GOP And Dems Go To War Over January 6 Committee Picks

Erin Burnett OutFront

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3.9 • 715 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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GOP and democrats go to war over January 6 committee picks: Pelosi rejects 2 Trump allies and McCarthy pulls al five picks; GOP's McCarthy pulls picks for January 6 panel, calls Pelosi rejection of his picks an "Egregious abuse of power"; GOP's rep Cheney backs Pelosi's rejection of GOP picks from January 6 panel, rails against McCarthy's "Disgraceful" rhetoric; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Outfront next, political Washington implodes.
0:04.3	Kevin McCarthy boycotting the committee to investigate the deadly insurrection after Pelosi vetoes two of his picks.
0:11.1	Sandra Garza, the longtime partner of fallen Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, is out front tonight.
0:16.8	Post-President Biden about to address the nation here on CNN at a time when COVID cases and hospitalizations are spiking again.
0:23.7	Could the Republicans who have suddenly started to encourage vaccines help and new details about Trump ally Tom Barrett?
0:30.7	Will he fight the charges or cooperate with investigators against Trump?
0:35.2	Let's go out front.
0:38.3	And good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett.
0:40.2	Out front tonight, all-out war.
0:42.1	The special committee to investigate
0:43.5	the January 6th insurrection imploded today
0:46.1	as Kevin McCarthy pulled all five Republicans
0:48.7	he named from the panel.
0:50.6	It comes as President Biden
0:51.7	is about to speak directly to the nation
0:53.3	right here on CNN.
0:55.0	Tonight's exclusive town hall comes at a pivotal moment in Biden's presidency.
0:58.8	He's facing headwinds on crucial issues.
1:01.6	The most pressing of all, of course, is the pandemic and also the economy.
1:05.8	Infrastructure, voting rights, police reform, immigration, a daunting list,
1:10.7	especially when Washington has
1:12.0	descended into an all-out partisan war. We'll have more on that in a moment. But first,
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