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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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Banks and Jordan weren’t just predisposed to be hostile to the entire purpose of the committee — they signaled they would try to sabotage it. After being nominated by McCarthy, Banks released a head-spinning statement suggesting Black Lives Matter-associated protests and riots should fall within its scope. And Jordan, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump who participated in disinformation campaigns about the 2020 election, responded to his nomination by declaring it “ impeachment round three,” suggesting he viewed it as a witch hunt to be dismissed like the Trump impeachment measure he voted against in January.

Unfortunately, some Beltway analysts have chosen to buy McCarthy’s framing by focusing on Pelosi’s unusual procedural move. But in the process, they’ve lost sight of the substantive problem, which is that Pelosi took extraordinary steps to try to protect the Jan. 6 inquiry, and the historical record, from an extraordinary threat: a set of politicians uninterested in preserving democracy and keen to pander to any pro-Trump sentiment in their base.

McCarthy’s withdrawal leaves just one Republican on the committee: Rep. Liz Cheney, of Wyoming, whom Pelosi had nominated. While the committee has no hopes of being bipartisan, there is now a far greater chance it can get some real work done in digging up crucial information about Jan. 6.
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