2021-07-01 22:35:49 GMT2021-07-02 06:35:49(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WASHINGTON, July 1 (Xinhua) U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Thursday that he was shocked by fellow House GOP lawmaker Liz Cheney s decision to join a new Democratic-led panel as a member to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. I was shocked that she would accept something from Speaker Pelosi, McCarthy said of Cheney at a news conference after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Cheney was among the eight members she appointed for the newly created select committee.
Cheney said she was honored to serve on the panel.
Clarifying on reports that he threatened to strip Republicans of their committee assignments if they agree to serve on the panel dominated by Democratic members, McCarthy said he is not threatening anybody with committee assignments, suggesting, however, that Cheney is further distancing herself from the House Republican Conference.
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GOP stands in the way of finding the truth about January 6
Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN Political Analyst
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is refusing to give ground on the effort to investigate the January 6 insurrection. After the House voted to establish a new select committee to investigate the attack on the US Capitol, McCarthy threatened to strip Republicans of their committee assignments if they agreed to join it, according to a CNN report that cited to GOP sources. (He denied the reports on Thursday, saying, “I’m not making any threats” about committee assignments.)
But that threat did little to stop Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, who defied McCarthy and her party by accepting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s offer to join the panel. McCarthy, who responded by saying he was shocked, took the opportunity to knock Cheney. “It would seem to me, since I didn’t hear from her, that maybe she’s closer to (Pelosi) than us,” he said. McCarthy, of course, b
Opinion: GOP stands in the way of finding the truth about January 6 CNN 7 hrs ago © CNN Kevin McCarthy
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is refusing to give ground on the effort to investigate the January 6 insurrection. After the House voted to establish a new select committee to investigate the attack on the US Capitol, McCarthy threatened to strip Republicans of their committee assignments if they agreed to join it, according to a CNN report that cited to GOP sources. (He denied the reports on Thursday, saying, I m not making any threats about committee assignments.)
But that threat did little to stop Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, who defied McCarthy and her party by accepting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi s offer to join the panel. McCarthy, who responded by saying he was shocked, took the opportunity to knock Cheney. It would seem to me, since I didn t hear from her, that maybe she s closer to (Pelosi) than us, he said. McCarthy, of course, backed the ef
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