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January 6th Commission is Coming … Here’s How MAGA Can Use it To Beat Dems at Their Own Game
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Posted on 05/21/2021 5:09:28 AM PDT by MtnClimber

A 9/11-style committee to investigate the January 6 Capitol incursion may be imminent.

The House passed a bill Wednesday authorizing a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 pro-Trump assault on the U.S. Capitol, but the proposal could stall in the Senate after GOP leaders in Congress and former President Donald Trump urged Republicans to reject it.

The legislation was the product of negotiations between the chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, Democrat Bennie G. Thompson of Mississippi, and the panel’s top-ranking Republican, John Katko of New York. Modeled on the probe carried out by the 9/11 Commission following the 2001 terrorist attacks, the panel would have five members appointed by Democratic leaders and five by Republican leaders, with shared responsibility for issuing subpoenas.

“I strongly believe this is a fair and necessary legislation,” Mr. Katko said before the vote Wednesday. “I encourage all members, Republicans and Democrats alike, to put down their swords for once, just for once, and support this bill.” [WSJ]

Despite the heroic opposition of figures like Matt Gaetz, and the less heroic but still welcome opposition of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, 35 House Republicans joined with the Democrats Wednesday to approve the commission’s creation. The measure now goes to the Senate. If ten Senate Republicans defect (or if Democrats decide to trash the filibuster for this), the commission will happen.

American patriots are justifiably wary of creating this kind of commission. Revolver itself has previously warned about the dangers it could pose. Merely by existing, it would legitimize insane comparisons with past American events, like the Kennedy assassination or 9/11 Commission following the 2001 terrorist attacks, the panel would have five members appointed by Democratic leaders and five by Republican leaders, with shared responsibility for issuing subpoenas.

“I strongly believe this is a fair and necessary legislation,” Mr. Katko said before the vote Wednesday. “I encourage all members, Republicans and Democrats alike, to put down their swords for once, just for once, and support this bill.” [WSJ]

Despite the heroic opposition of figures like Matt Gaetz, and the less heroic but still welcome opposition of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, 35 House Republicans joined with the Democrats Wednesday to approve the commission’s creation. The measure now goes to the Senate. If ten Senate Republicans defect (or if Democrats decide to trash the filibuster for this), the commission will happen.

American patriots are justifiably wary of creating this kind of commission. Revolver itself has previously warned about the dangers it could pose. Merely by existing, it would legitimize insane comparisons with past American events, like the Kennedy assassination or 9/11 Commission following the 2001 terrorist attacks, the panel would have five members appointed by Democratic leaders and five by Republican leaders, with shared responsibility for issuing subpoenas.

“I strongly believe this is a fair and necessary legislation,” Mr. Katko said before the vote Wednesday. “I encourage all members, Republicans and Democrats alike, to put down their swords for once, just for once, and support this bill.” [WSJ]

Despite the heroic opposition of figures like Matt Gaetz, and the less heroic but still welcome opposition of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, 35 House Republicans joined with the Democrats Wednesday to approve the commission’s creation. The measure now goes to the Senate. If ten Senate Republicans defect (or if Democrats decide to trash the filibuster for this), the commission will happen.

American patriots are justifiably wary of creating this kind of commission. Revolver itself has previously warned about the dangers it could pose. Merely by existing, it would legitimize insane comparisons with past American events, like the Kennedy assassination or 9/11 (the attempt to brand it as “1/6” does the same). Plus, anything that Liz Cheney is smugly celebrating on Twitter should give cause for alarm.


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KEYWORDS: inquisition
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To: MtnClimber

I hate it when a copy/paste screws up. There’s no easy way to edit it on Free Republic. All you can do is ask them to take it down and then repost it.

But that’s a pain and time consuming.

The sad part is that it didn’t get to what I wanted to read:

How to beat the dems at their own game.


21 posted on 05/21/2021 6:07:24 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: MtnClimber

All they’re going to do is copy Impeachment 2 and rewrite it.


22 posted on 05/21/2021 6:08:32 AM PDT by struggle
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To: MtnClimber
something the left is never going to stop using to demonize conservatives

Wrong.

They are going to use it to seize power and rule, something the GOP and most "conservatives" have no interest in.

23 posted on 05/21/2021 6:10:30 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice)
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To: ScubaDiver
Unless Even if Republicans gain control of the House next year, all this B.S. is only going to get worse.

Fixed it.

24 posted on 05/21/2021 6:11:29 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice)
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To: xzins
THis is the link if the copy/paste works:

January 6th Commission is Coming … Here’s How MAGA Can Use it To Beat Dems at Their Own Game

25 posted on 05/21/2021 6:11:30 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber
Did not work. Link:

https://www.revolver.news/2021/05/how-to-beat-the-january-6th-commission/

26 posted on 05/21/2021 6:12:33 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: VetoBill
Politics is broken, corrupt, and illegitimate

Politics, the way people here think about it, is over.

27 posted on 05/21/2021 6:12:40 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice)
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To: MtnClimber
January 6th Commission is Coming … Here’s How MAGA Can Use it To Beat Dems at Their Own Game
28 posted on 05/21/2021 6:14:23 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber
It should be named The Blame Trump for (insert grievance here)Commission.
29 posted on 05/21/2021 6:15:01 AM PDT by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: MtnClimber

Worked 2nd time. Why???


30 posted on 05/21/2021 6:15:30 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Sacajaweau
-- the 9-11 committee solved nothing and neither will this. --

The point of any commission is to create a misleading narrative and for the government to grab more power.

Commission or not, the government will create misleading narratives and grab more power.

Failed institutions will just continue to fail and flail. No good will come of it, but commission or not, the government is, as always, the enemy of liberty.

31 posted on 05/21/2021 6:17:53 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: MtnClimber

This is an outrage.

Yet BLM/antifa was allowed to burn Portland for 100 nights in a row, other cities as well - and no investigation, no conspiracy charges, nothing except letting the perps go by local DAs.


32 posted on 05/21/2021 6:26:02 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: Bon of Babble
This is an outrage.

It is a Marxist narrative.

33 posted on 05/21/2021 6:28:21 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

If this 1/6 commission gets established, there’s no question they’ll call on Pres. Trump to testify. The question is whether he would agree to submit himself to their inquiry.


34 posted on 05/21/2021 6:32:40 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: MtnClimber

Staged to advance a narrative, just like Charlottesville.

We have to stop playing their game.


35 posted on 05/21/2021 7:09:17 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Mr. K

The left has so much control because we keep electing Assistant Democrats.


36 posted on 05/21/2021 7:10:01 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: MtnClimber

Thanks, Mtn Climber.


37 posted on 05/21/2021 7:24:36 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: MtnClimber

Exactly. And the staffers will be diehard Dem partisans. This is the Mueller investigation on steroids. The objective is to keep control of Congress and destroy Trump before 2024.


38 posted on 05/21/2021 7:34:34 AM PDT by kabar
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To: MtnClimber

Nancys in charge of Capitol security, the Capitol Police are the security apparatus. We now have video of the Capitol Police allowing folks right in? These clowns will regret this commission.


39 posted on 05/21/2021 8:27:30 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: ScubaDiver

MTG for House Speaker (or Donald Trump, Jr.)


40 posted on 05/21/2021 9:23:28 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Rest In PEACE, Rush H. Limbaugh III. You are missedhe t already...)
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