Jim Jordan, a staunch ally of former President Trump, is among the five Republicans chosen to serve on Nancy Pelosi’s select committee created to investigate the January 6th Capitol protest.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy made the announcement Monday evening.
Joining Jordan (R-OH) on the select committee are GOP Reps. Jim Banks (IN), Rodney Davis (IL), Kelly Armstrong (AL), and Troy Nehls (TX).
Banks will serve as the ranking member as “a rising star who is serving this cycle as chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee,” according to The Hill.
Announcing the appointments of Republicans who will serve on House Select Committees: https://t.co/RHzCoQGtcX
— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) July 20, 2021
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Jordan, Banks Named To Select Committee
Banks responded to being named ranking member on the select committee by promising to find “the facts about the lead up to January 6 … and the responses from Capitol leadership and the Biden administration.”
“Make no mistake, Nancy Pelosi created this committee solely to malign conservatives and to justify the Left’s authoritarian agenda,” he added.
Jim Jordan responded to his addition to the select committee by posting a video of Democrats objecting to Trump’s election victory in 2016, as well as those fomenting the Russia collusion conspiracy.
All five voted against impeaching Trump for his alleged role in the Capitol protest.
#ICYMI: Ranking Member Jim Jordan Reacts to Being Named to January 6th Select Committee https://t.co/TeCMbPRxcD
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) July 19, 2021
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‘Impeachment – Round Three’
Jordan appeared on Newsmax to discuss his role on the select committee and also noted that Pelosi’s decision to create a select committee is political in nature.
“We know what this is – this is impeachment, round three,” he claimed. “This is to go after President Trump.”
Jordan went on to point out that Democrats don’t want the focus to be on the Biden administration and their party’s absolute failures of governance – including inflation, the economy, and the border crisis.
“So what are they going to do?” he asked facetiously. “Go after President Trump. The most successful President in our lifetime.”
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) July 20, 2021
Forbes reports that even with McCarthy’s choices for the select committee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “has the final say over appointments to the panel.”
“The text of the resolution creating the committee … allows Pelosi to appoint all 13 members of the committee, including five ‘after consultation’ with McCarthy,” they explain.
Earlier this month, Pelosi named her own eight choices to serve on the select committee.
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) was the only Republican selected by Pelosi due to her anti-Trump history.
In her first interview since being named to the 1/6 select committee @RepLizCheney vows to ‘stand for the truth,’ in her conversation w/ @MZanona: https://t.co/moNNOVPFdS
— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) July 14, 2021
The Republican celebrated her addition to the panel.
“Congress is obligated to conduct a full investigation of the most serious attack on our Capitol since 1814,” she said.
“That day saw the most sacred space in our Republic overrun by an angry and violent mob attempting to stop the counting of electoral votes and threatening the peaceful transfer of power.”
Democrats tried objecting to the certification of electoral votes for Donald Trump in 2017 on 11 separate occasions according to CNN.
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