Kinzinger said that he would not comment on whether he'd be a member of the select 13-member committee. He stated that only we will see how it all turns out.Ironically, I think the threat of removing committees was ironic. You won't go after white supremacists or space lasers, but you will pursue those who tell truthful stories. McCarthy said that McCarthys threat to remove committee assignments from any Pelosi-appointed members to the panel.Kinzinger's reference to "space lasers", and "white supremacist persons" is a nod to Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar (R–Ariz.), respectively. After a series of incendiary comments, Greene lost her committee assignments, and Gosar spoke at an earlier conference organized by a prominent white nationist.Pelosi will announce her selections for the panel on Thursday morning before the House leaves for two weeks. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D.Miss. When asked about the committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) stated that he would be there alongside the speaker at the press conference. Pelosi was widely expected to choose Thompson to head the select panel. Thompson is the Homeland Security Committee's chair.McCarthy has not yet indicated whether he will make any recommendations to GOP members for that panel. However, Kinzinger confirmed that McCarthy's Wednesday closed-door warning to conference members from California suggested that he is preparing to undermine the Jan. 6 committee.Greene indicated that she is interested in joining the select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on Congress by former president supporters, along with Reps. Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert (R.Colo.). Some Democrats are worried about the possibility of pro-Trump firebrands trying sabotage panel's work. This includes several who signed onto a Thursday Letter to McCarthy, urging him to take "immediate actions" against Greene.38 Democrats led by Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair, wrote to McCarthy stating that Greene's harassment of her colleagues had reached an unacceptable level.Punchbowl News first reported the warning in which McCarthy stated that accepting a seat on a selected committee from Pelosi could result in losing House Republicans their assigned committee assignments.
