Posted on May 28, 2021
Republicans block independent commission to investigate attack on U.S. Capitol
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Republicans blocking an investigation into the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol tells you all you need to know about today's GOP.
Republicans block independent commission to investigate attack on U.S. Capitol
Posted from nbcnews.com
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MSgt Steve Sweeney You have to be blind to deny this!
"But Senate Republicans, led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, turned against the bill as some in the party feared a commission report would be bad politics for them and undercut their goal of winning control of Congress in the 2022 election. Former President Donald Trump has pressured GOP leaders to oppose it, and McConnell called it a "purely political exercise."
"On Thursday, Murkowski pushed back against characterizations by some of her colleagues that the storming of the Capitol during the certification of the Electoral College results was not a big deal.
"This was not a group of tourists coming through. This was not a protest that was mild," she said, referring to comments by Republicans in the House who've downplayed the riot.
"So to suggest that somehow or other, this was not so bad — this was an attack on our Capitol, designed to stop a process that has been in play for, for a century plus, when we move to allow for the peaceful transition of power from one administration to the next," she said.
Sahil Kapur, Frank Thorp V, Julie Tsirkin and Leigh Ann Caldwell reported from Washington and Dareh Gregorian reported from New York.
"But Senate Republicans, led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, turned against the bill as some in the party feared a commission report would be bad politics for them and undercut their goal of winning control of Congress in the 2022 election. Former President Donald Trump has pressured GOP leaders to oppose it, and McConnell called it a "purely political exercise."
"On Thursday, Murkowski pushed back against characterizations by some of her colleagues that the storming of the Capitol during the certification of the Electoral College results was not a big deal.
"This was not a group of tourists coming through. This was not a protest that was mild," she said, referring to comments by Republicans in the House who've downplayed the riot.
"So to suggest that somehow or other, this was not so bad — this was an attack on our Capitol, designed to stop a process that has been in play for, for a century plus, when we move to allow for the peaceful transition of power from one administration to the next," she said.
Sahil Kapur, Frank Thorp V, Julie Tsirkin and Leigh Ann Caldwell reported from Washington and Dareh Gregorian reported from New York.
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MSgt Steve Sweeney - As far as I'm concerned... anyone who is supporting what happened is just as guilty as the assholes that did it!
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MSgt Steve Sweeney
That never stopped them before...
They are still Americans, but I certainly do question their loyalty, their priorities, and their behavior. I think we need to be careful in the language that we use to focus our anger on the wrongness of the actions and not dehumanize or de-Americanize the persons making, supporting, and defending those actions. I certainly don't want to be guilty of the same hyperbolic rhetoric some on the right use to describe Democrats they disagree with or dislike. I feel we have to be better than that.
They are still Americans, but I certainly do question their loyalty, their priorities, and their behavior. I think we need to be careful in the language that we use to focus our anger on the wrongness of the actions and not dehumanize or de-Americanize the persons making, supporting, and defending those actions. I certainly don't want to be guilty of the same hyperbolic rhetoric some on the right use to describe Democrats they disagree with or dislike. I feel we have to be better than that.
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MSgt Steve Sweeney - I hear what you're saying but I call it like I see it. They quit being a Republican when they joined the cult of "The Disgraced Twice Impeached ex-POTUS 45". They are now Trumpublicans. Maybe they will visit him in prison.
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