Kevin McCarthy deserves a gift basket from the Jan. 6 committee. (via MaddowBlog)
It’s possible the Californian was so focused on his struggling bid to become House speaker that he didn’t have time to consider the latest from Jan. 6 investigators. But it’s also possible that McCarthy doesn’t want to talk about the committee at all — because he realizes he made a mistake in how it took shape.In April and May of last year, the House GOP leader dispatched a trusted ally, New York Rep. John Katko, to negotiate the terms of an independent commission to examine the Jan. 6 attack.
. As part of the process, GOP leaders were invited to recommend a slate of House Republicans to participate in the investigation, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had the final call on whether or not they qualified.for being anti-election radicals, though Pelosi was willing to accept the other three Republicans chosen for the panel. Outraged, McCarthy quickly announced a boycott of the committee.
In other words, Pelosi offered him an opportunity to have three conservative Republicans participate in this investigation. He instead chose to have zero. A year later, it became clear to much of the GOP that McCarthy failed to think this through. A senior House GOP aideThat talk grew louder in the weeks and months that followed. The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman
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