Pelosi Blocks GOP Picks for Jan 6 Committee
We ran the numbers: There are 1840 news articles covering this topic. 45% (834) are left leaning, 49% (897) are center, and 6% (109) are right leaning.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of five Republicans House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy tapped for the panel. While left-leaning articles highlight that Pelosi’s decision to reject the two Republicans injected new fuel into the partisan fight over the select committee that has been raging since Democrats created the panel next month, right-leaning articles highlight that Banks tweeted that Pelosi “created the committee solely to malign conservatives.”
CNN published a right-leaning article highlighting that Pelosi’s decision to reject the two Republicans injected new fuel into the partisan fight over the select committee that has been raging since Democrats created the panel next month. Pelosi’s move gives House Republicans an avenue to attack the committee as a partisan endeavor.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that Republican Representatives Jim Jordan and Jim Banks blasted Pelosi’s decision to reject their participation on a panel to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol. They argued it proved she was involved in a partisan “charade.”
A right-leaning article by The Washington Examiner highlights that Banks tweeted that Pelosi “created the committee solely to malign conservatives.” Banks also called on Democrats to investigate the murder of Capitol Police officer Billy Evans.