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INFRASTRUCTURE SWEEPS WEEK Members of Congress and I promise this isn’t just flattery have a lot in common with business tycoons and sports coaches. All three spend a fair share of their time closing deals, inspiring teams, and at times knifing their rivals.
The Duplicitous Jan 6 Insurrection Melodrama
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Prior to an event in the White House Rose Garden, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was asked by a reporter about the Republican House members who have decided to participate in the January 6 Inquisition.
“Some Republicans have been saying that ”
“Some Republicans?” McCarthy said with a chuckle.
“ that the GOP should play ball on this Select Committee ”
“Really?” McCarthy replied. “Who was that? Adam and Liz? Aren’t they, like, Pelosi Republicans?”
McCarthy was referring to Reps. Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney, who have both opted to participate in Pelosi’s partisan inquiry into the January 6 Capitol riot. They also both voted to impeach Trump. McCarthy pulled all five Republicans he picked to serve on the select committee after Nancy Pelosi rejected two of his selections, Reps. Jim Jordan and Jim Banks.
26 Jul 2021
Monday on MSNBC’s “Hallie Jackson Reports,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) weighed in on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), adding Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) to the January 6 select committee.
Pelosi previously vetoed two of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) committee appointees before adding Cheney and Kinzinger, who both voted to impeach former President Donald Trump following the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
Schiff praised the new additions, saying they “are serious about getting to the truth” of what led to the riot on that date.
“I think, frankly, the composition of the select committee is shaping up very well,” Schiff declared.
Calls On Kevin McCarthy To Strip Kinzinger of Committee Assignments
By accepting Nancy Pelosi’s appointment , Adam Kinzinger has demonstrated that he values the applause of Democrats and the liberal media over the interests of the 16th District” Jack Lombardi
MANHATTAN, IL, UNITED STATES, July 26, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ Today, Jack Lombardi, Republican Congressional candidate for Illinois’ 16th Congressional District condemned Adam Kinzinger for being used as a pasty for Nancy Pelosi following Kinzinger’s appointment to the Democratic January 6th partisan commission. Kinzinger, said Lombardi no longer represents the 16th District nor the Republican Party. Rather in his pursuit of favor from the Democrats, CNN, and MSNBC, he has turned his back on the people who elected him. Lombardi called upon House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to remove Kinzinger from his House Committee assignments saying that by accepting Pelosi’s appointment he no longer represents Repub
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