Democrats fear GOP will turn Jan. 6 commission into a 'circus' with Jim Jordan and Marjorie Taylor

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According to one longtime Democratic lawmaker, the GOP will likely hijack the proceedings and turn them into a "circus."

"If Republicans try to make a circus of it—so they appoint Jim Jordan and Marjorie Taylor Greene and people like that—it becomes a farce," warned Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY). "The Republican strategy was to defeat anything that had credibility, so that any investigation that had actually happened could be dismissed as partisan."

"Tim Roemer, a former Democratic congressman who served on the 9/11 commission, said even a Jan. 6 commission modeled after that gold standard—equal members and staff between the parties, members from outside Congress, space and time to do its work—would have had a hard enough road," Brodey reported, with Roemer stating, "A select committee, in an election cycle, going into the midterms, with the kind of division we see in Congress... that makes this even more difficult to do."

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Of course the neo GOP would try and make a spectacle - but I fail to see how Jordan and MTG could be appointed to a committee which will be examining and requiring them to testify about their involvement in the attempted violent overthrow of the capitol - they can hardly question themselves, can they?

[EYESORE 9001]

1. With all the 🤡 and butt 🐵 on their side

how could it NOT be a circus?!?

Would appointment of a Special Prosecutor in the Justice Department be a better way to get things accomplished?

[LymphocyteLover]

4. didn't Biden rule out a special prosecutor?

[gab13by13]

2. Last I checked Democrats hold the majority

and are in charge. If GQP members wish to look like clowns I say, please proceed. Doing nothing would be the farce.

[LymphocyteLover]

3. Yeah, I don't quite see the issue here. Of course the GOP is going to beclown themselves

that's their M.O.

[malaise]

5. It will never be a farce

Get on with it - there is evidence a plenty

[malaise]

6. It will never be a farce

Get on with it - there is evidence a plenty

[OnDoutside]

7. Hold on a second, Democrats had ALREADY agreed to everything the GOP wanted !!! Do a partisan

commission and give them draconian powers to compel evidence with harsh penalties for lying. They would have rubbished the bipartisan one either way, so at least get the truth out there. THIS ISN'T FUCKING HARD.

[George II]

8. Greene won't be appointed to any committee, at least for the remainder of this term.

[johnthewoodworker]

9. If your expectation is for thoughtful Republican/Nazi behavior, you are a MAJOR fool.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. I don't see Congress as an optimal place to investigate an attack on the State itself

We need non-partisan independence. In my mind, DOJ is the venue however they choose to do it.

[WHITT]

15. DOJ Already Doing Criminal Investigation

but numerous questions, like why did it take hours for the National Guard to show up despite repeated requests for help, can't be answered by a criminal investigation. That's why we need a commission with subpoena power.

[Walleye]

11. They want a bipartisan committee? the insurrection was as partisan as it gets

[msfiddlestix]

12. I happen to agree, and think it's obvious. Why I did not want to see a Congressional Commission

to "investigate" January 6th.

My god, Jim Jordan, and the rest of these traitorous clowns.

I just don't know what people expected.

[David__77]

13. The concept of "national unity" associated with such a commission is nonsense.

There is an enemy - not merely an opponent - that should not be given a forum to defend its actions and political program.

[KPN]

14. "According to one long time Democratic law

maker,”. Story’s a bunch of crap. There’s nothing to fear at this point. Let Gym and Margie go ahead and show the nation and the world what it already knows — they are lying, self-serving, bottom-feeding scumbags.

[rockfordfile]

16. So what. It's the un-American gop that did this attack on our country.

Imagine Nazis being Nazis. That piece makes the Democrats sound like they're scared of their own shadow.