House Speaker Pelosi Strikes Down Minority Leader McCarthy’s GOP Picks for January 6 Committee

The sham continues . . .

By Lisa Michelle | July 22, 2021

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has denied House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s six Republican recommendations for what has been characterized by the Washington Swamp as a “nonpartisan” 13-member select committee to “Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol.” Those recommended include ranking Judiciary Committee member Jim Jordan (R-OH), Jim Banks (R-IN), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), and Rodney Davis (R-IL).

In a statement released by Pelosi’s office on Wednesday, she describes the January 6th demonstrations as a “violent domestic attack on Congress” and the “worst assault on the Capitol since the War of 1812” and on American Democracy since the Civil War.

“I must reject the recommendations of Representatives Banks and Jordan to the Select Committee,” insists Pelosi in her statement. “The unprecedented nature of January 6th demands this unprecedented decision.”

McCarthy struck back in a statement of his own on Wednesday, calling Pelosi’s “unprecedented” rejection of his appointments an “egregious abuse of power” and the investigation and process a “sham”:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has taken the unprecedented step of denying the minority party’s picks for the Select Committee on January 6. This represents an egregious abuse of power and will irreparably damage this institution.”

Unless 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.”

Later on Fox News McCarthy defended his committee picks, arguing that “Never in the history of Congress has this ever taken place where one party decides who’s on the committee.”

Never in the history of our country has a Speaker acted like such an authoritarian.

What is Speaker Pelosi so afraid of? pic.twitter.com/LdQq4ANifi

— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) July 22, 2021

“Never in the history of our country has a Speaker acted like such an authoritarian,” tweeted McCarthy, but he can never say “never” again . . .

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Lisa Michelle, Co-founder, Managing Editor, and Website Designer/Developer, holds a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Psychology and a Master of Science in Adolescent English Education and Students with Disabilities, earning honorary recognition in both. She held dual certification in Secondary School English and Special Education until she left the teaching profession due to the shifting cultural climate and the predominant emphasis on a leftist educational agenda. Outspoken, she refused to conceal her own views on social media, and—with the rise of anti-Americanism, the re-emergence of antisemitism, and the onslaught of anti-Israel/Zionist propaganda—she became actively involved both on and offline in countering and advocating against it. Similarly, she would not be censored from teaching the truth and capitulate to what was becoming a pervasive leftist campaign to indoctrinate students with a false, alternate version of America, its history, and social norms.

With the rise of anti-Americanism, antisemitism and anti-Israel/Zionist propaganda both on and offline, Lisa Michelle has also been an active advocate for America, Israel, and the Jewish community, managing various pro-Israel social networking forums and projects. Continue reading about Lisa Michelle here.

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