It's not exactly hard to figure out why Republicans aren't particularly keen on a congressional investigation into the origins and events of the Jan. 6 insurrection attempt at the United States Capitol building. From backing the deranged conspiracy theories that helped foment the violent mob's assault on the halls of Congress, to potentially aiding the actual rioters, Republicans — particularly those in the House — seem to have a lot to be worried about in terms of what else the forthcoming select committee might uncover.
So, after Senate Republicans nixed an independent commission to investigate the coup that former President Donald Trump encouraged, Democrats in the House were left to go it alone, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi magnanimously extending the branch of bipartisanship to the very same Republican Party whose members have already been publicly implicated in the insurrection. And wouldn't you just know it, the GOP's dedicatedly MAGA-fied leadership took a look at the outstretched hand of camaraderie and ... took a huge steamy dump right in Nancy's palm, with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy naming Reps. Jim Banks and Jim Jordan as two of the five Republicans he'd like to sit on the committee.
