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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,859 posts)
Tue Sep 7, 2021, 12:15 PM Sep 2021

GOP's Promised Jan. 6 Probe Has One Problem: No One Wants It

When he appeared before the press on July 21, the day that Speaker Nancy Pelosi booted two Republicans from a panel to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy made a pledge.

“We will run our own investigation,” the California Republican said. “Why was the Capitol so ill-prepared for that day… and what have we done to make sure that never happens again?”

More than six weeks later, and well into the official Jan. 6 committee’s own work, there’s no sign that McCarthy and the House GOP will make good on that pledge. Several House Republican aides said they hadn’t seen any indication that such a probe is imminent. A McCarthy spokesperson didn’t answer repeated requests for comment.

For the vast majority of the GOP, those crickets sound good. Most Republicans would be happy to never talk about Jan. 6 again, and with the party increasingly focused on President Joe Biden’s handling of the end of the war in Afghanistan, some are baffled that McCarthy might lift any finger to remind the public of the low point of Donald Trump’s presidency.

“None of us want this to be a priority,” said a House Republican aide. “I don’t think there’s any member that wants to serve on this committee.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gops-promised-jan-6-probe-has-one-problem-no-one-wants-it/ar-AAOb45T

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GOP's Promised Jan. 6 Probe Has One Problem: No One Wants It (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2021 OP
Not to mention the fact Mad_Machine76 Sep 2021 #1
They already know what happened...some of them were in the thick of things, so all they SWBTATTReg Sep 2021 #2
I'm sure the Capitol phone records will tell us what we need to know FakeNoose Sep 2021 #3

SWBTATTReg

(22,100 posts)
2. They already know what happened...some of them were in the thick of things, so all they
Tue Sep 7, 2021, 01:47 PM
Sep 2021

have to do is go back and review their daily logs for 1/6/21, and every single action is already written down, documented. Remember how they (republicans) had a fit about the telephone companies providing call recordings to Congressional investigators?

FakeNoose

(32,613 posts)
3. I'm sure the Capitol phone records will tell us what we need to know
Tue Sep 7, 2021, 02:03 PM
Sep 2021

No need to antagonize people with a sham "investigation," Kevin McCarthy.
We'll hear the results soon enough, and it won't be handled by any Repukes either.

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