.MaddowBlog: Rep. Cheney's relationship with House Republicans was already strained. That didn't stop her from calling out Rep. McCarthy in a striking way yesterday.
After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of the House GOP selections for the Jan. 6 investigatory committee, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy issued a furious statement in response. Republican lawmakers,of the House special select committee. But it was not entirely correct:Republicans will not be a party to the process, but one high-profile House GOP member seems more than willing to participate in the probe.to reporters about the examination into January's insurrectionist riot.
"[A]t every opportunity, the Minority Leader has attempted to prevent the American people from understanding what happened -- to block this investigation. Today, the Speaker objected to two Republican members. She accepted three others. She objected to two, one of whom may well be a material witness to events that led to that day -- that led to January 6th.
The Wyoming congresswoman's comments had the benefit of being true. Kevin McCarthy really has attempted to block the truth about Jan. 6 from coming to light. Rep. Jim Jordan , whom McCarthy wanted on the committee and whom Pelosi rejected,
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