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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Sunday announced that she is appointing Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., to the Jan. 6 select committee after rejecting two Republican allies of former President Donald Trump.
Shortly after suggesting on ABC's "This Week" that it was her "plan" to appoint Kinzinger, Pelosi's office sent out a press release making the announcement official.
"Today, I am announcing the appointment of Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger, an Air Force veteran and Lieutenant Colonel in the Air National Guard, to serve on the Select Committee," Pelosi said in the press release. "He brings great patriotism to the Committee's mission: to find the facts and protect our Democracy."
"On January 6th, insurrectionists attempted to overthrow the government during the worst assault on the Capitol since the War of 1812," Pelosi continued. "It is imperative that we get to the truth of that day and ensure that such an attack can never again happen. That is why we established the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, which is bipartisan."
PELOSI BANS GOP REPS. JIM JORDAN, JIM BANKS FROM SERVING ON JAN. 6 COMMITTEE, MCCARTHY THREATENS TOTAL BOYCOTT
Kinzinger, who voted to impeach Trump following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol for inciting an insurrection, is the second Republican to be appointed to the committee. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., was selected earlier this month and also supported Trump's impeachment.
Kinzinger sent out a press release in response to the appointment, saying he "humbly accepted" the position and "will work diligently to ensure we get to the truth and hold those responsible for the attack fully accountable."
"This moment requires a serious, clear-eyed, non-partisan approach," Kinzinger continued. "We are duty-bound to conduct a full investigation on the worst attack on the Capitol since 1814 and to make sure it can never happen again."
Pelosi announced this past Wednesday she was rejecting Reps. Jim Jordan from Ohio and Jim Banks from Indiana - two strong allies of former President Donald Trump - from joining the Jan. 6 committee due to past statements that she claims will hurt the "integrity of the investigation."
"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."
Cheney defended Pelosi's decision to reject Jordan and Banks, telling reporters "I agree with what the Speaker has done."
"At every opportunity, the minority leader has attempted to prevent the American people from understanding what happened to block this investigation," Cheney said.
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With Reps Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger on board Speaker Pelosi has herself a bipartisan committee to investigate the whole truth of January 6th, 2021.
There’s nothing bi partisan about this biased partisan star chamber witch hunt. Whatever ts findings, red America will reject them out of hand because no Republicans appointed by Republicans are on the committee. No one here gives a darn what they have to say.
Let's hope they go straight at Trump's role in that thing. Cut to the chase.
Well, that was predictable. Kinzinger makes 9 of the planned 18 seats.
I say she modifies it to 13 and gets started...
that's cool, but it's still going to be very difficult to find any more defenders of the constitution among trump's coalition of domestic terrorists, white supremacists, and religious wackos in the house.
I can think of 4 GOP Senators she can pick. It seems to be her barbecue and her rules.
I still can't get over McCarthy's bonehead move to pass on a bipartisan commission.
Nancy's circus, her handpicked clowns.
She best get a move on, because after the midterms she won't be Speaker anymore.
Pelosi has no interest in bipartisanship.
The only thing Jim Jordan is missing is the big red nose. If he keeps up the boozing, he'll have that, too. Then his clown outfit will be complete.
After the midterms there will be fewer Republicans in the House.
Yeah, including the disgraced Adam Schiff tells you exactly what kind of commission this will be. It's as if Pelosi is trying to discredit it as partisan political hackery before it even starts.
I'm surprised she didn't name the guy who was "just friends" with the Chinese spy.
Republicans making that complaint is a cosmic joke.
If you're bitchin about it Sean, then it can be confirmed that Pelosi made the right move for America, Americans and the US Constitution.
Right, you are anti-insurrection now. How quickly you flip-flop. Just last year you were bragging how you were going to attack any cop who tried to arrest BLM insurrectionists. Now you are Mr. Law and Order, huh?
Protesting for rights and justice is one thing Mr. Tracey and protesting for lies, fraud and grift is quite another.
rotesting for rights and justice is one thing.
Sure, sure. Trying to burn down courthouses and attacking police officers in the names of "rights and justice."
The things progressives tell themselves .....
Psst... The people who attacked Congress thought they were doing it for rights and justice too. It's not some secret cheat code that lets you engage in insurrection.
So, you'd be a Tory during the American Revolution?
And no, the people who attacked on Jan. 6th were suckers for the grift and possessed no logical thought. 'Secret cheat code'? Yeah. The cheat lie.
Right... Now you are equating the insurrectionists who attacked police and government buildings with the revolutionaries. You would have fit right in with the confederates.
the people who attacked on Jan. 6th were suckers for the grift and possessed no logical thought
Lol.. That's what the mobs attacking police officers last summer displayed? Logical thought?
You know these are the same dummies who believe thousands of unarmed black people are murdered by cops each year, right? It's amazing how little liberals know about themselves,. They riot over made up claims like "hands up, don't shoot" and then attack right wingers as being uninformed . I don't know if if's sad or funny.
Best to stop while you're behind. Pay attention. Fascist do not need the help.
The senate already completed its actual bi partisan report.
Which addressed the failures of the security systems and miscommunications between the various factions and basically blamed the Capital Police.
It also recognized the distinct possibility of revisiting the issue later since all of the 500 charged so far have not completed their cases. The House is looking for a more complete picture.
There were 4 bipartisan Benghazi reports and 6 more GOP only Benghazi reports.
What's the fuss? What are people afraid of? A more complete picture?
I don't believe he is on the commission. But nice deflection!
Doubtful at best, highly unlikely to be a Democratic-majority House after the midterms. All it takes is a handful of seats!
History is dead set against Dems maintaining their majority, and they did lose seats while Biden won, so look for more of the same!
When did history register?
That's true.
Precedent is always broken sooner or later, we shall see what happens next election.
When one looks at past midterms, especially from 1950 on, one finds the President's party often loses seats.
If Democrats lost seats while Biden was winning handily, it damn sure ain't much of a stretch to assume they will fare worse in the midterms than they did in 2020.
Excellent move by Pelosi and good for Kinzinger. Big kudos for him!
More like end of career for him and Liz.
With Trumpist-Fascist Cancel Culture predominant in the Republican Personality Cult, that's possible.
Republicans should be lining up, begging to be on this commission in order to free themselves from the ultimate, unavoidable downward spiral of 'the MAGA' and it's foreign asset currently whining on the golf course.
But they aren't and there must be one reason for that. The money. The dirty money Trump brought and they bought. GOP figures it can weather the storm of MAGA flags beating police officers, but to explain dirty foreign money finding its way into their coffers is that bridge to far.
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No she isn't, Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi were the targets. Ashli is being exploited for political partisan BS.
So you admit that the other 7 deaths were probably homicide but "not provable"?
One can also see that he repeatedly shouted warnings and yet she kept coming.
They were exhausted, stripped of most of their gear and offered "safe passage" if they stepped aside after a tense standoff.
They are also quite young by my standards. They chose their own survival in a very tough spot. Had they waited 45 seconds more
reinforcements were coming up the staircase. They were also the only people to try to render first aid to Ashli.
Agreed, finally.
Sorry to disagree Kyle but your a dumb MFucker who wasn't there, just another muck raking arm chair quarterback with zero legal experience.
So did the Trump Administration, so is Kyle stupid or what?
Anyone else question why so many white Capitol Police officers refused to draw their weapons on the overwhelmingly white rioters?
Kyle doesn't.
He's white, he knows why.
CRT. Tribes stick together even in the face of unconscionable acts against ones own country.
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