Pelosi rejected GOP Reps. Jim Jordan and Jim Banks appointment to the House select committee.
GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger was one of just two Republicans to vote in favor of creating the committee.
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday named Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois to the select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
“He brings great patriotism to the committee’s mission: to find the facts and protect our democracy,” Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a statement announcing her decision. “It is imperative that we get to the truth of that day and ensure that such an attack can never again happen.
Jim Banks of Indiana. Let me be clear, I m a Republican dedicated to conservative values, but I swore an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution and while this is not the position I expected to be in or sought out, when duty calls, I will always answer, Kinzinger said in a statement. This moment requires a serious, clear-eyed, non-partisan approach. We are duty-bound to conduct a full investigation on the worst attack on the Capitol since 1814 and to make sure it can never happen again.
McCarthy accused Pelosi of using the committee for political gain after she announced Kinzinger s appointment.
GOP lawmakers criticize Pelosi’s ‘partisan’ Jan. 6 committee
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) (C) wears a protective mask while departing the U.S. Capitol on July 25, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)
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GOP lawmakers have decried House Democrats’ Jan. 6 commission as being a purely partisan venture. Republicans have continued to push back against the initiative led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for stacking members with a similar agenda.
On Sunday, Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey (R) said the commission was not bipartisan, giving the advantage to Democrats. Toomey added the mission of the group doesn’t seem to focus on getting to the bottom of the incident like the proposal in the Upper Chamber or ongoing investigations by the Department of Justice.
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A growing group of rank-and-file House Republicans wants House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and GOP leadership to punish Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for accepting a position from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to serve on the select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection.
By Ryan Nobles and Melanie Zanona, CNN
A growing group of rank-and-file House Republicans wants House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and GOP leadership to punish Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for accepting a position from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to serve on the select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection.
The push to seek punishment rose to a new level on Sunday, after Pelosi announced that Kinzinger had accepted her invitation to join the committee. Initially, most rank-and-file Republicans were content to let Cheney serve without much of a fight, but Kinzinger’s addition has changed the conversation and has put a new level of pressure on McCarthy.
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