Thread by @SethAbramson

(THREAD) A TRUE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 6

1⃣ PELOSI names the members of the Committee, which include Rep. Liz CHENEY (R-WY).

Q: Is the Committee bipartisan?
A: ✅.

Q: How many Republicans are on the Committee?
A: 1⃣.

2⃣ PELOSI contacts House Minority Leader Kevin MCCARTHY (R-CA) to inform him that she has accepted the majority of his GOP submissions to the Committee.

Q: Is the Committee bipartisan?
A: ✅.

Q: How many Republicans are on the Committee?
A: 4⃣.

3⃣ Because Nancy PELOSI had rejected two of the Committee proposals made by MCCARTHY—in both instances because MCCARTHY wanted men on the Committee *who are witnesses in the case the Committee is investigating*—MCCARTHY ordered 3⃣ of the 4⃣ Republicans on the Committee to resign.

4⃣ The resignation of 3⃣ of the 4⃣ Republicans on the Committee—all three of whom had been *agreed upon* by PELOSI and MCCARTHY—reduced the number of Republicans on the Committee.

Q: Is the Committee still bipartisan?
A: ✅.

Q: How many Republicans are on the Committee?
A: 1⃣.

5⃣ As part of her *continued effort* to make the Committee bipartisan—an effort that included naming CHENEY (R-WY), DAVIS (R-IL), NEHLS (R-TX) and ARMSTRONG (R-ND) to the Committee—Pelosi has now embarked on a *third attempt* to increase the ranks of Republicans on the Committee.

6⃣ According to news breaking today, PELOSI s now looking at naming Republican Adam KINZINGER (IL) to the Committee.

Q: Is the Committee currently bipartisan?
A: ✅.

Q: If KINZINGER joins the Committee at Pelosi's request, how many Republicans will be on the Committee?
A: 2⃣.

7⃣ Somehow—throughout the *whole duration* of these developments—media reported that there were *no Republicans* on the Committee, despite the number of Republicans on the Committee always being between 1⃣ and 4⃣ and PELOSI now preparing to name GOP member 5⃣ to the Committee.

8⃣ I have no idea why this history was misreported. This Committee was bipartisan at birth, and has never been less than bipartisan. Pelosi will soon agree to a *fifth* Republican—while McCarthy only wants *any* Republicans on the Committee if *some* can be conflicts of interest.

9⃣ This history *isn't* confusing. If I can figure it out, and if my readers can figure it out, why do I keep reading major-media articles saying that there are no Republicans on the Committee and McCarthy wanted it to be bipartisan but Pelosi's actions made that impossible? WTF?

🔟 Media failures have become foreseeable and patterned. For instance, media now says we're just learning about Trump's UAE ties. This is as inaccurate as the House Select Committee reporting. My 2019 NYT bestseller on the topic is now #13 in its category. amazon.com/Proof-Conspira…

(PS) The upshot is that media gets things wrong, and misses things, and misstates things, and then—because it doesn't want to lose viewers or readers—it simply *changes the narrative* to obscure its errors. The result is that we get misinformed. And it's unnerving and exhausting.

(NEWS) Minutes ago, CNN reported that Kinzinger could be added to the already bipartisan House Select Committee on January 6 as soon as "today or tomorrow." I hope it happens. If Pelosi can get former Congressman Denver Riggleman (R-VA) on there too—great! cnn.com/2021/07/22/pol…