Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hosts a bill enrollment for funding crime victims, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Earlier, Pelosi rejected two Republicans, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., who were . more > By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Wednesday, July 21, 2021
President Biden said Wednesday night that an all-Democratic committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol “can’t listen to people who say ‘this is a peaceful march.’
“I don’t care if you think I’m Satan reincarnate, the fact is you can’t look at that television and say, ‘Nothing happened on the 6th,” Mr. Biden said at a CNN town-hall meeting in Ohio. “You can’t listen to people who say, ‘This is a peaceful march.’”
If you’re vaccinated, you’re not going to be hospitalized, you’re not going to be in the IC unit, and you’re not going to die, Biden said at the forum at Mount St. Joseph University. So it’s gigantically important that . we all act like Americans who care about our fellow Americans.”
Over 80 minutes, Biden fielded questions on many of the pressing issues of the day, including his infrastructure package, voting rights and the makeup of the congressional commission that will investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. He also reflected on what it’s like to be president, saying he’s sometimes taken aback by the pomp that comes with the job and the weight of being “the last guy in the room” left to make the call on daunting decisions.
âWeâre going to fix that damn bridgeâ: 7 takeaways from Bidenâs town hall By Spectrum News Staff Nationwide PUBLISHED 9:55 PM ET Jul. 21, 2021 PUBLISHED 9:55 PM EDT Jul. 21, 2021
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When President Joe Biden took the stage in Cincinnati at a town hall moderated by CNNâs Don Lemon, he did so at a critical crossroads of his presidency.
At just over six months after taking office, the president has seen one of his major legislative priorities, the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, the American Rescue Plan, pass, has overseen a COVID-19 vaccination program which has seen nearly 50% of the U.S. population fully vaccinated and reached key agreements on sweeping infrastructure proposals â one of which would fix roads and bridges, replace lead pipes and enhance broadband internet, while another would
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Don Lemon about the prospects of improving bipartisan cooperation in Washington.
Earlier in the day, Speaker
Nancy Pelosiannounced she would not seat two of the Republicans chosen by Minority Leader
Kevin McCarthy to serve on the House select committee to investigate the January 6 Capitol riot because she’s concerned “about statements made and actions taken by these Members.” In response, McCarthy pulled all Republican members from the committee and said Pelosi “has broken this institution.”
Lemon asked for Biden’s reaction to the committee drama, and also queried, “If Republicans and Democrats can’t come together to investigate the biggest attack on our Capitol in 200 years, what makes you think that they can come together on anything?” asked Lemon.