Pelosi didn’t budge, prompting McCarthy to yank the other three Republicans from the panel.
“Pelosi has broken this institution,” McCarthy later told reporters while flanked by his GOP picks.
The dramatic back-and-forth extraordinary even by current measures of national partisan hostility highlighted the levels of resentment and distrust that persist on Capitol Hill more than six months after the deadly events of Jan. 6.
The siege was orchestrated by Trump supporters who, emboldened by the former president, were attempting to stop Congress from formalizing President Biden
Jordan and Banks have been among the most vocal Trump defenders following the Capitol riot, and rank-and-file Democrats raced to defend Pelosi’s decision to deny the pair a seat on the investigative panel.
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