Republicans Fear Jan. 6 Probe Undercuts Midterm Message

Republican senators publicly and privately tell CNN that the proposed Jan. 6 commission could undercut their party’s midterm election message.

Said Sen. John Thune (R-SD): “I want our midterm message to be on the kinds of things that the American people are dealing… not re-litigating the 2020 elections.”

It’s not often that a politician says out loud that he cares more about his next election than our democracy.