HOT DAMN!
The House Speaker Pelosi signals she’s not gonna let Republicans put two of their party members on the select House committee to write a report on the Capitol protest that had her and other lawmakers in danger….
Props to the Speaker…..
And a throwback at House Minority Leader McCarthy….
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday rejected two of the Republican picks — Reps. Jim Jordan (Ohio) and Jim Banks (Ind.) — for the Jan. 6 select committee.
Both GOP lawmakers are staunch allies of former President Trump, and both had voted in January against certifying President Biden‘s election victory.
In a statement, Pelosi said Democrats in her caucus had raised specific objections to Jordan and Banks “and the impact their appointments may have on the integrity of the investigation.”
“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,” she said.
She did not specify what statements and actions she was referring to.
Jordan and Banks were part of a group of five GOP lawmakers nominated by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to serve on the 13-member select committee. But the language of the resolution gave Pelosi veto power over the Republican selections.
Pelosi said she will accept the other three GOP selections: Reps. Rodney Davis (Ill.), Kelly Armstrong (N.D.) and Troy Nehls (Texas). They would join the eight lawmakers she had previously appointed, including Reps. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the panel’s chairman, and GOP Rep. Liz Cheney(Wyo.), Congress’s most prominent Republican critic of Trump.
Pelosi said she spoke with McCarthy Wednesday morning to inform him of her decision, and she requested that he recommend two alternative Republicans to replace Jordan and Banks….
Note…
In comments earlier on another post I thought she would accept those two…
I am happy to see I was wrong….
image…abcnews.go.com
BREAKING…..
Pelosi REJECTS Jordan and Banks as McCathy picks for Capitol protest commission!
Post coming
Damn!
That lady gets PROPS!