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Some GOP Lawmakers now wish they'd not boycotted the hearings!!! Uh oh.. and the 2022 mid-terms are approaching.. it's too late now!
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https://punchbowl.news/newsletter/
Most Republicans won’t admit it openly. But the honest ones will say privately that the panel has done well in its quest to reconstruct the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, including its blistering portrayal of former President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept defeat following the 2020 elections. And how far he’d be willing to go to overturn those results.
A feeling has sprouted up in the minds of some GOP lawmakers we’ve spoken to. They’ve begun to quietly wonder whether they would’ve been better off with a seat at the table.
Let’s be abundantly clear: The decision to boycott these hearings was House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s to make. Speaker Nancy Pelosi barred GOP Reps. Jim Jordan (Ohio) and Jim Banks (Ind.) from serving on the panel, and McCarthy – in a difficult position – refused to allow any Republicans to take part in response.
By sitting it out, Republicans thought they could make it seem like a one-sided, one-party witch hunt – despite the presence of Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on the panel.
Republicans also argued that Americans carried more about the price of gas and the state of the economy than Trump’s actions. The reality, though, is that Americans can care about the state of the economy and the state of their democracy simultaneously.
One of the most notable critics of McCarthy’s strategy now is Trump, who has both enormous personal interest in the outcome of this probe, as well as outsized sway over the next phase of McCarthy’s career.
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https://punchbowl.news/newsletter/
Most Republicans won’t admit it openly. But the honest ones will say privately that the panel has done well in its quest to reconstruct the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, including its blistering portrayal of former President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept defeat following the 2020 elections. And how far he’d be willing to go to overturn those results.
A feeling has sprouted up in the minds of some GOP lawmakers we’ve spoken to. They’ve begun to quietly wonder whether they would’ve been better off with a seat at the table.
Let’s be abundantly clear: The decision to boycott these hearings was House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s to make. Speaker Nancy Pelosi barred GOP Reps. Jim Jordan (Ohio) and Jim Banks (Ind.) from serving on the panel, and McCarthy – in a difficult position – refused to allow any Republicans to take part in response.
By sitting it out, Republicans thought they could make it seem like a one-sided, one-party witch hunt – despite the presence of Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on the panel.
Republicans also argued that Americans carried more about the price of gas and the state of the economy than Trump’s actions. The reality, though, is that Americans can care about the state of the economy and the state of their democracy simultaneously.
One of the most notable critics of McCarthy’s strategy now is Trump, who has both enormous personal interest in the outcome of this probe, as well as outsized sway over the next phase of McCarthy’s career.
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