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McCarthy defies Trump, pulls out all Republicans from Jan 6 Select Committee hearings
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IANS | 23 Jun, 2022
In a surprise twist, House (of Representatives) Minority Leader Kevin
McCarthy has pulled out all the Republicans sitting on the select
committee probing the January 6 Capitol Hill hearings, protesting
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to unseat party members Jim Banks and
Jim Jordano.
An angry ex-President Donald Trump,
who has privately and publicly targeted the Californian lawmaker in
recent times, let out his frustrations that his congressional allies are
not able to defend him (Trump) during the televised hearings in the
ongoing probe into the Capitol Hill riots that endangered the life of
his VP Mike Pence.
Trump, in an apparent knee-jerk reaction, has made it clear that he has not yet endorsed McCarthy to be the next Speaker.
"I
think in retrospect, (McCarthy should've put Republicans on) to just
have a voice. The Republicans don't have a voice. They don't even have
anything to say," Trump told Punchbowl News.
McCarthy,
representing California, stood his ground to pull all of his selections
for the January 6 select committee after Pelosi blocked Banks (Indiana)
and Jim Jordan (Ohio) from sitting on the panel.
"I think it
would've been far better to have Republicans (on the panel). (Banks and
Jordan) were great," Trump said in reports streaming from Washington
from various media sources. "They were great and would've been great to
have them. But when Pelosi wrongfully didn't allow them, we should've
picked other people. We have a lot of good people in the Republican
Party," he was quoted as saying by Washington Examiner which is closely
following the hearings probing the January 6 incident.
Justifying
his stand for the pull out, McCarthy argued that finding replacements
for Banks and Jordan, two of Trump's most vocal allies in the House, and
allowing the three GOP (Republicans) members Pelosi greenlighted to
serve on the panel wouldn't have had an impact on the messaging coming
out of the committee.
"Why would you do it � Pelosi is going to
pick and choose. So, the only Republicans that would be on it would be
the ones that Pelosi would allow on � it would be no different outcome
in this thing," McCarthy told reporters on Wednesday. "It's showing us
it's a purely political process."
Trump's working relationship
with the minority leader is expected to play a role in the level of
support McCarthy garners from Trump-allied lawmakers as he looks to
secure backing to obtain the Speaker's gavel if Republicans take back
the majority next fall, the Examiner said.
One GOP lawmaker
close to the former President said Trump has "made known to his allies"
that McCarthy "begged for" Trump to include language backing him for
Speaker in his recent statement endorsing him in his re-election bid.
While
Trump has never endorsed McCarthy for the position, he has praised the
California Republican in the past. "Kevin and I work very well
together," Trump told a group of reporters in January when asked if he
planned to back McCarthy or would consider endorsing another member for
the position.
Despite the recent turbulence between the leader
and the former President, others have asserted that McCarthy remains the
front-runner to become the next Speaker, should the republicans take
back the house from the Democrats. "McCarthy is still the overwhelming
favourite to be Speaker. With an overwhelming midterm landslide
favouring Republicans, McCarthy gets Trump's endorsement and the gavel,"
one senior GOP operative said.
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