{"id":538909,"date":"2023-01-10T23:04:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T20:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/democrats-planning-to-sit-on-all-gop-select-committees\/"},"modified":"2023-01-10T23:04:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T20:04:56","slug":"democrats-planning-to-sit-on-all-gop-select-committees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-planning-to-sit-on-all-gop-select-committees\/","title":{"rendered":"#Democrats planning to sit on all GOP select committees\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e0e7a4fa1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e0e7a4fa1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-planning-to-sit-on-all-gop-select-committees\/#Democrats_planning_to_sit_on_all_GOP_select_committees\" >Democrats planning to sit on all GOP select committees\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Democrats_planning_to_sit_on_all_GOP_select_committees\"><\/span>Democrats planning to sit on all GOP select committees\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/aguilarpete_011023gn2_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>House Democrats will participate in all of the various special committee investigations being teed up by GOP leaders, the Democrats\u2019 caucus chairman vowed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our intent to seat members on \u2026 every select committee, every subcommittee that the leadership on the majority side advances,\u201d Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) told reporters in the Capitol.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>That move would mark a shift from the Republicans\u2019 strategy in the past Congress, when GOP leaders boycotted the select committee formed to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol \u2014 an abstention that some Republicans came to regret, since it left former President Trump without a line of defense throughout the marathon probe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aguilar said Democrats won\u2019t make the same mistake this cycle, when Republicans are poised to create a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of special committees to investigate the Biden administration and other facets of federal policy, including what Republicans consider the \u201cweaponization\u201d of the government to target Trump and other conservatives unfairly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call that the \u2018tinfoil hat committee\u2019 in our caucus,\u201d Aguilar said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the weaponization select subcommittee, which will emerge as a special branch of the Judiciary Committee, Republicans are also set to create a select committee on U.S. strategy towards China. Both panels are set to get floor votes on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>GOP leaders are also vowing to probe the origins of COVID-19. And Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has promised to launch an investigation into the Jan. 6 investigation, although the specifics of that probe remain unclear.<\/p>\n<p>The parties have <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roached select committees very differently from the minority.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In 2021, McCarthy had yanked Republicans from the Jan. 6 select committee after then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) removed two of his five selections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi said that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who had consulted with Trump on efforts to block the 2020 election results in the lead up to the Jan. 6 rampage, was a material witness to the saga and should not be part of overseeing the investigation. Pelosi said the second Republican McCarthy chose, Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), disqualified himself in vowing to investigate the Biden administration\u2019s role in Jan. 6 \u2014 even though Trump was still in office that day.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately it was Pelosi who selected the only two Republicans on the panel: then-Reps. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) and Liz Cheney (Wyo.).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>McCarthy\u2019s boycott came under intense scrutiny with the launch of the select committee\u2019s public hearings, which prompted even Trump to question the wisdom of leaving him defenseless on the panel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, a bad decision was made,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/22\/trump-slams-mccarthy-over-lack-of-gop-involvement-on-jan-6-committee\/\">Trump said at the time<\/a>. \u201cIt was a bad decision not to have representation on this committee. That was a very, very foolish decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, then House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) faced a similar decision, after Republicans created a select committee to investigate the deadly 2012 attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Despite some calls from Democrats to boycott the panel for fear of legitimizing it, she chose to participate, tapping the late-Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) to lead the defense of the committee\u2019s target: former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>This time around, Aguilar said Democrats will be following Pelosi\u2019s example.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s in our best interest to make sure we are representing the will of the caucus and the American public, and that Republicans don\u2019t have an opportunity behind closed doors to shape, and to add to, these conspiracy theories,\u201d Aguilar said.<\/p>\n<p>He declined to say which Democrats might sit on the weaponization panel or any other of the committees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a process by which members will raise their hands and let leadership know what they\u2019re interested in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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