{"id":522199,"date":"2021-05-18T15:20:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T19:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=522199"},"modified":"2021-05-18T15:20:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T19:20:12","slug":"mitch-mcconnell-says-republicans-are-undecided-on-jan-6-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-says-republicans-are-undecided-on-jan-6-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch McConnell Says Republicans Are \u2018Undecided\u2019 On Jan. 6 Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmitch-mcconnell-says-republicans-are-undecided-on-jan-6-commission%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=522199&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"34.678624813154\">\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that Republicans are undecided on whether a Jan. 6 commission is needed and said that he is willing to listen to any arguments.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigCaplan\/status\/1394724745053196288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told reporters<\/a> that Republicans had a \u201cgood discussion\u201d about the Jan. 6 commission after their weekly lunch, saying \u201cI think I\u2019m safe in characterizing our conference as willing to listen to the arguments about whether such a commission is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The proposal was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/14\/lawmakers-deal-bipartisan-9-11-style-commission-capitol-riot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">agreed to<\/a> by Democratic Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson and Republican New York Rep. John Katko and would create a commission of five Democrats and five Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/18\/republicans-jan-6-commission-chip-roy-marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot\u2019s<\/a> \u201cinterference with the peaceful transfer of power\u201d and \u201cinfluencing factors that fomented such an attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7194512\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"38\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7194512\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7194512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-NICHOLAS-KAMMAFP-via-Getty-Images-21232.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-NICHOLAS-KAMMAFP-via-Getty-Images-21232.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-NICHOLAS-KAMMAFP-via-Getty-Images-21232-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-NICHOLAS-KAMMAFP-via-Getty-Images-21232-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-NICHOLAS-KAMMAFP-via-Getty-Images-21232-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-NICHOLAS-KAMMAFP-via-Getty-Images-21232-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-NICHOLAS-KAMMAFP-via-Getty-Images-21232-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7194512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell(R)listens as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks to the press, following their meeting with US President Joe Biden and Democratic congressional leaders at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 12, 2021. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>McConnell\u2019s comments come just hours after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/18\/politics\/kevin-mccarthy-opposes-1-6-commission\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> his opposition to the bipartisan proposal. McCarthy has said he would like the commission to investigate violence committed by Black Lives Matter and Antifa throughout the summer of 2020, as well as the Capitol riot. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/18\/biden-911-commission-capitol-riots-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Biden White House Calls For 9\/11-Style Commission Into Jan. 6, Increased Security At Capitol)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the political misdirections that have marred this process, given the now duplicative and potentially counterproductive nature of this effort, and given the Speaker\u2019s shortsighted scope that does not examine interrelated forms of political violence in America, I cannot support this legislation,\u201d McCarthy said. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/18\/republicans-jan-6-commission-chip-roy-marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Republicans Split On Jan. 6 Commission As McCarthy Announces Opposition)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney have both said they are <a href=\"https:\/\/uphill.thedispatch.com\/p\/house-prepares-action-on-january\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in favor<\/a> of the commission.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that Republicans are undecided on whether a Jan. 6 commission is needed and said that he is willing to listen to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278455,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-NICHOLAS-KAMMAFP-via-Getty-Images-21232.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Mitch McConnell Says Republicans Are \u2018Undecided\u2019 On Jan. 6 Commission","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-NICHOLAS-KAMMAFP-via-Getty-Images-21232.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Mitch McConnell Says Republicans Are \u2018Undecided\u2019 On Jan. 6 Commission","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}