we'll be back next weekend. velshi starts now. have a great weekend. >> this morning on velshi, it is an up hill climb for a push for an independent commission to investigate january 6. republicans say it is a ploy to damage the republican party but that is something they don't need outside help to do. the arizona sham audit picks up and now potential legal action for thousand they've handled things. but arizona has created a blueprint for the gop fraud fantasy to live on. the cease-fire continues to hold and humanitarian aid is making its way into gaza to help those in desperate need. a live report from the region. and in our 9:00 a.m., we're tail you inside of the beltway with lawmakers to discuss policies that affect, you, jobs, poverty and policing and mental health. "velshi" starts now.

good morning. it is sunday, may 23rd. i'm ali velshi. any day an independent commission could investigate the january 6 insurrection and attack on u.s. capitol. if that vote takes place, it is expected to fail. since right now zero senate republicans stand in support of it. just 35 republicans in the house voted for the commission. which would be bipartisan. and based on the the famed 9/11 commission. the crux of the gop argument was summed up by marco rubio who said the commission is a partisan joke and quote, about damaging republicans. well finding out the truth about what happened on january 6 isn't actually partisan or shouldn't be. and the investigation isn't about damaging republicans, it is about finding facts and it just so happens to be a fact that the insurrection and the attack on the capitol was undertaken to extremists by the

republican party and president. rubio said there is no cover-up. we already know what happened. but do we? because just days ago ron johnson publicly said that this is what happened. >> fact of the matter is, you could call it insurrection, it wasn't. i condemn the breach and the violence. but to say there were thousands of armed insurrectionists at -- breaching the capitol, intent on overthrowing the government is simply false narrative. by enlarge, it was peace protests except for there were a number of people basically agitators that whipped the crowd and breached the capitol. and that is really the truth of what is happening here. >> not exactly. several capitol police officers lost their lives as a result of the january 6 attacks. scores more were wounded and now politico reports more than 70 have left the force following the insurrection. so ron johnson, that is the truth of what is happening here.

as are these newly released videos which the fbi said shows two at large suspects allegedly attacking officers with various weapons that ron johnson said weren't present. officials across the country continue to arrest those involved in addition to a man known as milk shake who helped bring all of the proud boys to the capitol on january 6. a high ranking member of the racist domestic extremist group oath keepers has been charged with a slew of crimes and this individual's leadership quote had qualified on trump to use milt force to stay in office to avert a bloody civil war and revolution, end quote. for his part in the events of january 6, the former president facing three lawsuits and two separate defamation lawsuits, another lawsuit for fraud is being sued by four people over a celebrity apprentice marketing scheme and under investigation into georgia for phone calls to election official in which he insisted they engage in voter

fraud and find votes in his favor. and that is not all. along with the manhattan attorney general, the new york attorney general has opened a crim probe in the trump administration organization about whether trump businesses inflated the value of assets for the purpose of loans. they are interesting the personal taxes of allen weisselberg. the man in the middle here, literally, and someone who knows the inner workings of the trump family better than almost anyone. and someone who knows weisselberg better than most, his daughter-in-law provided documents that led to the criminal investigation and said she expected weisselberg to flip on trump if his children are implicated in any wrongdoing. that was echoed by barbara rez yesterday with my colleague.

>> if it is really reliable and if it is going to happen, i do think that. i don't think allen will send his children to jail. if there is a threat of them going to jail or himself going to jail, i think that he will flip. >> joining me now two of the co-hosts of the sister-in-law podcast and nbc news contributor kimberly atkins. her latest people is in politics, race is a zero sum game. the january 6 commission opposition is the latest salvo. and from the university of michigan, barbara mcquade, also an nbc news legal analyst and had two major pieces published in the last two days. let's not make it hard tore vote in michigan and two reasons trump should worry about the legal investigations a lot. barbara, it is good to see you again. i want to start with you, kimberly, on january 6 commission. may go to a vote in the senate

and may, probably will fail. somebody said yesterday in good faith how is this different from relitigating the impeachment all over again. why is it important that we have this commission as opposed to some other investigation which the justice department has been conducting any way? >> just like after 9/11, ali, it is important for history to have a record, to have a clear understanding of what led up to the horrific events of january 6 and just for the senators, his own edification, the definition of insurrection is a violent uprising against aauthority or government and that is what we saw and we have to get to the heart of it including all of the right wing white nationalist groups like the three percenters or the proud boys. if that is an element in our american culture, that is

expanding at the ready to attack a government that they disagree with their decision-making, that is a massive national security threat. that is a massive just safety threat to the american people and it is the job of the american government to investigate that. and that republicans want to protect that and keep that hidden for political gain, is really -- is really shocking. i mean the republicans want to investigate black lives matter or other groups to make it -- what about-ism and what they should be fact finding and finding out just how long an ongoing threat and how dangerous an ongoing threat against the american people and the american government really is. >> and barbara, this is something you know about well in michigan. there are these groups that call themselves militias. i'm troubled calling them because in america the militia before when there was one had a particular role. these groups are in some cases

grievance-based nationalistic groups an the government has warned that your threat of terrorism as an american is greatest from those groups. so part of this idea is that we do actually have to understand what threats of violence we face in this country and what january 6 was other than political was a group of people who were looking to either overthrow the federal or state governments, again something you've seen closely in michigan. >> yes, and imagine if after 9/11 some members of congress had said, you know, we don't need to look into that. we have other investigations and we know what happened and so let's just be done with it. there are number of reasons that we need to study this. and the criminal investigation for what it's worth is very valuable to hold accountable those individuals that were at the capitol that day but it is by definition limited. they could only look at statues on the books that were violated that day. some of the things that we need

to understand are much bigger and deeper than that. do we need to change something about the processes of the way we collect information or the way we share information. why do we have so little of a security presence that day? do we need to beef up security and elsewhere around the country at places that might be a threat. how do we deal with security protocol in evacuations and are there other elements at risk so it is essential that we study this. and the fact there are those that want to cover it up makes the case of why we need it. >> kimberly, there continues to be an effort with the republican party on the vote front, the stuff happening in arizona. i'm going to talk to the former attorney general grant woods in a few minutes and it is looking lie a blueprint, similar things going on in georgia, including the hiring of an outside group

to audit ballots in fulton count, we're certainly seeing it a lot in michigan and now looking at it in pennsylvania. it looks like republicans have said that model in arizona of undermining the faith in voting is something that republicans are counting on spreading across the country? >> i think you're exactly right. the same way that we saw after the 2020 election, the blueprint of filing legislation to try to limit the ability for people to vote happening across the country even in states where republican election officials swore up and down and sideways there was no fraud and the election was carried out truthfully. we saw them still embrace those policies. i think you'll see the same thing when they see something that they believe is working politically, they will adopt that, too. and what you're seeing here, what this sort of you know illegal frankly vote recounts are doing is really inviting in this conspiracy theory crowd, folks who are spreading the

worst of misinformation among people who may vote for republican candidates, in a way that is really dangerous and threatens democracy and threatens the safety of the voting integrity. i'm worried about the access that some of these untrained groups are having to voting machinery and ballots and if that continues across the country, there will really be a problem with voting security that did not exist beforehand. >> barbara mcquade, you published an op-ed in usa today and you said two new reasons that trump should worry about the new new york legal investigations, and they have criminal intent, not negligence, it is a higher standard of proof but that suggests that prosecutors may have more evidence to be able to hit that higher standard? >> yes, i think the two reasons

that this case is reallies cal ated in recent days is number one the shift from a civil to criminal forces an the joining of forces from the offices and schiffing from a civil investigation to a criminal investigation really raised the stakes, number one is suggesting that letitia james has found some predication for criminal intent which means as you said, that business improprieties were not based on negligence or recklessness or sloppiness but some intent or knowledge or purpose to defraud. it also means that she believes that they could meet that higher burden of proof, not just preponderance of the evidence but guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and most importantly because of the penalties. in a civil case, the penalties are money damages but in the the criminal case they could be monetary fines but it could also mean prison time. >> thanks to both of you. good to see you this morning. columnist for the "boston globe"

and kimberly atkins and former u.s. attorney and nbc news contributor barbara mcquade. check out the sisters in law podcast of which they're both members for sisters i guess. velshi is just getting started. congressman jamie raskin of maryland coming up. also the cyber ninja are set to retomb their ridiculous sham audit in arizona of last year's election results an now taxpayers might have to front the cost of new voting machines. what on earth is going on in the state. and our nation's military is one of the most diverse in the world. that is what makes it so great. ted cruz would rather call our heroes pansies. that is next on velshi. xt on vei

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shouldn't insult the military. military policy but not the people who defend this country. it is such an easy land mine to avoid. so when a politician does go after the military they must really mean it. senator ted cruz re-tweeted a video which started out fweeturing a buff, bold, soldier dripping off him like sweat and it is spliced with an add of why a female american soldier raised by two mothers chose to join the u.s. army. cruz compared the recruitment ad to america's ad saying holy crap, perhaps a woke emass you'll ated military is not the best idea. cruz said we have the best military on earth but woke media are trying to turn them into pansies, end quote. i don't know why ted cruz promoted a military recruitment to disrespect the greatest

military on the planet but perhaps he needs some reminders. america's military is voluntary. these woke service members swear an oath to the constitution to defend our country without us having to ask. ted cruz to my knowledge has never volunteered to put his life on the line for this nation. ted cruz had a hard time understanding or appreciating the idea that the united states milt knows that recruiting people from all walks of life is the strength, not weakness. our military is made up of every gender, sexual orientation and faith. they are the bravest people in the world and a snapshot of our entire great country. maybe if ted cruz and the republican party could get behind diversity, inclusiveness and big tent thinking they wouldn't have to gerrymander districts and push the big lie and change voting laws to win elections because america's diversity is its biggest strength. our weakness is politicians who tear others down and insult the men and women who serve us and

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the future of your voting rights is right now, stuck in the senate and it is likely not going anywhere any time soon. democrats are looking a path forward for the for the people act protecting voting rights and restrict gerrymanderings. while the democrats have trying something. republicans aren't paying much mind to ambitious policy because they're too busy pushing the big lie. i'll give you maricopa county, arizona, where the recounting of votes for the 2020 election is set to pick back up after several weeks of unorzed counting by cyber ninjas and they have been unsafe for future elections and the arizona state senate might be facing a

lawsuit. we know the president has been watching closely. in a statement trump went after arizona republican attorney general saying, quote, the lackluster attorney general of arizona has yet to get on the ball and catch up with the great republican patriots in the arizona state senate. as massive crime in the 2020 election is becoming more and more evident and obvious, burnovich is nowhere to be found end quote. joining me now is former republican attorney general in arizona grant woods. grant, good morning, good to see you. i want to say this, because i don't want the sense of you're a former republican but i don't want republicans painted with the same brush. 35 republicans voted with the democrats in the house to look at this january 6 commission. republican officials in maricopa county have spoken out against the state senate saying stop this ridiculous thing going on. there is still hope that there are republicans out there waiting to fight for the right things? >> absolutely. good morning, ali, thanks for

having me on. i take some hope for that in arizona. we've had some real leaders in the past, the barry goldwater and the john mccain who put their country over their party and then we have jeff flake and cindy mccain in florida recently step up and here just last week the board of supervisors is 4-1 republican and they were unanimous in this in codemning what is going on and these are all republicans and these are people in office, they have a lot to lose. and again, they put their country over party. so i do have some hope there. we'll see, though. >> what -- what happens here? because this audit things seem to be going on for a long time and there was a letter saying you might be violating some civil rights laws here and we have the secretary of state who

i was talking to yesterday, katie hobbs saying you may have sullied the machines by taking them out of the normal chain of custody of official people and all of it serves to undermine faith in the voting system. >> that is right. look, this is a big scam. this is nothing to do, it is an an audit. it is a 100% scam. and you and i talked a couple of weeks ago and we talked about what is the point here and my view then which i feel even more strongly about now is that the republicans have decided across the country and it is the republicans, we do have to blame them here, they decided they need a short-term strategy. long-term they're in deep trouble in this country. there is not a long-term value in politics of hate and division and the path they've gone on. in the short-term, they're in trouble. but they could maybe pull this off if they could suppress the vote, if they could get people

so they they don't have confidence in elections, they don't have confidence that their vote counts and in the meantime, in state after state, they can suppress the vote so minorities don't vote in the record numbers they did before, young people stop voting, things like that. that is the plan. so they started in arizona. this is no audit. this is a joke. the cyber ninjas, the ballots right now, my ballot is sitting at the state fairgrounds being guarded by a bunch of pseudo cowboys who are walking around the state fair grounds in their cowboys hats and boots. it is just -- the end game is this, they will come up with something and they'll say, yeah, look, see, here is what happened, biden didn't really win arizona. we can't be confident in that because we found whatever they make up. and there is no way for us to check it because they botched everything. there is no chain of custody. there is no way to do anything. so they will have -- they'll have planted that seed.

we talked about a couple of weeks ago, this is going to another states and now we see that is what is happened. and they look only at race where's they lost. you would think maybe they might be -- why don't we take a look at lindry graham. did he really win by that miami votes and look at maine, that seems to be a surprise vote. they're not interested in that. because the whole thing is a scam. but it is a very serious one which is why the congress is going to have to ac. they'll have to get rid of the filibusters and the voting rights act -- >> so i think that is an interesting point and that is one way to handle it. the other thing we could look at is georgia which has had a grassroots effort to deal with this for sometime. and grassroots effort so say your vote is being undermined so you need to fight it but as you said this is spread to pennsylvania, spread to michigan, spread to wisconsin, all of these places and a lot of democrats don't believe it and they think as you said, it is a clown car, it is a joke, it is a sham. but in fact they may need to

treat this as the biggest threat to democracy and the biggest threat to governance in this country in the -- in the years going federal. >> i totally agree. and i appreciate people like yourselves continuing to shine a light on this. because it is easy to dismiss these people because their so buffoonish when they're looking for bamboo in the paper because chinese ballots were mysteriously dumped into arizona. yeah, it is buffoonery, which you would suspect from people that have no idea what they're doing. but it is a serious threat because it is not about that. it is about frankly doing what our foreign adversaries weren't able to do in years past and that is sow the seeds of doubt on basic institutions among americans. so there is two ways. one is we need -- congress needs to step in and stop -- you could make every effort to compromise, but at the end of the day, you're going to have to get rid

of the filibuster or do waver you have to do but pass the voting rights act. and number two, what you were alluding to, we have to do what we did in georgia, what we did in arizona. despite the tactics, everybody is going to have to get out there in '22 and have to beat them. the republican party will change ultimately because they've been defeated at the ballot box over and over or they will go by the wayside of history. >> we'll have to remind people they may make it harder to vote but they can't take away your right to vote. dangerous boof onery it is. a pleasure to see you and i appreciate that you get up so early in the morning in arizona to be with us. grant woods is a former republican attorney general of arizona. thank you, sir. well officials are assessing damage after a eruption of a volcano. considered one of the world's most active and dangerous volcanos erupted on saturday turning the sky red and sending thousands of nearby residents

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the cease-fire between israel and hamas continues to hold for another day but many experts in the region consider the truce fragile at best. overnight we saw clashes in a east jerusalem neighborhood. police arrested 33 people who they say participated in riots, attacked police and threw molotov cocktails. clashes are what triggered the recent 11-day wave of violence between the two powers. according to the health ministry. 248 palestinians have died over the course of the violence and israeli officials say 12 have died. aid began flowing from the border to gaza on saturday as they are into ned of convoys carrying fuel, food and medicine. joining me now is nbc's kelly cobiella on the ground in tel aviv, israel, what is the

situation today? >> reporter: well, you're right, the cease-fire is holding but it is delicate. you saw yesterday over the neighborhood where several palestinian families were threatened with eviction. that is the issue in that neighborhood. and it was one of the flash points. another flash point is the temple mount. that is where in jerusalem, that is holy to both yews and to muslims, it is where the mosque is and the serious clashes broke out between palestinians and israeli police two weeks ago this weekend. and a flash point that led to the actual rockets being fired by hamas. well today, jewish visitors were allowed on the temple mount for the first time in 20 days. that is a bone of contention with palestinians. they believe that israel wants to partition that space and give some of it to jewish worshipers

and jewish visitors rather than palestinians. so that is a site to watch right now, allowing jewish visitors back on that site today. we'll have to see how palestinians and hamas and the palestinian authority on the west bank react to that. in gaza, yesterday a really interesting scene. we saw the military wing of hamas out on the street for the first time. it almost looked like a victory parade. and recommend, hamas is declaring victory in this 11-day conflict. they were marching through the streets. people were watching them. some waving flags. and despite the immense destruction in gaza with so much of the infrastructure destroyed not to mention the families killed, the children killed and the homes damaged, hamas is actually gained support after this conflict. palestinians view them as the only organization that is willing to stand up for them and

able to stand up for them and that will be just one of the many, many issues when antony blinken faces when he come next week. how to start rebuilding gaza without propping up hamas. ali. >> kelly, thank you for yurt reporting. stay safe there. there is no denying that the pandemic has taken a huge mental toll on just about every american. children have had a unique struggle over the last year. we'll take you inside one hospital in ohio dedicated to our most vulnerable. r most vuln. . proof of less joint pain and clearer skin. proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis... ...with humira. humira targets and blocks a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain, stop further irreversible joint damage

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year before. but that same mental toll is affecting many young people as well. across america, one in five children are living with a mental health challenge. nbc senior constituent cynthia mcfadden gained access to a hospital in columbus ohio giving new hope. >> this is the first time cameras have been allowed inside of this psychiatric crisis department in columbus, ohio. sometimes overwhelming for even the most seasoned psychiatrist. >> right now is a particularly hard time. particularly because of the pandemic. i apologize. and because of what our patients are going through. >> reporter: dr. charles glau is codirector of the state-of-the-art department opening 24 hours a day seeing any child in crisis whether they could pay or not. the past year has brought a stunning increase in the proportion of mental health

visits up in the ear, up 31% for those 12 to 17 and 24% for kids 5 to 11. >> we're able to keep them overnight. >> reporter: the first time we met him he was working on little sleep deciding to admit a child over parental objections. >> you decided not to admit the child. >> no, that kid ended up staying. >> with the parents consent? >> yes. >> so you could be a pretty persuasive guy? >> when we need to be. >> reporter: there is an accuse need for more places like this. only 10% of all hospitals offer psychiatric services for kids. and nbc news analysis shows only about 7% offer in-patient care. this kids only crisis unit is in many ways singular. instead of being held in hallways on stretchers for days. here kids could stay for up to a week while the staff evaluates what the next steps should be. but with often unstable kids, trouble sometimes erupt.

just beyond these doors, four patients have become aggressive and two of them are making threats. a code is called. staff from other floors rush to assist. >> first off, did anyone get hit. >> reporter: a half an hour later we're invited to the staff de brief. the answer, no, no one was injured. >> i think we did a good job allowing the patients to show that they were willing to de escalate themselves. >> we provide the best outcome for the kids. >> are there magic words to de-escalate. >> for me a lot of times it is silence and patience and know what they are going on and why they are mad. >> we have a lot of training in that and every couple of months we're retrained. >> if talk alone doesn't work, this room empty and padded is available. >> this is one of our seclusion rooms. >> how often do you have to use this. >> probably more frequently with the door open and we use them because it enables children to

not have a lot of stimulus around them. that could help de-escalate the situation. >> reporter: it is one of only 8300 child psychiatrists in the country, dr. glau worked more than 60 hours a week but despite it all he sees a better day coming. >> stigma, is it getting any better. >> i do think it is. >> this generation has a different attitude. >> i'm hopeful for the future. >> cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, columbus, ohio. >> now if you are someone you love is in need of support, there is no shame in that. consider reaching out to substance abuse and mental health services, they have a national help line it is free 800-662-help. that is 800-662-4357. i'll tweet that out as well. and speaking of pandemic. sign of better days ahead. the united states is recording fewer than 30,000 new daily covid cases for the time in over

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pfizer biontech and astrazeneca vaccines are highly effective against covid variants. the data released says two weeks after a sec dose the pfizer vaccine was 88% effective against the india variant and 93% against the uk variant. suzuki for astrazeneca 60% effective against the india strain and 66% against the variant found in england. while the astrazeneca vaccine is approved in several countries it is not in the united states and we are making significant strides with covid here in the u.s. right now nearly 39% of the population is fully vaccinated and cases are on the decline in 47 of 50 states. mississippi is plateauing with a case increase of about 10%. arkansas seeing a slight increase of 13% but there is alabama, they're in dark red on the screen. the state is seeing a huge spike in cases. 128%. joining me now is founding

director of national center for disaster preparedness and a public health analyst, dr. irwin redletter is joining me on the phone. good morning to you. the trend in america is changing. 46 states have seen declines in total. when you look at the trends what are you making of them? >> it is good and a consequence of a pretty effective vaccine program until now and pretty effective is said deliberately. we need to get more people vaccinated including children and the resisters that have been a problem in trying to make sure that we get to appropriate levels of vaccination will allow some degree of herd immunity but it is good news of course but laying in the wings is what's happening overseas.

>> what do you make of the effectiveness numbers for pfizer biontech and astrazeneca? they're pretty good. the zack numbers are in the 60% versus the india and uk variants. do we need new vaccines? this will be upon us soon enough. >> no question and what's happening is the vaccine manufacturers really all of them but especially pfizer and moderna are working on new variations of the vaccine and ones that will continue to be effective against whatever variants are out there. there's a lot of work left to be done. this is not a static situation developing the vaccine once and say we're done. we need booster shots or changes to make sure that we are covering whatever is coming down the pipe in terms of mutations. >> you have probably seen

there's a lot of activity on the part of those who are not just vaccine resistant but the idea of people in this country mask resistant. the data released on friday by the cdc about children show that is the covid-19 incidents 37% lower in schools that require teachers and staff members to use masks. the risk to children is not gone but there's nothing that indicates to be removing masking from teachers and children in schools just yet. >> right. a thing that's challenging is dealing with the cdc message saying if you're vaccinated to take off the mask everywhere and everywhere is many, many exceptions to it. medical facilities. nursing homes. transport hubs and schools. in general right now for children as far as we know and we're recommending children need to be and teachers need to be

wearing masks in the classroom and accelerate the vaccination rates in the schools and that the ventilation systems are doing the jobs and will keep kids safe until we get the spread and the threat to children more under control. >> i want to ask you about the cdc investigating an issue with heart problems occurring in a very small number but a number of young vaccine recipients "the new york times" says it's an inflammation of the heart muscle and predominantly in young adults of four days after the dose. the cases more common in males than females. what do you know about this? >> it is reminiscent of blood clots with the johnson & johnson vaccine and what has to happen

is that the investigation of potential side effects from the mrna vaccines in children needs to proceed. it needs to be organized and needs to be these tests and follow-ups structures to get a handle on if it's coincidence. we have ten to 20 days occurring any way. 10 to 20 cases per 100,000 people so the early reports may be coincidence not associated with a vaccine but i think we have still to spend the time to make sure it is not related to getting the shots. >> i want to ask you about u.s. prisons. we talked about this earlier in the pandemic. there continue to be issues with the coronavirus spreading in prisons.

2,700 people have died in custody. we need to understand better how to handle. we understand in nurses homes and prisons. places where people are stuck there and we have to figure out better ways to isolate them. >> yeah, right. number one there's in terms of the vaccine resistance of people incarcerated a ten second thing is there's a disproportionately high number of people who are black or brown that are in the prisons and of course these groups are much more susceptible to getting the virus and to getting sick and very sick and not surprised to see this level of case occurrence in the prisons but something we really need to pay attention to. and getting people who can communicate properly with those who are in prisons to help convince them to take the

vaccine and something that's ongoing as we speak. >> good to talk to you this morning. thank you for being with us. the founding director of national center for disaster preparedness. just getting started. bringing the heat up in the next hour. we have representatives barbara lee and jamie raskin to discuss the fight to end poverty and the january 6 insurrection. stay right here. another hour of "velshi" starts right now. good morning. sunday, may 23. we have a full plate of news for you this morning and the middle east cease-fire and what america's future role looks like. where the infrastructure negotiations stand. where police reform stands with the anniversary of george floyd's death approaching. also the senate could vote this week on house passed legislation which would create an independent commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection and attack on the

u.s. capitol. there are no senate republican who is are publicly in favor of the commission let alone the ten needed for passage. 35 republicans in the house voted for the commission based on the famed 9/11 commission and investigate the angry mob who tried to destroy america democracy. the gop played politics arguing that it's a partisan joke and quote about damaging republicans. investigating the insurrection and attack on the united states capitol shouln't be partisan. why would republicans claim that the commission is about hurting the party unless they know that the truth is that the party played a role in the events of january 6th by bashing the commission up front and taking heat now it is easier to brush it aside latier the later 2022 also being an election year. senator rubio made the claim