January 6 Committee Doing Impeachment Investigation

This is the second column in a three-column series on the House Select January 6 Committee, prompted by the Republican National Committee’s censure of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the House Committee’s two GOP members, and Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell’s rebuke of the censure resolution. The first column in the series is here.

The work the House January 6 Committee is doing is important. The Capitol riot was an event of historic significance, and there should be a comprehensive congressional accounting of what was an attack on Congress itself. January 6 could and should have been an opportunity for both parties to project national unity against political violence of all stripes. Instead, because of Trump’s centrality to the riot, Democrats predictably acted as if the five-hour uprising at the Capitol had been a recurrence of the Civil War — while the months of lethal rioting and looting by the radical Left, triggered by George Floyd’s killing on Memorial Day 2020, rated nary a mention.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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This is the second column in a three-column series on the House Select January 6 Committee, prompted by the Republican National Committee’s censure of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the House Committee’s two GOP members, and Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell’s rebuke of the censure resolution. The first column in the series is here.

The work the House January 6 Committee is doing is important. The Capitol riot was an event of historic significance, and there should be a comprehensive congressional accounting of what was an attack on Congress itself. January 6 could and should have been an opportunity for both parties to project national unity against political violence of all stripes. Instead, because of Trump’s centrality to the riot, Democrats predictably acted as if the five-hour uprising at the Capitol had been a recurrence of the Civil War — while the months of lethal rioting and looting by the radical Left, triggered by George Floyd’s killing on Memorial Day 2020, rated nary a mention.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.