Why McCarthy Opposes January 6th Commission
House Minority Leader Keven McCarthy is opposing the bipartisan January 6th commission because he is fearful of testifying under oath about Trump’s role in the insurrection. Despite overwhelming video evidence, Republicans are attempting to rewrite history and hide their own complicity in supporting Trump’s Big Lie that inspired the attack on the Capitol by white supremacists and insurrectionists to overturn the election.
Kevin McCarthy Opposes Bipartisan Commission On Capitol Riot, HuffPost | 05/18/2021
By Arthur Delaney
The problem for McCarthy is that the Republican Party is thoroughly implicated in the Capitol riot, which former President Donald Trump incited with lies about the 2020 presidential election ― lies that McCarthy and most other congressional Republicans supported.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) moments after she was elected chair of the House Republican Conference on May 14. Stefanik replaced Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who was ousted from her leadership role after refusing to go along with former President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election.