McCarthy seemed to believe he was punishing House Democrats in his refusal to participate in the Jan. 6 commission. If he’d only thought ahead a bit more, he would have realized he was doing far more harm to his own party. - MaddowBlog
When Democrats agreed to Republican’s terms anyway, McCarthy refused to take “yes” for an answer andAt that point, lawmakers moved on to Plan B: They’d create a bipartisan, special select committee to uncover the facts that McCarthy
Pelosi offered him an opportunity to have three far-right Republicans participate in this investigation. He instead chose to have zero. For another, McCarthy’s decision has left the rest of the Republican conference completely in the dark. Ahead of the hearings, the GOP didn't know what the committee had, couldn't prepare competent defenses for Trump, couldn’t influence the direction of the investigation, couldn’t ask contrary questions during public or private proceedings, couldn’t leak anything, and couldn’t dilute the panel’s findings in advance of a final report that’s expected in September.
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