Banks of the Jordan

So U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (below) looked over the five Republicans the House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy nominated for the select committee January 6 insurrection and accepted three of them but not those two Midwestern morons named Jim - Jim Jordan of Ohio and Jim Banks of Indiana.  McCarthy demanded that Speaker Pelosi accept all five of his choices, and when she refused, he pulled them all and left the committee with only the eight members Speaker Pelosi appointed, including Republican Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming.

McCarthy sought to improve his chances to help the Republicans regain the House in 2022 and make him Speaker by pulling this stunt, but Speaker Pelosi is letting the select committee go ahead, since it has a quorum and all.  McCarthy doesn't want the truth of the insurrection to get out and diminish the GOP's chances in the 2022 midterms, but the select committee will be moving forward this coming week to get the truth out, and it may have some help.  At this writing, Speaker Pelosi is considering expanding the committee and adding two Republicans - including Adam Kinzinger of Illinois - making it an even ten members and also more bipartisan than it currently is.  The House has the votes to do that. 

The hearings begin this coming week.  They could end up being more fun to watch than the Tokyo Olympics!