{"id":608096,"date":"2021-08-01T17:21:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T21:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=608096"},"modified":"2021-08-01T17:21:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T21:21:30","slug":"moderate-gop-senators-call-jan-6-commission-partisan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moderate-gop-senators-call-jan-6-commission-partisan\/","title":{"rendered":"Moderate GOP senators call Jan. 6 commission \u2018partisan\u2019"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fmoderate-gop-senators-call-jan-6-commission-partisan%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=608096&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 id=\"attachment_2477900\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2477900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 JULY 28: The lead GOP negotiators on the bipartisan infrastructure legislation, L-R, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Ark.), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) speak to reporters after meeting privately with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) at the U.S. Capitol. (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:15 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, August 1, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Republican Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) said she believes Jan. 6 was a very dark day for the U.S., but she also said that doesn\u2019t legitimize House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-Calif.) partisan committee. Speaking to CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper on Sunday, she said she doesn\u2019t believe the committee will be seen as credible.<\/p>\n<p>She went on to say how she fought hard for a bipartisan commission and is disappointed that such was not approved. \u201cI think it would have had far more credibility than Pelosi\u2019s partisan committee that she has set up,\u201d Collins said referring to her hopes there would be a 9\/11 style commission.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately running cover for Pelosi, Tapper interjected to defend the stance that the committee actually was partisan because of the presence of anti-Trump Republicans Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (Ill.). When asked if she trusted the pair\u2019s judgement, Collins said she does, but how it still did not mean the committee would be fair.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI do not think it was right for the Speaker to decide which Republicans should be on the committee,\u201d says GOP Sen. Susan Collins on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s decision to reject two of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy\u2019s picks for the Jan. 6 select committee. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CNNSOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CNNSOTU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qNS4N2Ep2C\">pic.twitter.com\/qNS4N2Ep2C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 State of the Union (@CNNSotu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNSotu\/status\/1421843201258926081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tapper commented again, trying to justify Pelosi throwing Republicans Jim Jordan (Ohio) and Jim Banks (Ind.) off the committee and called them \u201celection liars\u201d for their reluctance to certify what they saw as a fraudulent election.<\/p>\n<p>Collins is the latest in a long line of Republicans to openly call the commission partisan. Even among Republican senators who voted to convict President Trump in the second impeachment, Collins isn\u2019t the first to speak up. Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey (R) also supported a bipartisan commission to look into the events of that day.<\/p>\n<p>However, in an interview last week, Toomey said the point of Pelosi\u2019s partisan commission is to target all Republicans. \u201cI think we should be candid about the fact that it is politically to the advantage of Democrats to try to keep this issue in the forefront,\u201d said Toomey.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Democrat commission had its first meeting last week. While it involved many tears and bold allegations, polls showed more Americans thought Congress should spend its time investigating last summer\u2019s rioting over spending time on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/reports-233-health-workers-in-san-francisco-get-breakthrough-covid\/\">Reports: 233 Health Workers In San Francisco Get \u2018Breakthrough COVID\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 JULY 28: The lead GOP negotiators on the bipartisan infrastructure legislation, L-R, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Ark.), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Sen. 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