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McConnell asks fellow GOP senators to vote against January 6 commission as a “personal favor”

John Fea   |  May 27, 2021

Remember when Mitch McConnell condemned the January 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol and said Trump was to blame? Yeah, those where the good old days.

Here is Jamie Gangel at CNN:

Mitch McConnell has reached out to certain Republican Senators and asked them to vote against the commission as “a personal favor” according to this. pic.twitter.com/arExPBz2be

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 27, 2021

The Washington Post reports on the testimony of Brian Sicknick’s mother and her visit to the Senate.

This tweet from former Missouri senator Claire McCaskill says it all:

For those in the back that didn’t hear me last time:

There were 33 hearings on Benghazi.

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) May 27, 2021
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Filed Under: Way of Improvement Tagged With: Brian Sicknick, Insurrection-Jan 6, Mitch McConnell, Republican Party