When House Republican leaders announced their slate of committee chairs for the new Congress, too many of them had something unfortunate in common. Of the 17 GOP members who’ll lead standing committees, 11 voted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, and 12 signed on to a misguided legal brief that asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the results.
On some key panels, the data was even more discouraging. Of the 15 new Republicans tapped to serve on the House Oversight Committee, HuffPost found that “13 either voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on former President Donald Trump’s lie about it being stolen from him, or are freshman members who have rejected or questioned the validity of President Joe Biden’s win.”
Republican Rep. Mike Turner — who did not try to overturn the 2020 election — sat down with CBS News’ Margaret Brennan yesterday, and the “Face the Nation” host asked the incoming House Intelligence Committee…
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