Pelosi advances plan for Jan. 6 probe, putting McCarthy on the spot

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MaddowBlog: Speaker Pelosi didn't just launch a bipartisan Jan. 6 investigation, she also put Rep. McCarthy in a very uncomfortable position.

Thompson will be tasked with overseeing the investigation as the select committee's chairman.

Cheney's name, of course, stood out as especially notable because she's a conservative Republican. Indeed, Pelosi could've chosen to give her party an eight-to-five-member advantage on the panel, but by adding the Wyoming congresswoman to the Speaker's slate, Democrats will have a narrower seven-to-six advantage.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger , one of the apparent targets of the threat, seemed to confirm McCarthy's intimidation attempt this morning, though the Illinois Republican toldThe fact that McCarthy would even make such a threat was quite extraordinary, in large part because it reinforced the degree to which the House GOP leader is repulsed by the idea of bipartisanship.

But Pelosi's decision to add Cheney to the committee also had the effect of putting McCarthy on the spot: the Republican leader will either have to follow through on his threat or he'll have to back down in ways that will do further damage to his already tarnished credibility. And, of course, if McCarthy does follow through, he'll be left in a terribly awkward place in which he'll have to explain why Cheney's interest in the truth warrants punishment -- on the heels of McCarthy already having punished Cheney for telling the truth about the 2020 elections -- but he's content to look the other way in response to his many members who stand accused of engaging...

 

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MaddowBlog There's one important element that's missing from this equation: The use of elections as a means to destroy America from within. There can be no mistake that white conservatives are using their right to vote in order to sabotage the United States, and Trump is proof of this.

Representative David Clyde (center) keeping “tourists” from interrupting his lunch, January 6…

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They never learn.... Don't fck with Pelosi.

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