constituents.
I take it US Rep. Elizabeth Cheney was the farthest from McCarthy's mind when the committee selection took place.
Speaker Pelosi and the Democrats are doing a magnificent job for the country and it is a national shame the Republicans causing such problems in the USA Senate. The obstruction has gone on too long.
July 21, 2021
By Marianna Sotomayor, Jacqueline Alemany, and Karoun Demirjian
Plans for a bipartisan committee (click here) to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection fell apart Wednesday after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) moved to block two controversial Republicans appointed by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from sitting on the panel — paving the way for two separate and largely partisan investigations of the violent attack on the Capitol.
Pelosi called on McCarthy to name two new Republicans to the committee after refusing to appoint conservative Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.), a privilege she has as speaker. As staunch backers of former president Donald Trump, both members voted against his impeachment and pushed to overturn the election results certifying Joe Biden as president.
“With respect for the integrity of the investigation, with an insistence on the truth and with concern about statements made and actions taken by these Members, I must reject the recommendations of Representatives Banks and Jordan to the Select Committee,” Pelosi said in a statement. “The unprecedented nature of January 6th demands this unprecedented decision.”....
