Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney's partnership on the Jan. 6 panel is thriving to a degree that neither seems to have predicted
Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney had never interacted one-on-one before a deadly insurrection thrust them onto the same political path.
The collegiality between the committee's two Republicans and seven Democrats, Raskin added, "does give you a glimpse of what we could do if we didn't have one wheel stuck in the mud.” "You do what is important, and you do what’s right and you don’t spend a lot of time thinking about partisanship," she said.
Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson speaks during a hearing by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. | Oliver Contreras/Getty Images Part of that comes from Cheney's substantive value to the committee, having held senior executive-branch posts and gotten unique insight into the workings of the West Wing from her father’s role as George W. Bush's vice president. As House GOP conference chair prior to her ouster, Cheney also acquired valuable knowledge about Trump’s relationship with her colleagues and interactions with members of leadership.
And the Thompson-Cheney bond, simultaneously genuine and strategic, is bound to be challenge as the panel digs into the assault on the Capitol and the forces that led up to it, including Trump’s months-long campaign to overturn his election loss. Their inquiry is escalating just as Trump revs up his political machine for a potential 2024 bid and seeks to punish Republicans like Cheney who openly opposed his baseless claims of fraud.
But Cheney's connection to committee Democrats is strengthened by her willingness to place the blame for the Jan. 6 insurrection on Trump and his allies in Congress who continue to empower him. Her first joint statement with Thompson included a broadside at McCarthy for threatening companies that might cooperate with the committee.
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