WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell formally announced his opposition on Wednesday to a special commission to study the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
“After careful consideration, I’ve made the decision to oppose the House Democrats slanted and unbalanced proposal for another commission to study the events of January the 6th,” McConnell, R-Ky., said. “It is not at all clear what new facts … yet another commission can lay on top of law enforcement and Congress.”
His decision is no surprise and had been telegraphed for weeks through his pained public avoidance of speaking about anything related to former President Donald Trump and that day’s harrowing events. A commission designed to dissect the chaotic and violent actions of that day, and those leading up to it, would only resurrect Trump’s presence in national dialogue, thereby foiling McConnell’s attempts to move past his own party’s former president, who is now a pointed foe.
