Thread by @tomiahonen

Open Letter to Democrats

Dear Speaker Pelosi & Senate Majority Leader Schumer
cc @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer

Mitch McConnell acted in bad faith on the Jan 6 Commission. Please do the right thing for America

This plan will work for a
#Jan6BipartisanBicameral commission

When you two negotiated with Mitch McConnell, he acted in bad faith, and after a negotiated compromise, he lobbied against it, even asking for a PERSONAL vote against it

Please teach Mitch a lesson to take the deal his people negotiated in good faith. This is how:

Because Mitch McConnell acted in bad faith, take away EVERYTHING that GOP asked for, that you gave him in the compromise for the Senate version.

This is the ONLY way Mitch learns, he cannot pull this stunt ever again

But now do a proper hearing on January 6. Do it like this:

Make it bipartisan, live TV from House big chamber. But like in Benghazi (Hillary) hearing, use GOP rules, that the party in control gets majority of seats. Because Mitch screwed Republicans, use their method now, as his lesson.

And Speaker Pelosi, it is YOUR chamber. Why not..

Speaker Pelosi, it is your chamber. Why not really make Mitch pay? INVITE SENATORS to your hearing

Tell the Senate that they may send a total of 13 Senators to join the bipartisan, bicameral hearing on Jan 6. Only caveat - the Senators must have voted YES on the commission

This way the 6 Republican Senators can ONLY be those 6 who voted 'yes' on the 1/6 Commission. Senate Maj Ldr Schumer can select his 7 Democratic Senators to attend, from his full caucus

Then add twice the number of House Reps, again one more Democrats than Republicans (Benghazi)

So you have 14 House Members from Democrats, and 13 from Republicans. Same rule as above - only those who voted YES on the Commission will be seated. This way the hearings will not turn into a circus, only the reasonably sane GOP voices will be seen nationally

America needs this

Americans need to see this on TV, prime time

This hearing would be BIPARTISAN, but DEMs have one more vote in the House and one more vote in the Senate, as is fair, elections have consequences.

AND you Speaker Pelosi - CAN invite Senators. This way it becomes BICAMERAL hearing

Lastly, Speaker Pelosi. When Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy and others come on Fox to complain that these hearings are unfair, locking them out...

You can come on all other networks, & tell the world: It was Mitch who rejeced the compromise. So Mitch did this to the Republicans

[Pelosi in Marlon Brando accent]

"I'm gonna make Mitch a Commission he can't refuse"

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[Pelosi in a Sean Connery accent]

"You wanna get a Commission? Here's how you get one. He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of his to filibuster, you send your Commission to the House! That's the Chicago way."

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#InsurrectionsHaveConsequences

[Pelosi in Roy Scheider accent]

"You're gonna need a bigger commission."

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[Pelosi in Alec Guinness accent]

"Use the House, Luke"

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[Pelosi in a George C Scott accent]

"Trey Gowdy! You glorious bastard! I read your book on Benghazi!"

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[Pelosi in Judy Garland accent]

"Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in the Senate anymore."

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[Pelosi in Mexican Bandit accent]

"Mitches? Mitches? We don't need no stinking Mitches!"

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[Pelosi in an Alec Baldwin accent]

"A.B.C. Always Be Commissioning. Always. Be. Commissioning."

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[Pelosi in Leonard Nimoy accent]

"Jim, it is logical. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the Mitch."

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[Pelosi in a John Belushi accent]

"What? Over? Did you say over? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Republicans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no! And it ain't over now!"

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[Pelosi in a Robert Duvall accent]

"I love the smell of filibusters in the morning. You know some day this obstruction is going to end."

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[Pelosi in a Sigourney Weaver accent]

"I say we take off and run the whole Commission from the House. It's the only way to be sure."

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