"Democrats hungered for a commission in the vaunted 9/11 model — resolutely bipartisan and largely unanimous."
"Reps. John Katko (R-NY) and Thompson (D-MS), leaders of the House Homeland Security committee, got to work outlining the contours of an independent commission in spring 2021. The former reportedly did so at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) behest."
"Their design was so emphatically collaborative that it would have given the recalcitrant Republicans extensive control over the investigation: Republican cooperation was required to issue each subpoena; the commission’s final report was due not later than the last day of 2021, well before the midterms; the non-lawmaker appointees would have been evenly split between the two parties, increasing the chances of a partisan schism."
“I ask you to set aside politics just this once,” Katko implored his colleagues from the House floor, banging on the lectern to punctuate his words. “Just this once — I beg you — and pass this bill.”
"But Republican leadership had turned on the idea. McCarthy, at the eleventh hour, urged his members to vote against the legislation he’d asked Katko to help draft. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), too, pressured his members to oppose the bill."
"And the independent commission, one which Republicans could have manipulated far more easily than its current iteration, was dead. Katko announced that he’d retire from the House a few months later."
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/prime...ndependent-commission/sharetoken/wUV9n0CnxlgE
So the next time you hear McCarthy or any of Trump's stooges get infront of a TV camera and start crying that the Committee is partisan and biased keep in mind they were presented with the opportunity in which they could have easily manipulated and sabotaged with their Jimmy Jordans and turned it down. Kevin's hypocrisy couldn't be anymore visible
Point being, the GOP never wanted January 6th investigated by anyone, anyone at all, they wanted the whole day, one they vehemently condemned at the time, to be just erased and forgotten from history
"Reps. John Katko (R-NY) and Thompson (D-MS), leaders of the House Homeland Security committee, got to work outlining the contours of an independent commission in spring 2021. The former reportedly did so at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) behest."
"Their design was so emphatically collaborative that it would have given the recalcitrant Republicans extensive control over the investigation: Republican cooperation was required to issue each subpoena; the commission’s final report was due not later than the last day of 2021, well before the midterms; the non-lawmaker appointees would have been evenly split between the two parties, increasing the chances of a partisan schism."
“I ask you to set aside politics just this once,” Katko implored his colleagues from the House floor, banging on the lectern to punctuate his words. “Just this once — I beg you — and pass this bill.”
"But Republican leadership had turned on the idea. McCarthy, at the eleventh hour, urged his members to vote against the legislation he’d asked Katko to help draft. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), too, pressured his members to oppose the bill."
"And the independent commission, one which Republicans could have manipulated far more easily than its current iteration, was dead. Katko announced that he’d retire from the House a few months later."
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/prime...ndependent-commission/sharetoken/wUV9n0CnxlgE
So the next time you hear McCarthy or any of Trump's stooges get infront of a TV camera and start crying that the Committee is partisan and biased keep in mind they were presented with the opportunity in which they could have easily manipulated and sabotaged with their Jimmy Jordans and turned it down. Kevin's hypocrisy couldn't be anymore visible
Point being, the GOP never wanted January 6th investigated by anyone, anyone at all, they wanted the whole day, one they vehemently condemned at the time, to be just erased and forgotten from history
