Because Republicans Decided To Boycott the Jan 6 Committee, They Are Now Totally Unprepared To Defend Trump

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Republican idiots in Congress decided to boycott the Jan 6 Committee. As a result, they are now completely in the dark about what is going on behind closed doors on the Jan 6 Committee and they have no idea how to try to best protect their cult hero Trump and some of their own Republican members of Congress. As the Washington Post explains --

One by one, Republicans eviscerated the work of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, each one bemoaning the fact that the chief congressional security officials had not been subpoenaed to examine that day’s security lapses. Not interviewing these key officials was proof, they suggested, that the committee was just out to score political points against Republicans.

Finally, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) shut down that line of debate on Wednesday with some information these Republicans did not seem to know. “We have in fact interviewed precisely the people they set up as a test for the validity of our investigation,” Raskin said. Those top security officials “didn’t need a subpoena” to testify about that horrible day’s events, Raskin said. “They came voluntarily.”

The moment served as a reminder for Republicans that they have no insight into this powerful committee’s inner workings.

Without knowing precisely what the committee is doing and who it is talking to, Republicans have struggled to prepare lines of defense for former president Donald Trump. Even more important to their own personal interests, dozens of GOP lawmakers are left in the dark about what evidence the committee has collected involving their own contacts with Trump and his senior advisers in the run up to, and during, the attack on the Capitol.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/09/gop-jan-6/

 

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Some members of the committee think Kevin McCarthy got a short-term morale boost with his decision (to boycott the Jan 6 Committee) but lost out in the long run. “He made a huge mistake pulling everybody off, from a strategy perspective,” Kinzinger said.

Raskin said that Republicans have privately told him that it was the “worst strategic blunder” of McCarthy’s career.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/09/gop-jan-6/

 

[soap box]

Let's preempt some common responses before we get the usual garbage posts.
McCarthy insisted that Jim Jordan be on the committee. He should be in the seat answering questions, not asking them. They want him as a witness. Anyone remember him stammering to admit to talking to trump on J6? He looked like he was trying to convince his wife he wasn't having an affair.

 

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Let's preempt some common responses before we get the usual garbage posts.
McCarthy insisted that Jim Jordan be on the committee. He should be in the seat answering questions, not asking them. They want him as a witness. Anyone remember him stammering to admit to talking to trump on J6? He looked like he was trying to convince his wife he wasn't having an affair.

Jan 6 traitors like Jim Jordan don't get to sit on the committee investigating the Jan 6 traitors.

That's just common sense and it was a no-brainer decision by Pelosi. Kevin McCarthy made an egregious mistake throwing a temper tantrum and boycotting the committee.

 

[trouble13]

Republican idiots in Congress decided to boycott the Jan 6 Committee. As a result, they are now completely in the dark about what is going on behind closed doors on the Jan 6 Committee and they have no idea how to try to best protect their cult hero Trump and some of their own Republican members of Congress. As the Washington Post explains --

One by one, Republicans eviscerated the work of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, each one bemoaning the fact that the chief congressional security officials had not been subpoenaed to examine that day’s security lapses. Not interviewing these key officials was proof, they suggested, that the committee was just out to score political points against Republicans.

Finally, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) shut down that line of debate on Wednesday with some information these Republicans did not seem to know. “We have in fact interviewed precisely the people they set up as a test for the validity of our investigation,” Raskin said. Those top security officials “didn’t need a subpoena” to testify about that horrible day’s events, Raskin said. “They came voluntarily.”

The moment served as a reminder for Republicans that they have no insight into this powerful committee’s inner workings.

Without knowing precisely what the committee is doing and who it is talking to, Republicans have struggled to prepare lines of defense for former president Donald Trump. Even more important to their own personal interests, dozens of GOP lawmakers are left in the dark about what evidence the committee has collected involving their own contacts with Trump and his senior advisers in the run up to, and during, the attack on the Capitol.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/09/gop-jan-6/

They didn't boycott it. They were removed from the committee. Articles like this propaganda piece is why the WaPo isn't a credible news source. They go past coloring a story favorably to their ideology and into printing misleading and dishonest stories.

 

[RIP U.S. Democracy]

They didn't boycott it. They were removed from the committee. Articles like this propaganda piece is why the WaPo isn't a credible news source. They go past coloring a story favorably to their ideology and into printing misleading and dishonest stories.

Nope. You're not entitled to your own facts. You are the only one spreading propaganda. Knowledge is power, try obtaining some. --

Every few years the House minority has been tempted to boycott seemingly partisan investigations of a president from its party. Almost always the minority has decided it was better to be on the inside scrapping with the majority — rather than standing on the outside wondering what was happening behind closed doors.

The bottom line is that Kevin McCarthy ****ed-up. It was his decision alone to boycott the Jan 6 Committee, as Raskin explained above.

 

[Mycroft]

They didn't boycott it. They were removed from the committee. Articles like this propaganda piece is why the WaPo isn't a credible news source. They go past coloring a story favorably to their ideology and into printing misleading and dishonest stories.

Not only this, but that article props up a scarecrow that doesn't exist.

It mentions Republican Congressmen wanting to "defend Trump".

Who says Trump needs to be defended? The dog and pony show doesn't have anything useful against Trump...if they did, it would have to be referred to the DOJ. They haven't referred anything against Trump and Congressmen won't have any effect on DOJ action, anyway.

So there's nothing to defend and there's no defense possible by any Congressmen.

This WaPo article is nothing more than continued nothingburger narrative nonsense from the Trump hating propaganda machine. Only useful idiots are concerned by this.

 

[bongsaway]

Republican idiots in Congress decided to boycott the Jan 6 Committee. As a result, they are now completely in the dark about what is going on behind closed doors on the Jan 6 Committee and they have no idea how to try to best protect their cult hero Trump and some of their own Republican members of Congress. As the Washington Post explains --

One by one, Republicans eviscerated the work of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, each one bemoaning the fact that the chief congressional security officials had not been subpoenaed to examine that day’s security lapses. Not interviewing these key officials was proof, they suggested, that the committee was just out to score political points against Republicans.

Finally, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) shut down that line of debate on Wednesday with some information these Republicans did not seem to know. “We have in fact interviewed precisely the people they set up as a test for the validity of our investigation,” Raskin said. Those top security officials “didn’t need a subpoena” to testify about that horrible day’s events, Raskin said. “They came voluntarily.”

The moment served as a reminder for Republicans that they have no insight into this powerful committee’s inner workings.

Without knowing precisely what the committee is doing and who it is talking to, Republicans have struggled to prepare lines of defense for former president Donald Trump. Even more important to their own personal interests, dozens of GOP lawmakers are left in the dark about what evidence the committee has collected involving their own contacts with Trump and his senior advisers in the run up to, and during, the attack on the Capitol.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/09/gop-jan-6/

What's the fuss? There are two actual republicans on the committee, the rest of the gop can ask them what's happening if they could pull their collective heads out of their arses.

 

[soap box]

Not only this, but that article props up a scarecrow that doesn't exist.

It mentions Republican Congressmen wanting to "defend Trump".

Who says Trump needs to be defended? The dog and pony show doesn't have anything useful against Trump...if they did, it would have to be referred to the DOJ. They haven't referred anything against Trump and Congressmen won't have any effect on DOJ action, anyway.

So there's nothing to defend and there's no defense possible by any Congressmen.

This WaPo article is nothing more than continued nothingburger narrative nonsense from the Trump hating propaganda machine. Only useful idiots are concerned by this.

You're saying that Jordan doesn't want to defend the ex president? You might not think so. Republican reps think he is being attacked, and they wish they were there to defend him.
If he is being attacked, it's because he fired the first shot by attempting a coup.

 

[less right]

Not only this, but that article props up a scarecrow that doesn't exist.

It mentions Republican Congressmen wanting to "defend Trump".

Who says Trump needs to be defended? The dog and pony show doesn't have anything useful against Trump...if they did, it would have to be referred to the DOJ. They haven't referred anything against Trump and Congressmen won't have any effect on DOJ action, anyway.

So there's nothing to defend and there's no defense possible by any Congressmen.

This WaPo article is nothing more than continued nothingburger narrative nonsense from the Trump hating propaganda machine. Only useful idiots are concerned by this.

It's no surprise when two people who get it wrong find each other on the internet.

 

[Mycroft]

You're saying that Jordan doesn't want to defend the ex president? You might not think so. Republican reps think he is being attacked, and they wish they were there to defend him.
If he is being attacked, it's because he fired the first shot by attempting a coup.

What part of "there's nothing to defend" do you not understand? I don't see Jordan defending Trump. I see him attacking the Dems.

Again...this "defend Trump" nonsense is a scarecrow that doesn't exist.

 

[soap box]

What part of "there's nothing to defend" do you not understand? I don't see Jordan defending Trump. I see him attacking the Dems.

Again...this "defend Trump" nonsense is a scarecrow that doesn't exist.

It's a scarecrow for you. For me it's about the congressional duty of oversight.

 

[Gateman_Wen]

Republican idiots in Congress decided to boycott the Jan 6 Committee. As a result, they are now completely in the dark about what is going on behind closed doors on the Jan 6 Committee and they have no idea how to try to best protect their cult hero Trump and some of their own Republican members of Congress. As the Washington Post explains --

One by one, Republicans eviscerated the work of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, each one bemoaning the fact that the chief congressional security officials had not been subpoenaed to examine that day’s security lapses. Not interviewing these key officials was proof, they suggested, that the committee was just out to score political points against Republicans.

Finally, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) shut down that line of debate on Wednesday with some information these Republicans did not seem to know. “We have in fact interviewed precisely the people they set up as a test for the validity of our investigation,” Raskin said. Those top security officials “didn’t need a subpoena” to testify about that horrible day’s events, Raskin said. “They came voluntarily.”

The moment served as a reminder for Republicans that they have no insight into this powerful committee’s inner workings.

Without knowing precisely what the committee is doing and who it is talking to, Republicans have struggled to prepare lines of defense for former president Donald Trump. Even more important to their own personal interests, dozens of GOP lawmakers are left in the dark about what evidence the committee has collected involving their own contacts with Trump and his senior advisers in the run up to, and during, the attack on the Capitol.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/09/gop-jan-6/

Definitely shot themselves in the foot on this one.

 

[Gateman_Wen]

They didn't boycott it. They were removed from the committee. Articles like this propaganda piece is why the WaPo isn't a credible news source. They go past coloring a story favorably to their ideology and into printing misleading and dishonest stories.

Did you read post #3?

 

[Mycroft]

It's a scarecrow for you. For me it's about the congressional duty of oversight.

???

Are you saying that congressmen defending Trump is about the congressional duty of oversight?

That's about the most stupid thing I've ever heard.

You are dismiss.

 

[Gateman_Wen]

Who says Trump needs to be defended?

Every republican from Moscow Mitch on down.

 

[RIP U.S. Democracy]

Did you read post #3?

It wouldn't matter if he did. He is a member of a religious cult. Facts simply don't matter to him.

 

[CaughtInThe]

i'm just glad i'm not part of the disgusting Republican party.

i'm sure some WWII vets are glad they're gone and don't have to witness the transformation too.

 

[j brown's body]

McCarthy playing checkers; Pelosi playing chess.

 

[RIP U.S. Democracy]

Who says Trump needs to be defended?

Mitch McConnell, for starters. You remember how he scolded Trump for 10 minutes after the Feb 2021 impeachment trial?

But please continue to make an ass of yourself. You excel at it.

McConnell comments after the impeachment trial. --

McConnell stressed impeachment was "never meant to be the final forum for American justice" in a speech he gave after the Senate failed to meet the two-thirds majority necessary to convict the ex-president as Trump's second impeachment trial ended with his acquittal Saturday afternoon.

"Put another way ... President Trump is still liable for everything he did while he was in office," Kentucky's longtime senator said. "Didn't get away with anything yet."

Mitch McConnell: Donald Trump still liable in court for actions surrounding Jan. 6 riot

After voting to acquit former President Donald Trump, Sen. Mitch McConnell suggested the Republican remains liable in court for his recent actions.

www.courier-journal.com

 

[soap box]

???

Are you saying that congressmen defending Trump is about the congressional duty of oversight?

That's about the most stupid thing I've ever heard.

You are dismiss.

No. The select committee is conducting a required function of Congress.

 

[RIP U.S. Democracy]

What's the fuss? There are two actual republicans on the committee, the rest of the gop can ask them what's happening if they could pull their collective heads out of their arses.

That would be funny. Cheney and Kinzinger basically get kicked out of the party and now McCarthy might need to get down on his knees and beg them for information.

I'm sure both of them would tell McCarthy to go **** himself.

 

[code1211]

Republican idiots in Congress decided to boycott the Jan 6 Committee. As a result, they are now completely in the dark about what is going on behind closed doors on the Jan 6 Committee and they have no idea how to try to best protect their cult hero Trump and some of their own Republican members of Congress. As the Washington Post explains --

One by one, Republicans eviscerated the work of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, each one bemoaning the fact that the chief congressional security officials had not been subpoenaed to examine that day’s security lapses. Not interviewing these key officials was proof, they suggested, that the committee was just out to score political points against Republicans.

Finally, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) shut down that line of debate on Wednesday with some information these Republicans did not seem to know. “We have in fact interviewed precisely the people they set up as a test for the validity of our investigation,” Raskin said. Those top security officials “didn’t need a subpoena” to testify about that horrible day’s events, Raskin said. “They came voluntarily.”

The moment served as a reminder for Republicans that they have no insight into this powerful committee’s inner workings.

Without knowing precisely what the committee is doing and who it is talking to, Republicans have struggled to prepare lines of defense for former president Donald Trump. Even more important to their own personal interests, dozens of GOP lawmakers are left in the dark about what evidence the committee has collected involving their own contacts with Trump and his senior advisers in the run up to, and during, the attack on the Capitol.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/09/gop-jan-6/

The propaganda you present here is interesting in its attempt at deception and lies.

 

[RIP U.S. Democracy]

The propaganda you present here is interesting in its attempt at deception and lies.

In other words, you got nothing. No surprise there.

Go lick Trump's ass somewhere else.

 

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In hindsight, McCarthy’s biggest mistake might have been backing away from creating an independent commission to investigate the Capitol attack along the lines of the 9/11 commission.

As originally conceived, the 10-member panel of nongovernment officials would have been evenly divided with five appointments each coming from Democratic and Republican congressional leaders. Subpoenas would have required bipartisan support, and the panel would have had until Dec. 31, 2021, to finish its work.

“I think the biggest mistake has been turning against the independent commission,” Kinzinger said of McCarthy, noting the commission would have already disbanded. “You’d end up with a report, it wouldn’t be in the public eye as much, it wouldn’t be as political."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/09/gop-jan-6/