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   As the House select committee to investigate the Capitol riot   
   takes shape, Republicans are preparing a strategy that mostly   
   takes aim at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), reports CNN.   
      
   According to GOP sources, Republicans will try to "make the case   
   [Pelosi] should have done more to secure the Capitol" and   
   "attempt to shift the blame away from [former President Donald   
   Trump] and onto the speaker," writes CNN.   
      
   House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has yet to name   
   his optional selections for the committee's five GOP slots, and   
   Pelosi has the power to veto anyone he chooses, reports CNN.   
   Notably, the speaker tapped Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as one of   
   her eight selections for the committee.   
      
   Pelosi veto aside, McCarthy may have a tough time nominating the   
   right Republicans to execute the GOP's blame-shifting strategy.   
   Almost all of the minority leader's potential picks, as reported   
   by Punchbowl News, voted against certifying Biden's 2020   
   election win. But as The Washington Post's Greg Sargent notes,   
   "There is no way to appoint these Republicans without   
   highlighting the GOP's own culpability in creating the   
   conditions leading to [Jan. 6's] horrors." For example, CNN   
   reports, panel picks like Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) "could also   
   be a valuable witness for Democrats trying to learn more about   
   Trump's actions." But simultaneously, McCarthy would also be ill-   
   advised to pick Republicans who might treat the proceedings   
   seriously, says Sargent.   
      
   He may, in fact, be backed "into a corner." Read more at The   
   Washington Post.   
      
   https://news.yahoo.com/republicans-jan-6-select-committee-   
   220551793.html   
      
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