Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois voted to create a select committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Both these representatives are frequent critics of former President Trump and they believe an independent commission is needed to really look into what happened that fateful day. Many Republicans criticized the select committee, they accused Democrats of creating a partisan panel that will be used to attack former President Trump. Cheney came out with a statement harshly criticizing current Republican leaders: “Since January 6th, the courage of my party’s leaders has faded. But the threat to our Republic has not. On an almost daily basis, Donald Trump repeats the same statements that provoked violence before. His attacks on our Constitution are accelerating. Our responsibility is to confront these threats, not appease and deflect” Kinzinger also came out with a statement; “I believe a bipartisan independent commission is the best approach—and although the House was able to pass the measure, it was blocked by the Senate. Today, I voted in support of the Select Committee (H.Res.503) because the truth matters” They have both received backlash from Republicans.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/30/politics/republicans-january-6-select-committee-vote/index.html
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