By Blake Haas
BLOOMINGTON – A Central Illinois lawmaker is “disappointed” his no longer on the January 6th commission to investigate the deadly capital insurrection.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy picked U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) to serve on the panel. However, Minority Leader McCarthy pulled all five of his appointees, including Davis, in protest House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) after Speaker Pelosi rejected two of the member’s Minority Leader McCarthy selected to serve on the committee.
Speaking with WJBC’s Scott Miller, the Taylorville Republican said the investigation committee was “tainted.”
“Oh, it was tainted when the Speaker decided to put forth just a partisan select committee. And my job was to get the best information out of that in a situation that could of and should have been much different.”
The Taylorville Republican said he wished he was serving on the committee to answer questions that he does not think are going to be asked.
“I’m disappointed that I didn’t get to serve. I’m not disappointed that we all stood against what is an unprecedented move by Speaker Pelosi to not seat Republicans, not seat members of the minority party on a select committee or any committee for that matter; it’s never happened before in the history of the House.”
Speaker Pelosi has signaled support for former McLean county native and Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-Channahon).
The goal of the committee is to determine how and why a capital insurrection occurred.
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