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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLiz Cheney appointed to Jan 6. Select Committee
Lol. Pelosi announcing the members live now.
Edited to add list of members that Pelosi has appointed:
Chair: Bennie Thompson
Pete Aguilar
Liz Cheney
Zoe Lofgren
Elaine Luria
Stephanie Murphy
Jamie Raskin
Adam Schiff
Pelosi says she hopes Kevin McCarthy will choose his members "expeditiously," but if he doesn't, "we have a quorum."
Johnny2X2X
(19,066 posts)WHo else made the cut?
EarlG
(21,948 posts)I'll update the OP when I have the complete list.
PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)EarlG
(21,948 posts)Ocelot II
(115,693 posts)at this point; this is a much bigger deal. The Trumpists already hate her, so why not?
kimbutgar
(21,148 posts)Why not go out in history trying to find out about who was behind the terrorist attack on January 6th.
Ocelot II
(115,693 posts)Mopar151
(9,983 posts)She could come out of this with a LOT of power, especially if GOP leadership goes down in flames! And she has matches!
RVN VET71
(2,690 posts)I dont care one way or tother since were talking about the lords and ladies of hell feuding with each other. Still, I think their might be enough support from the Cheney faction of the Plutocratic Party to offset the rumblings and rantings of the Droolers of the Fascist Loser-45 cult.
But I think, maybe, flip a coin. I just dont know that shes automatically dead meat.
speak easy
(9,249 posts)Gaetz went up there to attack her. A few weeks later, the underage sex allegations surfaced.
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)That will sway many in her state.
Its too bad its all complicated by the stink Dick the dick Cheney has glued to her.
Yes, I know she has spread plenty of bull herself.
nuxvomica
(12,425 posts)When the gang of juvenile delinquents harass a woman walking home at night and they are attacked by the vampire. As evil as the vampire is, the audience cheers that the petty criminals got their comeuppance.
smb
(3,471 posts)RVN VET71
(2,690 posts)Hugin
(33,146 posts)Seeing as how she's been stripped of all committee assignments.
Ocelot II
(115,693 posts)but in any event this is a bigger deal and a bigger FU to McCarthy.
ProfessorGAC
(65,042 posts)Per Ballotpedia, she's on Armed Services& Natural Resources.
Hugin
(33,146 posts)However, it's true either way now.
With a little, "It's better to rule in Hell, than to serve in (what has become the seditionist's) Heaven." Thrown in, because, as probably the ranking Republican in the commission (which has ultimately more power than a mere committee membership) She'll take the role of bipartisan spokesperson and media go-to. Also, I don't believe all Republicans are the loons they are portrayed as in the current Republican Congressional Membership. She'll have those people's ear.
Man, you have to hand it to the Cheney's... They really know how to serve it up cold.
lindysalsagal
(20,686 posts)Such good, patriotic members!!!
hlthe2b
(102,277 posts)agingdem
(7,850 posts)did anyone really want a bipartisan commission?...any committee/commission, be it House or Senate would have turned it into a Jordan/Gaetz/Cruz/Hawley/Johnson shit show... Liz Cheney is as bad as the rest of the her GOP cronies but at this point she's got nothing to lose and she's dangerous...
hlthe2b
(102,277 posts)Anyone who knows me knows I've had a long intense hatred for father Dick ever since having to officially interview him (professionally) in the years between Congress and Vice President. He made my skin crawl even then.
Liz will never be a friend to Democrats, but right now she is an ally and one we are smart to capitalize on for the purposes of diffusing/countering the RW BS. Not to mention this step will give McCarthy/Trump and others no end of heartburn.
gab13by13
(21,341 posts)isn't located in the heart. I can't wait until Liz eats Kevin's lunch.
This also makes the committee bipartisan, a BFD. Eat it MSM.
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)It's hard to imagine that Liz Cheney could be any more acceptable than her father. However she does see a certain advantage in helping to bring Chump down, once and for all. That reason alone makes her useful to us, but she needs to be held at arm's length at all times.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,785 posts)But look for Kevin McCarthy to not pick any Republicans so that he can COMPLAIN that the select committee was a partisan witch hunt.
gab13by13
(21,341 posts)FoxNewsSucks
(10,431 posts)but the Q troglodytes won't know it when the Fox "news" Sewer starts labeling her clips "Liz Cheney D-WY".
It wouldn't be the first time they've done that.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)to save her reputation by proving she is right about TFG.
mitch96
(13,904 posts)Hekate
(90,690 posts)mitch96
(13,904 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,785 posts)Which makes this select committee bipartisan despite how McCarthy paints this.
This pits McCarthy against Cheney. Even if he straps her of her committees for doing the right thing, he elevates her because she is in the position to support a subpoena for him to testify.
I hope Speaker Pelosi gets to pick more, including Adam Kinzinger.
gab13by13
(21,341 posts)This is a BFD, it changes the narrative.
Hekate
(90,690 posts)The Man from Bakersfield has promised his caucus that anyone who gets on the 1/6 commission will be stripped of all their committee assignments. So, her political career is effectively over.
Kudos to Ms Cheney for being an all-too-rare profile in courage.
gab13by13
(21,341 posts)She is finished with the GQP but has her integrity restored.
Hekate
(90,690 posts)Gack. Well, that makes sense now that she has a national profile, far beyond Wyoming. I will bear that in mind but right now we need her.
calimary
(81,267 posts)I wouldnt know whether to be super angry or super scared. Probably both.
Wednesdays
(17,374 posts)If she even gets that far.
Baitball Blogger
(46,711 posts)Personally, I think she rose up too quickly in the local business networks that tends to corrupt people. I have had a sit back and watch strategy and havent seen anything to convince me either way. So it will be interesting to see how what she comes up with during this special commission.
bucolic_frolic
(43,163 posts)The committee will get some extra press for members' districts
murielm99
(30,741 posts)Adam Kinzinger. I don't like or trust him, but notice that he was not chosen. What does that tell us?
Raven123
(4,844 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,163 posts)which sounded like a no-go.
obamanut2012
(26,076 posts)I loathe everything she stand for politically, but she is not a traitor, at least.
Takket
(21,568 posts)She is going to go down in flames lol
Suck it, all you GOP fuckos who were trying to banish her!
gab13by13
(21,341 posts)Raven123
(4,844 posts)Any thoughts on Pelosis strategy on these picks?
gab13by13
(21,341 posts)but I believe she was saying that she picked people from committees that were applicable to the inquiry.
Raven123
(4,844 posts)totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)And I respect that. But otherwise I do not trust her one bit. On almost any other issue she is one of the very most regressive members of Congress.
gab13by13
(21,341 posts)He better choose his words carefully or he may lose the new GQP more voters.
I wonder who will tell Kevin what to say?
Mme. Defarge
(8,030 posts)gab13by13
(21,341 posts)but since he is involved in a law suit against MF45 and the insurrection someone would claim conflict of interest.
Mme. Defarge
(8,030 posts)It makes perfect sense to me.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)Roc2020
(1,616 posts)but Liz Cheney is doing serious harm to Trump wing of the GOP and the Republican party as a whole. How harmful time will tell.
gab13by13
(21,341 posts)Kevin denied he said he would strip Republicans of committee assignments if they went on the select committee.
Bwahaha, there are numerous witnesses who heard him make the threat.
I bet Kevin is going to change his tune now that he can't claim the committee is partisan. I look for him to appoint members just to obstruct. I already heard the name Gym Jordan.
obamanut2012
(26,076 posts)gab13by13
(21,341 posts)which GQPer deserves to be on the committee?
Bev54
(10,052 posts)I do believe he was set not to appoint any republicans to the committee and she screwed him on that, she is always one step ahead.
NH Ethylene
(30,811 posts)Nancy wins again.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,986 posts)benfranklin1776
(6,445 posts)He was tremendous in his passionate, scathing takedown of the traitors in the immediate aftermath of the horror.
Also Adam Kinzinger from the R side as hes one of the dwindling few non-confederate non-knuckledraggers they have left fit to serve in any capacity.
Cha
(297,240 posts)Scottie Mom
(5,812 posts)Glad that Liz Cheney is there, too.
lark
(23,102 posts)She has a majority of the members, including a republican, so are by definition bi-partisan. McCarthy is just butt hurt because he's afraid of the truth, which he aided and abetted, the attempted overthrow of the US government.