A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things.
GOP leadership is urging its members to vote against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) resolution creating a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Scalise is such a scumbag! The perfect face of the GQP House insurrectionist cover-up majority.
“This select committee is likely to pursue a partisan agenda to politicize the January 6th attack instead of conducting a good faith investigative effort into the actions leading up to and the security failures of the 6th,”
Well gee, Steve, why not a bipartisan Commission, then? Oh, yeah:
House Republican leaders made clear Tuesday [May 18, 2021] they are united in opposition to bipartisan legislation to create a commission to study the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, but fractures within their own party show the politically precarious nature of the vote and the divisions former President Donald Trump still sows.
Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., capped a day of GOP messaging on the bill Tuesday saying leaders recommend members vote “no” but are stopping short of conducting a formal whip count, a move that typically means leadership is encouraging the rank and file to vote their conscience.
But Scalise’s office also sent out an email to all Republican legislative directors suggesting leaders are indeed monitoring how caucus members plan to vote.
“IMPORTANT: If your boss intends to vote in favor of the bill, it is imperative that you contact the Whip Floor Team by email,” the email read.
FFS, this pandering to the worst people in society is getting out of hand. Just sneak a statue of Hitler in and let the wingnuts twist themselves into knots explaining why it shouldn’t be removed.