House Republican votes for U.S. Capitol riot plan a blow to Kevin McCarthy
Reuters | May 20, 2021 08:56 PM EDT
U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), participates in a roundtable discussion about trade in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (Photo : REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
A week after House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy gambled he could unify his caucus by ousting a prominent critic of former President Donald Trump, a new Trump-inspired rift has raised questions about his leadership.
Thirty-five Republican representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives - or one out of every six - joined the 219 majority Democrats in voting https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-set-vote-commission-probe-deadly-jan-6-capitol-attack-2021-05-19 to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot, when hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the building, fighting with police and leaving five people dead.
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A Colorado man who allegedly participated in the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol is now accused of shooting a mountain lion – after a judge warned him he is not allowed to possess illegal firearms.