House GOP blames Pelosi – not Trump – for January 6

House GOP leaders left Rep. Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiHouse dismisses GOP efforts to secure McCarthy’s picks for January 6 panel GOP battles Trump on eve of January 6 first hearing Five things to watch as January 6 panel begins work MORE (D-Calif.) Tuesday morning, accusing the president of neglecting her duty to defend the Capitol on January 6 and demanding answers on her role in the violent attack that injured more than 140 police officers.

“On January 6, these brave officers were placed in a vulnerable and impossible position because the leadership at the top [had] failed, ”the House minority leader Kevin mccarthyKevin McCarthy Trump Jr. overtakes DeSantis as most popular GOP figure in new poll: Axios GOP lawmakers call on Cuba for meeting with Biden House rejects GOP efforts to secure McCarthy’s choices for panel January 6 MORE (R-Calif.) Told reporters just outside the Capitol.

The charges served as a preamble to the House select committee’s investigation into the attack, which was due to start shortly after the Republican press conference without any ally of the elders President TrumpDonald Trump Cuban Embassy in Paris attacked by Trump Jr. petrol bombs overtakes DeSantis as GOP’s most popular figure in new poll: Axios Trump backs Ken Paxton against George P. Bush in race for attorney general Texas PLUS on the panel.

Yet, a sign of how partisan the debate around the insurgency has become, Republicans have offered no criticism of the former president, who encouraged his supporters to march on Capitol Hill on Jan.6 to block certification of his electoral defeat – the spark that inspired the murderous riot.

They also did not respond to reporters’ questions about why Sen. Mitch mcconnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnell Trump Jr. overtakes DeSantis as most popular GOP figure in new poll: Axios House dismisses GOP efforts to seat McCarthy’s picks for Jan. 6 panel Senators scramble to save ” PLUS infrastructure agreement (R-Ky.), Who was the Senate Majority Leader on Jan.6, should not take the same responsibility as Pelosi, he says, for security breaches.

Instead, they accused Pelosi of first failing to approve the activation of the National Guard that day, and now of seeking to avoid tough questions by refusing to sit down two of Trump’s allies – the representatives. Jim jordanJames (Jim) Daniel Jordan Britney Spears’ new attorney files petition to remove her father as Conservative House rejects GOP efforts to secure McCarthy’s picks for GOP Jan 6 brawls against Trump on the eve of the premiere January 6 hearing PLUS (R-Ohio) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) – on the select committee.

“Why don’t they want to answer the basic question, which is why wasn’t there a better security posture that day? Jordan asked.

Pelosi’s office quickly released a statement rejecting the charges. The statement noted that Congressional leaders do not oversee day-to-day decisions regarding Capitol security – a responsibility of the Capitol Police Board – while asserting that the President has never refused a request to activate the National Guard.

“Now that the bipartisan select committee begins its work, the only tools left in the arsenal of House Republicans are deflection, distortion and misinformation,” his office said.

That hasn’t stopped Republicans from bashing Democrats for a riot orchestrated by Trump supporters. And Pelosi was not the only target of the GOP attacks on Tuesday morning.

McCarthy and the Republicans also attacked Rep. Zoe LofgrenZoe Ellen LofgrenHouse erupts in anger at Jan 6 and Trump role Progressive fights get personal during internal call on antitrust bills (D-Calif.), Chairman of the House administration committee, which has jurisdiction over the operation of the Capitol complex, for moving away from Washington for much of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

They blasted Rep. Bennie thompsonBennie Gordon ThompsonGOP fights Trump on the eve of the January 6 first hearing Five Things to Watch Out for as the January 6 panel begins its work Cheney to secure first place to speak in the January 6 first committee hearing MORE (D-Miss.), The chairman of the select committee, for suggesting that Pelosi would not be required to testify before the panel. And they hammered the representatives. Liz cheneyElizabeth (Liz) Lynn CheneyTrump Jr. overtakes DeSantis as most popular GOP figure in new poll: Axios House dismisses GOP efforts to seat McCarthy’s picks for Jan. 6 panel GOP battles Trump in the day before the first hearing on January 6 PLUS (Wyo.) And Adam kinzingerAdam Daniel KinzingerHouse dismisses GOP efforts to secure McCarthy’s picks for January 6 panel GOP battles Trump on eve of January 6 first hearing Five things to watch as January 6 panel begins work MORE (Ill.) – the two Republican critics of Trump appointed by Pelosi to the select committee, calling them “Pelosi Republicans” who no longer speak for the GOP.

“This committee is completely partisan from top to bottom,” said Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas), a former sheriff who was among McCarthy’s top picks for the select committee.