Rep. Dean: Opposing Jan. 6 Commission Is Leadership ‘Struggling’

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DEAN: “No, and of course, I don’t have the privilege of knowing that, except it’s a repeated pattern with the Republican conference. McCarthy had said one thing and then within a day or two he reverses himself. So this is leadership really struggling with itself to figure out who it is, but very, very clearly, I think Mr. McCarthy does not want to subject himself or his members to subpoenas. I was there on January 6th. I was in the chamber. I was escorted out with many other members and members of the journalistic community and staff in a gas mask. We were all dangerously close to destruction, to mayhem and to death. And again and again I will say thank you, Capitol Police, for saving so many lives. Mr. McCarthy was there. He knows how dangerous January 6th was. He should welcome this commission. And if it should find any facts or circumstances that lead down other paths, so be it. But I don’t know what he’s afraid of, and why he's protecting — protecting us, the American public against the facts. After all, for us to move on, we have to know exactly what happened here. You can’t just brush this one under the rug. Because if we do that, we are dangerously close to suffering this again.”