Democrats Meltdown Over Kevin McCarthy’s Picks For Jan 6 Panel

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has reportedly decided on which five Republican lawmakers will serve on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Barring any objections from Pelosi, who has the final say, U.S. Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., chair of the Republican Study Committee, will be the ranking member on the panel as McCarthy takes the high road instead of boycotting the committee altogether, as some Republicans suggested to avoid giving it any credibility.

He will be joined by U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a staunch Trump ally who is the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., the ranking member on House Administration Committee, U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-N.D., who was one of seven House Republicans to sign a letter opposing the effort to object to the 2020 Electoral College, and U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, a freshman and a former county sheriff.

“You’ve got a mix from the entire conference, from people who objected, people who didn’t object. … You’ve got people who authored the commission,” the minority leader told reporters. “So, you’ve got a microcosm of the conference.”

McCarthy’s picks will join seven Democratic lawmakers plus U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who was hand-picked by Speaker Pelosi after being ousted from her position in House GOP leadership for her criticism of Trump. The special panel is chaired by U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the Homeland Security Committee.

McCarthy makes it official: pic.twitter.com/gElgbmeSd8

— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) July 20, 2021

My statement on being appointed by @GOPLeader to serve as the Republican ranking member on the Select Committee to investigate Jan. 6: pic.twitter.com/dSJNF56EA9

— Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) July 19, 2021

We need a Select Committee to investigate the Jan. 6th domestic terrorist attack.

But we must also be careful about any Republicans that may serve on the committee. There are indications that some of these folks were in on it, & we can't have them be a part of the investigation.

— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) June 30, 2021

Seems Democrats took great exception to Jordon being on the committee, being that he has proven to be a real fighter in standing up to the party’s political machinations on Capitol Hill.

Here’s a quick sampling of the objections from Twitter:

Dear Speaker Pelosi,

Please do not let anyone serve on the January 6th Select Committee who voted against the first bipartisan committee you had. Rep Jim Jordan would clearly serve only to turn the hearings into a circus.

cc @SpeakerPelosi @TeamPelosi https://t.co/8e2p5W4vur pic.twitter.com/s16mubkjf7

— Tomi T Ahonen Is T Squared (@tomiahonen) July 19, 2021

Dear Speaker Pelosi,

Please use your veto power to keep jacketless jackass Jim Jordan off the January 6th select committee.

Please and thank you.

— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) July 20, 2021

Join us in calling on Speaker Pelosi to use her veto power.

We can’t let Jim Jordan and the seditionists turn this into a circus. https://t.co/DRDrFzlioW

— Jeff Sites for Congress (@Sites4Congress) July 19, 2021

Kevin McCarthy just announced his selections to serve on the January 6th Committee. FIVE WHITE MEN, three of whom voted not to verify the election, one of them is the despicable Jim “Gym” Jordan.

You know what to do Speaker Pelosi.

— Nick Walden Poublon (@NWPinPDX) July 19, 2021

Democrats Meltdown Over Kevin McCarthy’s Picks For Jan 6 Panel

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