Pelosi Reminds Reporters Rep Banks Blamed Biden for Jan 6th

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) effectively reminded assembled members of the press, why she found Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) unqualified for a nonpartisan effort to investigate the Capitol riots that occurred on January 6th.Show more

Pelosi made the “unprecedented” move of removing two Republican members of Congress to a committee assembled to report on January 6th — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Banks.

In response, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) pulled all Republican members of the committee (other than Rep. Liz Cheney [R-WY]) and continued his curious claim that this was merely a partisan witch hunt designed for political gain. This ignores the fact that, in May, McCarthy openly led members of his party to kill a bipartisan approach that had been negotiated by, and agreed to, by members of both parties.

Pelosi had previously explained that Banks and Jordan’s past actions and comments disqualified them from looking into the deadly attack in a fair and sober manner. When asked by a reporter to elaborate on what statements and what actions led the Speaker to remove them, Pelosi did not demur.