{"id":600372,"date":"2021-07-22T15:21:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T19:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=600372"},"modified":"2021-07-22T15:21:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T19:21:32","slug":"pelosi-says-it-would-have-been-ridiculous-to-include-two-gop-members-on-january-6-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-says-it-would-have-been-ridiculous-to-include-two-gop-members-on-january-6-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi Says It Would Have Been \u2018Ridiculous\u2019 To Include Two GOP Members On January 6 Committee"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fpelosi-says-it-would-have-been-ridiculous-to-include-two-gop-members-on-january-6-committee%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=600372&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\/85ADBD46-ED27-4BA0-BD50-6038799C6A12_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Thursday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) commented said her January 6 Select Committee will proceed despite what she labeled Republican \u201cantics\u201d \u2014 Rep. Kevin McCarthy\u2019s (R-CA) decision to pull GOP participation from the committee after Pelosi refused to seat two of the delegation\u2019s members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Speaking to reporters, Pelosi discussed her decision to block some of the members that McCarthy selected on Wednesday, which sparked fierce criticism and allegations of partisanship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/07\/22\/pelosi-anti-trump-republicans-jan-6-investigation-500535\">reported<\/a> by Politico, Pelosi reportedly suggested that she would think about putting more Republicans on the committee. \u201cHer GOP appointee to the investigation, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY.), separately made clear that she would support two well-known additions to the committee: Kinzinger (R-IL), her partner in conservative opposition to Donald Trump, and former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA), a possible pick as Cheney\u2019s outside adviser in the investigation,\u201d the outlet noted.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe\u2019ll see,\u201d Pelosi said to the press when she was asked if she would put additional Republicans next to Cheney. \u201cIt\u2019s<b>&nbsp;<\/b>not even bipartisan; it\u2019s nonpartisan. It\u2019s about seeking the truth and that\u2019s what we owe the American people.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Wednesday, as Politico&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/07\/21\/pelosi-vetoes-banks-jordan-for-jan-6-select-committee-500424\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>, \u201cPelosi rejected Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), who was tapped to serve as ranking member, and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), both of whom voted to challenge certification of President Joe Biden\u2019s electoral wins earlier this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As NBC News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/mccarthy-pulls-his-choices-jan-6-panel-after-pelosi-rejects-n1274632\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> on Wednesday, when Speaker Pelosi was asked by the press about her choice to veto Banks and Jordan but not Representative Troy Nehls (R-TX), who \u201calso voted to overturn the election, she said, \u2018That was not the criteria.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A<span class=\"s2\">fter Pelosi\u2019s move, \u201cMcCarthy simply yanked Republican participation, imperiling the legitimacy of Pelosi\u2019s eventual findings, casting the Democrats Select Committee as a \u2018sham process,\u2019\u201d The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mccarthy-yanks-gop-members-off-pelosis-jan-6th-committee-after-speaker-vetoes-two-republicans\"><span class=\"s3\">reported<\/span><\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\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<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cUnless Speaker Pelosi reverses course and seats all five Republican nominees, Republicans will not be party to their sham process and will instead pursue our own investigation of the facts,\u201d McCarthy told reporters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m not talking about him,\u201d Pelosi said of McCarthy on Thursday. \u201cLet\u2019s not waste each other\u2019s time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Thursday, the Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/pelosi-jordan-banks-rejection-electoral-college-5c4ac754-672a-4aed-8c15-8c02c60c3ad4.html\">said<\/a> her choice to veto Banks and Jordan wasn\u2019t because they voted against certifying the 2020 presidential election results. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">She said that she would not elaborate on which statements Jordan and Banks made that caused her to block them from the committee but pointed to one of Banks\u2019 statements when he mentioned the Biden administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pelosi claimed that Banks said the Biden administration was responsible for January 6, saying, \u201cThere was no Biden administration on January 6.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In reality, Banks had tweeted a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJimBanks\/status\/1417270635735228416?s=20\">statement<\/a> on Monday, writing, \u201cI will do everything possible to give the American people the facts about the lead up to January 6, the riot that day, and the responses from Capitol leadership and the Biden administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8275862068966\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My statement on being appointed by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GOPLeader<\/a> to serve as the Republican ranking member on the Select Committee to investigate Jan. 6: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dSJNF56EA9\">pic.twitter.com\/dSJNF56EA9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJimBanks\/status\/1417270635735228416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cOf the&nbsp;three [McCarthy picks] that I appointed, one of&nbsp;them voted against the&nbsp;ratification and the other two&nbsp;voted for it.&nbsp;Having said that, though, the&nbsp;other two [Jordan and Banks] made statements and&nbsp;took actions that just made it&nbsp;ridiculous to put them on such a&nbsp;committee seeking the truth,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/pelosi-jordan-banks-rejection-electoral-college-5c4ac754-672a-4aed-8c15-8c02c60c3ad4.html\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a>, per Axios.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhen statements are ridiculous and fall into the realm of, \u2018You must be kidding,\u2019 there\u2019s no way that they\u2019re going to be on the committee,\u201d Pelosi said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>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<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) commented said her January 6 Select Committee will proceed despite what she labeled Republican \u201cantics\u201d \u2014 Rep. Kevin McCarthy\u2019s (R-CA) decision &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-600372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600372","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=600372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}