The Capitol Protest Report IS gonna involve Republicans no matter how hard they want to act like things DID NOT get violent and threatening .
House Minority leader McCarthy says he’s okay with the review….
But?
In the end?
Members of BOTH parties are probably gonna be talking to the investigators and staff lawyers about things they did that day….Or Before…..
House Speaker Pelosi IS NOT the issue here….
GOPer’s want her to be….
To keep avoiding the reality of that day….
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has asserted he’d “have no problem talking to anybody” about his conversations with then-President Donald Trump on January 6. That proposition may soon be put to the test.
McCarthy is just one of several Republicans who could get caught in the crosshairs as the Democratic-led investigation into the Capitol riot unfolds over the coming months, teeing up the possibility of partisan showdowns and raising questions about a conflict-of-interest if any potential witnesses are tapped for one of the five GOP spots on the select committee.
Yet, Republicans too have their own emerging plan once McCarthy names his picks: They want to focus on the steps that Speaker Nancy Pelosi took — or didn’t take — to secure the Capitol that day, according to GOP sources familiar with the early discussions.
The panel of lawmakers probing the deadly attack, eight of whom were tapped by Pelosi this week, is on a mission to dig up answers about the January 6 siege and will begin with testimony from US Capitol Police officers about their experiences that day. Democrats on the committee say they plan to pursue why there were a string of law enforcement and intelligence failures — in addition to the root causes of the insurrection…
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And that means Republican lawmakers who sought to overturn the election results on January 6 and were in frequent communication with the former President and his team — and potentially even Trump himself — could be hearing from the Democratic-led panel in the weeks ahead.
“I think we need to have access to all the available information,” Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the Democratic chairman of the select committee, told CNN when asked if he would call in GOP lawmakers. “And part of what we plan to do is hire some of the best people, who can help us get access to that kind of information. So, if we need to get it by request or by subpoena, I’m not reluctant to do either.”…
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The big question remaining is whom McCarthy will select — and whether any of his five choices worked with the White House to try to overturn the electoral results when Congress met to certify President Joe Biden’s win on January 6.
Pelosi this week made clear she could veto any GOP pick under the rules establishing the committee — and would not say if she would block a Republican who voted to overturn the electoral results. Such a move, however, could give even more oxygen to the GOP-led attacks that Democrats are operating on a partisan basis….
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“You also make it a lot more difficult if you (call a Republican) and then deny it if we want to speak to the speaker as well,” he added….
The Hill has different view on the 2022 Republicans game plan…..
….Elevate the border crisis or a throw-everything-at-the-wall approach?
The 2022 elections are still more than a year away, but congressional Republicans are wrestling with their strategy: rally behind a central message — complete former President Trump’s wall and stop the surge of migrants crossing the southern border — or attack President Biden and Hill Democrats on a broad range of disparate issues, from socialism, “defund the police” and inflation to China and critical race theory.
At the moment, that 2022 strategy is in flux, with some Republicans warning that a narrower message, one focused on the border and economy, is the key to winning back the House and Senate next year….
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: “There is no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day.”
4:20 PM · Feb 13, 2021
What will he do?
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Kevin McCarthy will soon have to decide which 5 members he’ll tap for the House Dems’ high-profile investigation into Jan. 6 riots. Will he go the rabble-rouser route, or will he pick steady voices who can go head-to-head with Democrats? https://politi.co/3yuuA9v