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.
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.
All they’re going to do is copy Impeachment 2 and rewrite it.
Wrong.
They are going to use it to seize power and rule, something the GOP and most "conservatives" have no interest in.
Fixed it.
January 6th Commission is Coming … Here’s How MAGA Can Use it To Beat Dems at Their Own Game
https://www.revolver.news/2021/05/how-to-beat-the-january-6th-commission/
Politics, the way people here think about it, is over.
Worked 2nd time. Why???
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.
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.
It is a Marxist narrative.
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.
Staged to advance a narrative, just like Charlottesville.
We have to stop playing their game.
The left has so much control because we keep electing Assistant Democrats.
Thanks, Mtn Climber.
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.
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.
MTG for House Speaker (or Donald Trump, Jr.)
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