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Axios reports:
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will oppose a bipartisan deal announced last week that would form a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, his office announced Tuesday.
Why it matters: McCarthy’s opposition to the deal, which was negotiated by the top Republican and Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, shows how divisions continue to plague the GOP in the wake of Jan. 6.
The legislation to stand up the commission is still likely to pass the House, but it could face major hurdles in reaching the 60 votes needed to pass the Senate.
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Just days after Republicans agreed to a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection, Kevin McCarthy comes out against it.
If Republicans won’t agree to investigate an attack on the United States, they can’t be trusted for anything else. https://t.co/sIY7RwXX4H
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) May 18, 2021
BREAKING: @GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy says he does NOT support a 9/11-style commission on January 6th – as he faces questions about his own role before and after the insurrection. pic.twitter.com/4cSlwHW6AM
— Brianna Keilar (@brikeilarcnn) May 18, 2021
1/ Of *course* Qevin McCarthy opposes a bipartisan January 6th Commission.
If the Democrats have the stones to pull it off — an open question, TBH — it will make Benghazi look like a sewing circle.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 18, 2021
2/ They can’t possibly look inside the reality of that day and maintain the Big Lie. They can’t admit to the clear causality of Trump unleashing his mob. It opens them to personal, moral, and political liability for that day.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 18, 2021
3/ More important in their minds is something darker.
They see the majority in their grasp, and just as they did in the states this year, they’ll strike quickly, mercilessly, and without a moment of hesitation of a scintilla of shame to make the next election the last.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 18, 2021