{"id":600000,"date":"2021-07-22T11:36:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T15:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=600000"},"modified":"2021-07-22T11:36:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T15:36:36","slug":"rep-jim-banks-rips-pelosi-after-being-rejected-from-january-6-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-jim-banks-rips-pelosi-after-being-rejected-from-january-6-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Jim Banks Rips Pelosi After Being Rejected From January 6 Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Frep-jim-banks-rips-pelosi-after-being-rejected-from-january-6-panel%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=600000&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\/07\/GettyImages-1329920877.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) on Wednesday ripped House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) after she rejected his nomination to the special congressional panel investigating the Capitol riot on January 6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really made me angry. I served my country in Afghanistan and she is saying that I\u2019m not up to playing a serious role on this Jan. 6 committee,\u201d Banks <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/21\/banks-unloads-on-pelosi-vows-to-get-jan-6-answers-via-gop-panel\/\">told<\/a> the New York Post on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it just goes to show all along this was never a serious effort on their part, it\u2019s all a political witch hunt. They want to make this all about Donald Trump, dragging Republican members of Congress through the mud and attacking 75 million people that voted for Donald Trump,\u201d Banks told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Pelosi rejected two of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy\u2019s (R-CA) proposed Republican members for the committee, Banks and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith respect for the integrity of the investigation, with an insistence on the truth and with concern about statements made and actions taken by these members, I must reject the recommendations of Representatives Banks and Jordan,\u201d Pelosi said.<\/p>\n<p>In response, McCarthy said he would pull all five of his Republican picks for the select committee unless Pelosi reversed course and seats all five. The minority leader also announced that the GOP will conduct its own investigation into the events of January 6, when a mob broke through security and marauded through the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis represents an egregious abuse of power and will irreparably damage this institution,\u201d McCarthy said in a statement. \u201cDenying the voices of members who have served in the military and law enforcement, as well as leaders of standing committees, has made it undeniable that this panel has lost all legitimacy and credibility and shows the Speaker is more interested in playing politics than seeking the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Pelosi announced eight picks for the committee including one Republican, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), one of former President Trump\u2019s most vocal critics. McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/andrewsolender\/2021\/07\/01\/mccarthy-says-it-would-be-unprecedented-for-liz-cheney-to-keep-committee-seats\/?sh=ff656f0586b0\">said<\/a> at the time that it would be \u201cunprecedented\u201d for Cheney to keep her committee assignments after her decision to accept Pelosi\u2019s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Banks said he had started \u201cdigging into the real questions that nobody\u2019s asked,\u201d adding, \u201cDemocrats don\u2019t want to answer to on why the Capitol was vulnerable on January 6 when we had real intelligence three weeks before and we didn\u2019t do anything to prepare for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Indiana Republican suggested that Democrats may be avoiding investigating aspects of the January 6 violence because Pelosi may have been involved in the costly delay of the deployment of the National Guard, a claim Pelosi\u2019s office has strongly denied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats don\u2019t want to talk about it because at the end of the day, the higher up the food chain you get, the closer to Nancy Pelosi you get, and that spooked Nancy Pelosi and that\u2019s why she rejected Jim Jordan and me,\u201d Banks told the Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not giving up. These are questions that deserve answers and we\u2019re still members of Congress who can demand answers to serious questions that the Democrats, so far, have not given any attention to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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