Pelosi appoints Kinzinger to 1/6 House select committee

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Source: CNN

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Sunday she has appointed GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger to the House select committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

"Today, I am announcing the appointment of Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger, an Air Force veteran and Lieutenant Colonel in the Air National Guard, to serve on the Select Committee," she said in a statement. "He brings great patriotism to the Committee's mission: to find the facts and protect our Democracy."

Kinzinger, a vocal Republican critic of former President Donald Trump who was one of 10 House Republicans to vote for his second impeachment, is joining Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming as the only Republicans on the new select committee.

"Let me be clear, I'm a Republican dedicated to conservative values, but I swore an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution—and while this is not the position I expected to be in or sought out, when duty calls, I will always answer," Kinzinger said in a statement.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/25/politics/nancy-pelosi-adam-kinzinger-house-select-committee-mccarthy-republicans/index.html?utm_content=2021-07-25T13%3A30%3A45&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_source=twcnnbrk

[highplainsdem]

1. Good!

[Hotler]

2. Repugs had their chance. It's time to stop reaching across the isle.

Quit hoping they'll stop being assholes.

[mopinko]

3. she should also appoint kanto (sp?)

get the ones that helped plan the commission in the 1st place.

[GB_RN]

22. John Katko

I don’t know if he’d take the assignment or not. Yeah, he was pissed when Qevin McQarthy chopped his feet out from under him on the 1/6 Committee, but he didn’t vote for the select committee.

[OnDoutside]

4. What happens if they start the hearings and McCarthy wants to appoint his 5 after all ?

[onetexan]

7. too late. The window has closed and Nancy has her pick of the lot, thanks to Mccarthy's idiocy.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

8. I am sure that is in their little plan...

... anything to delay any real proceedings and to let chaos reign heading to the 2022 elections.

[Sneederbunk]

5. Will Kinzinger accept?

[Sucha NastyWoman]

9. He has previously indicated his interest in doing so

[gab13by13]

10. Yes he did,

According to a statement from Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), he has accepted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's invitation to sit on the House select committee investigating the Jan 6th Capitol riot.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

[DallasNE]

6. Wasn't Kinzinger A Tea Party Republican That Rode In On The 2010 GOP Wave?

While I applaud Speaker Pelosi for her consideration for naming him to the committee because he shows some integrity I would not push things too hard here. Her best bet in filling other slots would be to pick from Republicans that have announced they are retiring from Congress after this term.

[gab13by13]

12. Kinzinger has been very outspoken,

something that is needed.

[gab13by13]

11. The GQPers

can't claim partisanship, that's 2 Republicans.

[durablend]

13. Sure they can

They'll whine "RINO" and their useless mouth breathing flock will agree.

[monkeyman1]

17. screw the flock & it's to make them irrelevant!! don't believe what they say-period!!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

24. Those complicit in the crime have no right to sit in judgement.

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. Kinzinger's statement

Link to tweet

[COL Mustard]

16. Good!

Kinzinger is a stand up dude.

[monkeyman1]

18. need more of it !

[CTyankee]

19. He sees the handwriting on the wall: change or die as a political party

It's as simple as that. Let's see what he does.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. The Lincoln Project is amused

Link to tweet

[mcar]

21. Great appointment!

A truly bipartisan committee - such it Rs.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

23. From Speaker Pelosi

Link to tweet

[Rhiannon12866]

25. K&R! Great news!

From Stephen Colbert on 1/6/21:

"We're Kind Of Under Siege Here" - Rep. Kinzinger On The President's Assault On The Capitol Building

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017630273

Rep. Adam Kinzinger: The President Is "Unfit For Office"

[Champp]

26. He's an American veteran. The Repubes hate that.

The Republican WeenieGawd, TFG, modeled for all Republicans the so-called "virtues" of being a draft-dodging, casino hustler, who lies, stiffs contractors, and has no respect for other people.

So don't be surprised when the Repubes start whining that Kinziner, because he is an honorable American veteran, is therefore unfit to sit in judgement of the Republican WeenieGawd, and his loyal (if stupid) Republican worshipper thugs who attacked the police and the US Capitol so treasonously, so shamefully.