Kevin McCarthy is choosing Trump over his own colleagues

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Opinion | Kevin McCarthy is choosing Trump over his own colleagues
The GOP should want to make it harder to storm the Capitol. And yet, here we are.
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7:44 AM · May 19, 2021

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/kevin-mccarthy-s-jan-6-cowardice-puts-congress-danger-n1267885?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma

There was a moment, albeit brief, when it seemed like Republicans and Democrats could come together and into a violent riot that forced all 541 representatives, senators and delegates to seek safety in a secure location. Then, on Tuesday morning, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., .

In his attempt to scuttle the deal, negotiated between the chair and the ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, McCarthy probably thought he was doing what was best for his members. But in blocking an examination of what happened on Jan. 6, he and his counterparts are declaring former President Donald Trump's feelings more important than their own well-being. Moreover, they're leaving the doors to the Capitol open for another — and perhaps more successful — attempt to subvert democracy through violence.

The deal that Reps. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and John Katko, R-N.Y., hammered out included several concessions from Democrats. An independent panel of 10 commissioners — five chosen by the speaker of the House and the Senate majority leader, five by the minority leaders — would be able to issue subpoenas, but they would require either concurrence between the chair and vice chair or a majority vote. The only guidance the announcement Friday gave about the commissioners' qualifications was that they can't work for the government and that they have to have "significant experience in areas of law enforcement, civil liberties, privacy, intelligence, and cybersecurity."

"The only other thing we concluded was that we wanted this commission to be productive, so no one from Congress can be on it," Katko said Tuesday.

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[MontanaMama]

1. ETTD.

Universal rule with no exceptions...this will apply to Kevin eventually.