Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images WASHINGTON Until now, Illinois GOP Rep. Rodney Davis has been able to effectively straddle the divide between Trump loyalists and the Republicans who speak out against former President Donald Trump’s election denial, conspiracy theories and his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack by pro-Trump insurrectionists.
That all may soon change. He may have to pick a side.
Davis is being thrust into the limelight in the highest profile assignment of his House career.
Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., recommended Davis for the select committee probing the Jan. 6 violence.
Davis may emerge as the GOP voice of sanity and reality on the panel.
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BELLVILLE â A southern Illinois congresswoman will host a private fundraising event in Effingham next month with another U.S. representative who holds similar far-right views.
Republican U.S. Reps. Mary Miller and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia will hold a reception and dinner on Thursday, July 8, at the Effingham Performing Arts Center in the downstate Illinois city about an hour from Miller s hometown of Oakland.
The event marks the beginnings of Miller s campaign for possible reelection in 2022. Illinois primary was moved from March 15 to June 28 to accommodate for delays in 2020 U.S. Census results.
Miller replaced retired Congressman John Shimkus, R-Collinsville, in Illinois 15th Congressional District. Political experts see the sprawling, mostly rural district as likely to be redrawn by Illinois Democrats following the Census.