In an appearance on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” on Wednesday, former Lincoln Project adviser Kurt Bardella characterised the ongoing committee hearings as “the most non-partisan legislative investigations in modern history.”
On Wednesday’s show, the hearings were again examined, and Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the House Minority Leader, was remembered for his prior work on the committee.
McCarthy first proposed adding Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Jim Banks of Indiana to the Jan. 6 committee in 2021. McCarthy, however, refused to propose any additional Republicans when Nancy Pelosi, the House Speaker, rejected the names.
Reps. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., who have both been outspoken Trump detractors, were eventually nominated by Pelosi to participate in the hearings.
During the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi, gives a statement.
During the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi, gives a statement. (Image by Tom Williams courtesy of CQ-Roll Call, Inc. and Getty Images) )
Bardella applauded Pelosi’s decision to steer clear of McCarthy’s selection of Republicans on the committee.
A COMMITTEE FORMED ON JAN. 6 SEEKS TO SHOW THAT “THE FORMER PRESIDENT WASN’T JUST A BYSTANDER” DUPREE
In many respects, Kevin McCarthy’s loss was America’s gain, and in a strange sense, by omitting his Republican appointees from this committee, McCarthy did this country a favour, according to Bardella.
In addition, he criticised the Republican representative’s decision to not fully participate, calling it a “huge strategic error.”
But allowing this committee to operate and function in an uninterrupted manner, to allow them to operate in a way that they can tell the story from start to finish without any of the Republican propaganda BS nonsense we’ve grown all too accustomed to seeing in proceedings like this, was a huge strategic mistake, and as you alluded to, perhaps the biggest mistake of his time as Republican leader, Bardella said.
On July 21, 2021, in Washington, DC, Reps. Jim Banks (R-IN), Jim Jordan (R-OH), and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) hold a press conference.
On July 21, 2021, in Washington, DC, Reps. Jim Banks (R-IN), Jim Jordan (R-OH), and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) hold a press conference. Getty Images Kevin Dietsch
He insisted that the committee does not engage in “Republican propaganda,” but he also praised the hearings for being “the most non-partisan congressional inquiry in modern history” because they involved Cheney and Kinzinger.
WE LIVE IN A POST-CONSTITUTIONAL AMERICA, LEVIN RIPS THE JAN. 6 COMMITTEE.
When you take into account the involvement of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger as well as the fact that the majority of the witnesses are actually Republicans, some of whom would still tell you that they plan to support Donald Trump if he is up for election in 2024, this congressional investigation may be the most non-partisan in modern history.
This is likely to be the least politicised legislative hearing we have ever witnessed, according to Bardella.
Even though Bardella referred to the hearings as “non-partisan,” the bipartisan advocacy organisation No Labels criticised them in May for being tainted.
No Labels stated on Twitter that “despite an early attempt at bipartisanship, the January 6 Committee’s work has become a politicised exercise about which the public is suspicious.”
On Wednesday, January 5, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington, a year after the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, television cameras and video monitors are set up in Statuary Hall in anticipation of news coverage.
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The group also stated in a different video that “the panel is unlikely to generate solutions that would bring the country together” despite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s early attempt to form a truly bipartisan committee.
