The House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection will hold its first hearing tomorrow morning. One of the things it will do is play a new video of the domestic terrorists who threatened to overturn the election that day (frankly, it would be hard to beat the New York Times' 40 minute video of the events of that day, which should be entered into the official committee record). They'll also hear testimony from U.S. Capitol and Metropolitan DC police about what they witnessed that day. Thus far, only two Republicans have accepted Speaker Pelosi's offer to serve on the committee: Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, and Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger. Other Republican members are either in the Trump cult tank, or they're too intimidated to serve with those two.
Earlier today, "never Trumper" former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) was on CNN proposing actions that the Speaker could take to undermine cowardly seditionist Rep. Kevin McCarthy's efforts to torpedo the committee:
"'I think if Nancy Pelosi is smart about this, she'll invite back the three [Republicans] who Kevin McCarthy removed from the committee and, if they don't join, she'll seek three more Republicans like [Reps.] Peter Meijer (R-MI), Fred Upton (R-MI) or others or Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA). That is what I would do.
"Finally the thing I would do -- I would do to make sure this is fairly balanced -- I would give Kinzinger and Cheney all of the time of the Republicans. If there are only two, give them the time of the other three so this looks more balanced. And I think this is smart of Kinzinger and Cheney; hopefully give this committee a better feeling of credibility to the American public.'"
The three Representatives that Dent listed voted for accepting the Electoral College results when the matter came up in the House of Representatives, but wouldn't be nearly as strong as Cheney and Kinzinger in keeping the spotlight on Trump and his insurrectionist cult.
(photo: Peaceful Trumpers touring the Capitol on January 6. Kent Nishimura / Getty Images)
