{"id":525484,"date":"2021-05-19T12:05:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T16:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=525484"},"modified":"2021-05-19T12:05:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T16:05:25","slug":"mcconnell-publicly-opposes-jan-6-commission-after-meeting-with-gop-senators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-publicly-opposes-jan-6-commission-after-meeting-with-gop-senators\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell Publicly Opposes Jan. 6 Commission After Meeting With GOP Senators"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fmcconnell-publicly-opposes-jan-6-commission-after-meeting-with-gop-senators%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=525484&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-Kevin-DietschGetty-Images-2132-e1621438133385.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell publicly came out against a Jan. 6 commission Wednesday after meeting with Republican Senators.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell, who said Tuesday that Republicans are <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/18\/mitch-mcconnell-republicans-undecided-january-6-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">undecided<\/a> on whether a Jan. 6 commission is needed and said that he is willing to listen to any arguments, said he opposes the commission after much consideration in a speech on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter careful consideration, I\u2019ve have made the decision to oppose the House Democrats\u2019 slanted and unbalanced proposal for another commission to study the events of January the 6th,\u201d McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigCaplan\/status\/1395035738669043715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> in his floor speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is, has been, and there will continue to be, no shortage of robust investigations by two separate branches of the federal government,\u201d McConnell said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not all clear what new facts our additional investigation, yet another commission, could actually lay on top of existing efforts by law enforcement and Congress,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.7584905660377\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderMcConnell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeaderMcConnell<\/a>: \u201cAfter careful consideration, I\u2019ve made the decision to oppose the House Democrats\u2019 slanted and unbalanced proposal for another commission to study the events of January the 6th.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2vPoNmEDwz\">pic.twitter.com\/2vPoNmEDwz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1395037455473160195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The proposal was\u00a0<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>\u00a0by Democratic Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson and Republican New York Rep. John Katko and would create a commission of five Democrats and five Republicans\u00a0<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 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/18\/mitch-mcconnell-republicans-undecided-january-6-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Mitch McConnell Says Republicans Are \u2018Undecided\u2019 On Jan. 6 Commission)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy\u00a0<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>\u00a0his 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.\u00a0<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.\u00a0<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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uphill.thedispatch.com\/p\/house-prepares-action-on-january\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in favor<\/a>\u00a0of the commission.<\/p>\n<p>The House will vote on the Jan. 6 commission Wednesday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell publicly came out against a Jan. 6 commission Wednesday after meeting with Republican Senators.McConnell, who said Tuesday that Republicans are undecided on whether a Jan. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278553,"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-Kevin-DietschGetty-Images-2132-e1621438133385.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"McConnell Publicly Opposes Jan. 6 Commission After Meeting With GOP Senators","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-525484","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-Kevin-DietschGetty-Images-2132-e1621438133385.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"McConnell Publicly Opposes Jan. 6 Commission After Meeting With GOP Senators","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525484","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=525484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}