Just in time for the 2022 midterm elections, the Democrats are setting the stage to perform yet another investigation into their opponents.
Just as they did to President Trump throughout his presidency, they are looking to play the same card for 2022 and this time they are using the alleged insurrection at the capital as their jumping-off point.
Luckily there are Republicans in the Senate who are wising up to their plan.
The Hill reports,
Senate Republicans are turning against a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, warning it would be a distraction heading into the 2022 midterm elections.
The House passed the bill in a 252-175 vote on Wednesday, including support from 35 Republicans, setting up a showdown in the Senate amid hardening battle lines. But even if the same share of Republicans vote for the measure in the Senate, that wouldn’t be enough to get it over the finish line.
GOP senators are under growing pressure to oppose the bill. Former President Trump — who still wields the most influence in the party — is making clear he’s keeping an eye on the debate and the votes.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) voiced his opposition to the legislation on Wednesday, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who voted against the measure, spoke to a group of Republican senators at a closed-door meeting that same day.
Blocking the bill would undoubtedly generate negative headlines for the GOP and put Republicans in the awkward position of opposing a commission to probe an insurrection many of them have already condemned.
A months-long commission, which Republicans fear would stretch past its year-end deadline, would keep Jan. 6 in the spotlight as the midterms draw near. GOP lawmakers are warning that it would risk keeping them off message when much of the party is eager to talk about almost anything besides the deadly attack.
“I want our midterm message to be … jobs and wages and the economy and national security and safe streets … and not relitigating the 2020 election,” said Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. 2 Senate Republican, who hasn’t made a decision on the bill.
“A lot of our members, and I think it is true of a lot of the House Republicans, want to be moving forward. … Anything that gets us rehashing the 2020 election, I think, is a day lost,” Thune added.
Other Republicans appeared to echo Trump’s warning that the legislation — which was negotiated by Rep. John Katko (N.Y.), the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee — was designed to be politically damaging to Republicans. The House-passed bill says the commission should wrap by the end of the year, but Republicans questioned if that was a realistic timeline.
Ask yourself, do you really think this alleged commission to investigate the supposed insurrection on January 6th is about getting to the bottom of what actually happened that day?
The Democrats as a whole likely realize they have nothing to run on as we approach the midterm election.
We are watching as Biden is failing miserably. With unrest in the middle east, an economy on edge, a flailing jobs market, and the lingering COVID pandemic there are very few positives to run on.
So the left will continue pushing this ‘insurrection’ as their talking point for the next year or so. They will do so despite the reality that the vast majority of those at the capital that day were completely peaceful.
The irony is that the Democrats are insisting we have a commission-style investigation to looking into the happenings at the capital on January 6th. Albeit, at the same time completely disregarding the insurrections that took place all across the country throughout 2020.
Amidst the worst, most deadliest, most severe, pandemic of all pandemics we watched as groups like antifa and BLM march in cities across the country.
They rioted, looted, and pillaged our cities and towns. They even attempted to murder police officers and burn down federal buildings.
Democrats, this is what an actual insurrection looks like!
Antifa set fire to the federal courthouse in downtown Portland. There are people inside. #PortlandRiots #antifa pic.twitter.com/9sxBZkDe2t
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) March 12, 2021
#Antifa tried to smash their way into the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/f3MJltcZ7m
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) March 12, 2021
Protesters assembled in front of the downtown federal courthouse tonight. Old patterns emerge. This is the second push of federal officers clearing the park with flash bangs, less lethal munitions, and gas. pic.twitter.com/78l2w6LtrA
— Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith) March 12, 2021
#Antifa and other far-left rioters in Portland tried to break into the @Chase bank. A lone security guard tried holding them back. He pulled out a pistol during the mob attack. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/Sw3SU8PO0A
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) March 12, 2021
The Oregonian reported:
Federal officers on Thursday repeatedly drove demonstrators away from the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in downtown Portland in response to fires and damage to the building just hours after a security fence was removed.
Dozens of demonstrators assembled near the courthouse Thursday night, and some of them broke glass at the federal building and lit fires, according to reports from the scene.
A large contingent of federal officers responded by deploying impact munitions, tear gas, flash-bang grenades, and smoke bombs, according to live stream videos from independent journalists and others documenting the demonstration.
Officers drove protesters away from the courthouse in at least three distinct pushes. At least one person was detained.
Demonstrators and officers remained squared off in front of the courthouse about 11:30 p.m. Authorities repeatedly said federal property, including the sidewalk surrounding the courthouse, was closed and that those who were on federal property were trespassing.
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