House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s selections of Reps Jim Banks of Indiana and Jim Jordan of Ohio to be on the select committee to investigate the riot on Capitol Hill on January 6.
Mr McCarthy had selected Mr Jordan and Mr Banks, along with Reps Troy Nehls of Texas, Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota and Rodney Davis of Illinois.
But Ms Pelosi said she spoke with Mr McCarthy about her objections to the selection of Mr Jordan, a hardine defender of former President Donald Trump, and Mr Banks, who leads the Republican Study Committee.
“With respect for the integrity of the investigation, with an insistence on the truth and with concern about statements made and actions taken by these Members, I must reject the recommendations of Representatives Banks and Jordan to the Select Committee,” Ms Pelosi said in a statement.
Both congressmen voted to object to the election results, as did Mr Nehls. But both men in interviews or in statements pointed to Black Lives Matter protests last summer, with Mr Jordan saying that Democrats were the ones who were “normalising” rioting and looting.
“The unprecedented nature of January 6th demands this unprecedented decision,” Ms Pelosi said in her statement.
NSYK on July 21st, 2021 at 17:36 UTC »
Rememeber, folks. This is what the Republicans said they wanted for an investigation. They voted against the bi-partisan commission that would have allowed them to appoint equal number of members and whoever they wanted.
They said the committees were more than capable of handling this.
Any complaints should be met with a harsh rebuke of them voting against the bi-partisan commission.
AmphibiousMeatloaf on July 21st, 2021 at 17:05 UTC »
Good, it’s a conflict of interest to have important witnesses that should be called on the committee. Knowing Gym, he’d run from one seat to the other asking and answering his own questions while thanking himself for being such a helpful witness.
double_fail on July 21st, 2021 at 16:54 UTC »
Having gym Jordan on the 1/6 committee would be like putting him in charge of an investigation into the rape of college students