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Republican House Whip urges his party NOT to vote for Capitol riot commission after GOP leader Kevin McCarthy said it ignores BLM and Antifa violence in American cities
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise encouraged members to vote against the creation of a 9/11-style commission to investigate the January 6 MAGA riot
Sending out a note Tuesday afternoon in advance of a planned Wednesday vote, Scalise said, Leadership recommends a NO vote
Earlier, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy came out against the commission because it wouldn t probe interrelated forms of political violence
McCarthy won’t support January 6 commission and sides with Republicans downplaying the insurrection
McCarthy’s opposition to the bipartisan agreement for an independent commission comes ahead of a House vote this week to create the panel modeled after the 9/11 Commission, which would be tasked with investigating the circumstances behind supporters of then-President Donald Trump breaching the Capitol to try to stop Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote for President Joe Biden.
The bipartisan agreement to establish the January 6 commission was reached last week by House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson and the panel’s top Republican, Rep. John Katko of New York, who was one of the 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach Trump in the wake of the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
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Updated May 18, 2021 at 9:23 PM ET
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy came out Tuesday against a bipartisan proposal to establish a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The announcement comes a day before the House of Representatives is slated to vote on the legislation.
McCarthy tasked the top-ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. John Katko of New York, to broker a deal on the commission, and the GOP leader s opposition undercuts his own member s agreement with Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and gives cover to other House Republicans to vote against it.
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