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Are Pelosi and Hillary Clinton Laying the Groundwork for a New War on Terror?
This week, Hillary Clinton and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called for a “9/11-type commission” into the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol following a pro-Trump rally. This may suggest the Democrats are mulling a new War on Terror — against domestic enemies. Both Clinton and Pelosi also returned to the Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy theory, suggesting Russian President Vladimir Putin played a role in the Capitol riot.
Pelosi appeared on Clinton’s podcast on Monday. Clinton claimed that Trump “disdains democracy” and suggested that Putin may be controlling him.
“I hope, historically, we will find out who he’s beholden to, who pulls his strings. I would love to see his phone records, to see whether he was talking to Putin the day that the insurgents invaded our Capitol,” Clinton said. “But we now know that not just him but his enablers, his accomplices, his cult members, have the same disregard for democracy.”
Turning to Pelosi, she asked, “Do you think we need a 9/11-type commission to investigate and report everything that they can pull together and explain what happened?”
“I do,” the House speaker replied. Pelosi recalled confronting Trump and saying, “With you, Mr. President, all roads lead to Putin.”
“I don’t know what Putin has on him politically, financially, or personally, but what happened last week was a gift to Putin because Putin wants to undermine democracy in our country and throughout the world,” Pelosi argued.
“And these people, unbeknownst to them maybe, are Putin puppets,” the House speaker added. “They were doing Putin’s business when they did that, at the incitement of an insurrection by the president of the United States. So yes, we should have a 9/11 Commission.”
Clinton shared the interview on Twitter. “[Pelosi] and I agree: Congress needs to establish an investigative body like the 9/11 Commission to determine Trump’s ties to Putin so we can repair the damage to our national security and prevent a puppet from occupying the presidency ever again,” she wrote.
The 585-page 9/11 Commission Report sought to explain exactly what happened on September 11, 2001, what inspired and equipped the terrorists involved, and which governments and organizations abetted the heinous attack on American soil that killed 2,977 Americans in four deadly airplane hijackings. The report revealed the terrorists’ histories in the Middle East and set the groundwork for the War on Terror.
While the January 6 attack on the Capitol rightly shook Americans to their core, it is worlds apart from the September 11 attacks. The Al Qaeda terrorists who knocked down the World Trade Center and crashed into the Pentagon had ties to foreign governments and were motivated by radical Islamist ideology. By contrast, the rioters who broke into the U.S. Capitol did not do so as part of a coordinated effort with an organization and they were motivated by the narrative that Democrats stole the 2020 election from Trump.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/01/19/are-pelosi-and-hillary-clinton-laying-the-groundwork-for-a-new-war-on-terror-n1396366
McConnell-Schumer Close to Striking a Deal on Power-Sharing in the Senate
The current majority and minority leaders of the Senate are hashing out the details of an agreement on power-sharing in the Senate that would make the business of legislating a little more organized, if not easier.
With a 50-50 split of senators between the two parties, getting anything done will be a nightmare of procedural votes and challenges. By agreeing on sharing certain powers, the two leaders hope to make the gridlock more manageable.
The negotiations have been built around how the Senate operated the last time there was a 50-50 split in 2001. At that time, it was Republican Dan Quayle serving as vice president, holding the deciding vote.
CNN:
Similar to those rules, set in January 2001, Schumer and McConnell aides are discussing allowing bills and nominations to advance to the Senate floor even if they are tied during committee votes, something that could become common given that each party is expected to have the same number of seats on committees.
Democrats will hold the chairmanships of the committees, giving them power to set the agenda, and Schumer will be granted the title of majority leader since Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will cast tiebreaking votes on the floor.
Giving Republicans equal representation on committees doesn’t mean a lot — especially since a bill that didn’t pass the full committee can be brought to the floor anyway if the committee vote was tied. Besides, there’s always an off chance that a Democratic renegade will swing the vote the GOP’s way. Of course, there’s a similar scenario if a Republican on a committee decides to cross the aisle and vote with the Democrats. There will be enormous pressure on committee chairs and ranking minority members to keep their members in line.
But nothing can be accomplished until all 100 senators have been sworn in.
Democrats are still waiting for the seating of the two new Georgia Democrats — Sens.-elect Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff — who won their runoff races this month. Georgia election officials had expected the certification process to be completed by Tuesday, and if it is, it’s possible the two senators could take their oaths and be sworn in that day, according to Democratic sources.
Harris resigned her Senate seat on Monday, and will soon be replaced by Democrat Alex Padilla. It’s still uncertain when Padilla will be sworn into office.
Two of those three Democrats are replacing conservative Republicans and Padilla is more radical than Harris. The Senate is not only going to be Democratic, but it’s also going to be the most liberal it’s ever been.
But the Senate was designed to allow the minority to throw a monkey wrench into the legislative works. McConnell has proven himself to be a canny leader with an encyclopedic knowledge of Senate rules and the ability to use them to Republicans’ advantage.
Schumer is going to be busy trying to keep several factions of radicals happy and on the reservation. It will be interesting to watch how the two men navigate this minefield of a divided Senate.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/01/19/mcconnell-schumer-close-to-striking-a-deal-on-power-sharing-in-the-senate-n1395823
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