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Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney spoke with reporters following House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s decision to withdraw Republican participation in the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.
Cheney: ‘The American People Deserve to Know What Happened on January 6th’
Minority Leader McCarthy’s decision was in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s rejection of two of McCarthy’s choices for the select committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Pelosi rejected Representatives Jim Banks of Indiana and Jim Jordan of Ohio. Congresswoman Cheney said the attack on the Capitol in January was the worst attack on the Capitol since 1814 and the American people deserve to know what happened on January 6th as it was an attack on our constitution.
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McCarthy s move came after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she rejected two of McCarthy s picks ahead of a high-profile hearing set for Tuesday.
The committee will have Republican representation from one member: Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, who was one of Pelosi s eight choices to serve on the committee.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today rejected two of the five Republicans House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had tapped for the House select committee created last month to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol.
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Today, in a rare move that showed the completely partisan nature of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Jan. 6 Select Committee, Pelosi refused to accept the members proposed for the Committee by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Pelosi objected to Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) from among the five people who McCarthy picked. Jordan had indicated that he would want to question Pelosi about security provided on Jan. 6.
In response, McCarthy pulled all the members and issued a statement saying they weren’t going to go along with such a “sham” process unless she accepted the two members.
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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) is okay being the punching bag for the Republican base. She’s committed to being a willing participant in the Democrats’ January 6 hit job committee which has no other purpose than smearing Donald Trump and his supporters as domestic terrorists. That’s the goal. Cheney ripped into Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for pretty much not wanting to be a puppet for the Democratic Party’s attack machine.
“Any person who would be third in line to the presidency must demonstrate a commitment to the constitution and a commitment to the rule of law, and Minority Leader McCarthy has not done that,” she said today. That’s not what this is about, Liz.
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