Quote:Do you want to know why Republicans didn’t go along with the so-called “January 6th Commission” in Congress, blocking its creation some weeks ago? Well, you probably know why, but just in case you don’t, Nancy Pelosi offers a perfect example that bolsters the reasoning.

In her latest denture cream-laden rant, Pelosi announced the creation of a partisan select committee to “investigate” what happened on January 6th. Yet, she simultaneously managed to undercut the justification for such a committee by proclaiming that she already knows the “root causes” of what happened at the Capitol.

Warning: Brain cells will be lost after watching this.

To be clear, I can find no evidence whatsoever that white supremacy, anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia played any role in the motivation behind January 6th. In fact, it seems pretty clear to me that those who trespassed at the Capitol did so out of the delusional idea that they could stall the certification of the election. To the extent that the array of people involved may have had varying viewpoints about varying subjects, that doesn’t speak to the motivation of that day.

Regardless, there were many races of people involved in the unrest (and ultimately arrested), which blows up the idea these were a bunch of white supremacists. At no point did anyone claim to be doing what they were doing in support of white supremacy either, and here’s the thing with white supremacists — they typically want you to know they are white supremacists. Nothing about what Pelosi is saying adds up.

As to the claims of anti-Semitism, Donald Trump was the most pro-Jewish president in modern history (and perhaps all of presidential history). If anti-Semitism motivated Trump supporters, they clearly wouldn’t be Trump supporters in the first place. Lastly, the mention of Islamophobia seems completely out of place, thrown in to complete the trifecta of wokeness.

Of course, in my view, Pelosi wasn’t meaning to actually say something rational here. Rather, she was just spewing woke buzzwords because that’s basically the extent of Democrat politics these days. And again, the fact that she did that is all the evidence one needs to recognize that Republicans did the right thing in refusing to participate in these farcical “investigations.” Democrats have already made their mind up about what’s behind January 6th, facts need not apply. It does not matter what evidence is unearthed, the final report will blame Republicans for a variety of thought crimes they didn’t actually commit.

So again, based on her own prejudgement as stated in this press conference, what do we even need an investigation for? She thoroughly kneecapped her own argument for a select committee without even realizing it.

In the end, this is simply about painting the GOP as racists. Pelosi being unable to play the game well enough to not tip her hand so early is a testament to how far gone she truly is. Joe Biden has some competition.

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Quote:House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced Thursday that she will form a select committee to investigate the January 6 riot at the Capitol.

The commission is expected to be a largely Democrat-driven endeavor. A bill to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 riot failed last month after Republicans argued that further investigation is unnecessary in light of the FBI’s crackdown on rioters — a crackdown that has, so far, netted more than 400 individuals now charged with crimes ranging from trespass to conspiracy. Republicans also believed the commission would only serve as a political cudgel for Democrats to wield against the GOP and Trump supporters.

The committee will “investigate and report on the facts and the causes of the attack and it will report recommendations for the prevention of any future attack,” Pelosi said at a Thursday press conference, according to Axios.

“The timetable will be as long as it takes,” Pelosi said.

Senate Republicans last month killed a bill that would have established a bipartisan commission to investigate January 6. The bill received support from six Republicans at the time, not enough to break the filibuster and push through the legislation. The bill fell short of the 60-vote threshold in a vote of 54-35.

“The Department of Justice is deep into a massive criminal investigation,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said the morning of the vote. “I do not believe the additional, extraneous ‘commission’ that Democratic leaders want would uncover crucial new facts or promote healing. Frankly, I do not believe it is even designed to.”

“That’s why the Speaker’s first draft began with a laughably rigged and partisan starting point, and why the current language would still lock-in significant unfairness under the hood,” he added.

Six Republicans broke with their party to support the Democratic-backed legislation: Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Rob Portman of Ohio, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Ben Sasse of Nebraska.

Republicans in the House lead by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) also opposed the bill. McCarthy said the push to establish a January 6 commission was a one-sided effort to investigate political violence only when it could be used to attack Republicans.

“Unfortunately, the legislation being considered in the House this week is drafted in such a way that could interfere with and ultimately undermine these ongoing prosecutorial efforts — just one byproduct of a process that circumvents committee markup and is expected to come to the House floor under a closed rule,” McCarthy said.

“The renewed focus by Democrats to now stand up an additional commission ignores the political violence that has struck American cities, a Republican congressional baseball practice, and, most recently, the deadly attack on Capitol Police on April 2, 2021,” he added. “The presence of this political violence in American society cannot be tolerated and it cannot be overlooked. I have communicated this to our Democrat colleagues for months and its omission is deeply concerning.”

“Given the political misdirections that have marred this process, given the now duplicative and potentially counterproductive nature of this effort, and given the Speaker’s shortsighted scope that does not examine interrelated forms of political violence in America, I cannot support this legislation,” he said.

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Where as long as it takes = up until midterms provided it’s benefiting us in the polls.