Yesterday House Speaker Nancy Pelosi removed Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member from the January 6 commission.
.@RepJimBanks served our country in the U.S. Navy, including a deployment to Afghanistan. @Jim_Jordan already serves as the Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee. Not to mention, they were elected by their constituents to represent them.
— Michele Perez Exner (@michelepexner) July 22, 2021
It was "ridiculous" to remove them. https://t.co/LuY78c99DI
Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney, who Pelosi is allowing to stay on the Committee, agreed with the move and blasted her own party.
Liz Cheney told reporters that she agreed with Nancy Pelosi's veto, adding that “at every opportunity, the minority leader has attempted to prevent the American people from understanding what happened" on Jan. 6. https://t.co/PRlAoDIURS pic.twitter.com/T7HjPqOhK0
— POLITICO (@politico) July 21, 2021
But it wasn't long ago that Cheney disagreed with Pelosi when Democrats voted to strip Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments. Chairman Banks is reminding her.
"Representative Greene has espoused opinions that have no place in our pubic discourse. It is our responsibility as Republicans to address these issues inside our own conference," Cheney said in February when she served as Republican Conference Chair. "Speaker Pelosi and the Democrat majority have no business determining which Republicans sit on committees. This vote today sets a dangerous precedent for this institution that Democrats may regret when Republicans regain the majority."
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— Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) July 22, 2021
Since her February statement, Cheney lost her leadership position to Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik.
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