Jim Jordan among McCarthy picks for Jan. 6 panel | TheHill
By: Scott Wong (TheHill)
well that's a relief. I was afraid that millionaire pedophile enablers wouldn't be represented on the commission.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday is expected to pick five Republicans to serve on the special House committee created to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
The top Republican on the bipartisan panel will be Rep. Jim Banks (Ind.), a rising star who is serving this cycle as chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, GOP sources said.
The others , sources said, are Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio), the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee and the co-founder of the far-right Freedom Caucus; Rep. Rodney Davis (Ill.), the top Republican on the Administration Committee; and Reps. Kelly Armstrong (N.D.) and Troy Nehls (Texas), a former county sheriff.
Politico first reported McCarthy's picks.
While all five picks have backed former President Trump in the past, not all of them supported his efforts to overturn Democratic President Biden's election victory in November. Jordan, Banks and Nehls were among 139 House Republicans who voted to overturn the election results, while Davis and Armstrong voted to certify the results.
Jordan has been one of Trump's most fervent loyalists on Capitol Hill. The former collegiate wrestling champion and coach defended Trump during both his impeachment proceedings, arguing that Democrats were "obsessed" with taking down Trump.
The five McCarthy picks will join the eight lawmakers — seven Democrats plus Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) — tapped by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). The special panel is chaired by Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.).
The Jan. 6 committee will hold its first hearing July 27, featuring testimony from Capitol Police and D.C. Metropolitan Police officers who defended the Capitol during the hours-long assault, including injured D.C. police officer Michael Fanone.
In a statement on his appointment, Banks made clear he'll use his platform to try to turn the focus back on Democrats, raising questions about why the Capitol was not more secure on Jan. 6 and why Democrats chose not to include in the committee's scope other acts of political violence that occurred amid last year's Black Lives Matter protests.
"Make no mistake, Nancy Pelosi created this committee solely to malign conservatives and to justify the Left's authoritarian agenda," Banks said. "Even then, I will do everything possible to give the American people the facts about the lead up to January 6, the riot that day, and the responses from Capitol leadership and the Biden administration. "I will not allow this committee to be turned into a forum for condemning millions of Americans because of their political beliefs."
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gee, I wonder which way he'll swing on that committee? I'll bet he's willing to go best out of three falls with any of the opposition's designated under age male children to help him render his decision.
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What, no Greene.
And I had the space lasers ready.
she'll be too busy doing 6" tongue curls in the office at her crossfit gym...
he makes her wear a mask of a little girl disney character...
Jim Jordan will get the thrill of both sitting on the committee and testifying in front of it as one of the suspects in fomenting the riot.
I'm sure that was part of the reason to pick him, and no, he won't testify, now.
That’s right up there with Betsy DeVos as Sec. of Ed.
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Must have been an extremely short meeting then. DeVos has no more business as Secretary of Education than Subway Jared would have as camp counselor … or Donald Trump as anything in public service.
Like Andrea Yates hosting a kid's pool party...
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The rest of you don't know what the fuck you are talking about in that regard and are operating on emotion only.
Or, ya know, facts, common sense and stuff. What the hell would an elitist privately schooled billionaire with no degree or experience in education know about public education?! She was there to tear down a system she knew absolutely nothing about.
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At least they don't have the majority
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Jim Jordan is a brain-dead loser with no redeeming human qualities.
McCarthy and Jordan have their noses permanently up Trump's extremely large rear end.
Shouldn't he be facing a grand jury somewhere?
Yes, he should.
That piece of shit will only make a mockery of it.
Hopefully Nancy will make Jordan wear a jacket, his shirt armpits must smell of stale sweat by now.