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18 May 2021, 8:20 pm

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told his fellow Republicans during a closed-door caucus lunch Tuesday he can't support a Jan. 6 commission in its current form, two sources familiar with his remarks tell Axios.

Why it matters: Senate Republicans are bracing for a House vote Wednesday. Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) opposes the commission but several Republicans are expected to buck leadership — making it more difficult for Senate Republicans to dismiss it.

What we're hearing: McConnell made comments to his colleagues along the lines of, "There’s 41 of us who could change this, and I think we should,” according to one of the sources. A second source confirmed the nature of the comments.

When McConnell finished, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) — who's retiring in 2023 — also stood up and questioned aspects of the deal.
The senators did not indicate the deal is DOA in the Senate, the sources said, but made clear they would want to see substantive changes.

McConnell spoke publicly following the lunch and said he is "pushing the pause button" on the legislation, adding the GOP conference is “undecided."

He also noted the Justice Department and other congressional oversight committees are investigating the insurrection.
McConnell questioned whether a new commission would interfere with that work.

Between the lines: Most Republican members are wary of the commission and want to reframe the narrative away from the insurrection.

A prominent concern is that it could be weaponized to subpoena members.
There's also concerns it might alienate members of the GOP base, as well as former President Trump — who was impeached by the House for inciting the riot.
Alternatively, they recognize that if an investigation is going to take place, it's better to have a hand in investigating it than to allow Democrats to be fully in control.


What I underlined is what this all about. It must suck to think your base would kill you if you do not do what they want.


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18 May 2021, 9:48 pm

No, we should focus our attention on more serious threats to our nation, like whether a sitting (married) president lied about an affair with an intern. I mean, how can our democracy survive that? Insurrection, phht...

Good thing Mitch took an oath of office to protect the Constitution.



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19 May 2021, 8:15 am

If the House wants to form a commission they already know what the findings of the commission will be. This is more political theater.
Its more about keeping Trump or any of the other non-career politicians out of DC. The entrenched ruling elite can't afford another commoner in the White House.



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19 May 2021, 8:19 am

If McConnel has nothing to hide from such a commission (like his own complicity in the coup attempt), he has no reason to object to the commission's activities.  What might they find that makes him so fearful?


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19 May 2021, 11:53 am

Fnord wrote:
If McConnel has nothing to hide from such a commission (like his own complicity in the coup attempt), he has no reason to object to the commission's activities.  What might they find that makes him so fearful?

There was no coup on January 6. Only Antifa thugs who broke into the capital building to vandalize it.



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19 May 2021, 1:54 pm

Mr Reynholm wrote:
There was no coup on January 6. Only Antifa thugs who broke into the capital building to vandalize it.


So all those Trump supporters who got caught after bragging online about their participation were actually ANTIFA?

How many years were these ANTIFA operatives lying low and posting pro-Trump rhetoric before springing into action to frame Trump supporters?
How deep does the conspiracy go? :chin:


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28 May 2021, 9:13 pm



If the January 6th Insurrection was actually committed by leftists, wouldn't a commission help confirm this? Mitch McConnell seems anxious to rub his own party's voters nose in their actions.


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29 May 2021, 6:48 am

Fnord wrote:
If McConnel has nothing to hide from such a commission (like his own complicity in the coup attempt), he has no reason to object to the commission's activities.  What might they find that makes him so fearful?


So, utilisng the same logic, you agree that that the lawsuits regarding the previous election should have been heard... After all, if those objecting to them had nothing to hide from such a review, then they had no reason to object to audits\recounts?



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29 May 2021, 8:53 am


Meh, Drive Through, '{Big} Mc Lies'...

McConnell Readily Admitted

That Trump Was In All Practicality

Responsible For Inciting The Insurrection

At the Capital to Overturn Democracy And

McCarthy Readily Admitted That Trump Was

Responsible For Not Ending It; Trump's Own

Appointed Investigating Officials

Concluded The

Election Was

The Most

Secure Election

Conducted in American History;

Judgement Passed McConnell And

His Associates Are Spineless Worms

Attempting to Hold On to Power That is

All That Makes Them Naked Men, Hehe,
i for one Don't Need Those Spineless Worm 'Clothes'...

Yet Hehe

That's

Another

Much Longer ToPiC At Hand..;)


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