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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 committees own work, theres no sign that McCarthy and the House GOP will make good on that pledge. Several House Republican aides said they hadnt seen any indication that such a probe is imminent. A McCarthy spokesperson didnt 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 Bidens 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 Trumps presidency.
None of us want this to be a priority, said a House Republican aide. I dont think theres 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
Mad_Machine76
(24,402 posts)that it would be a sham- and everybody (but them) would recognize it as such.
SWBTATTReg
(22,100 posts)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)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.