Fox News "Hannity" - Transcript: Interview with Jim Banks
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Here with reaction, Congressman Jim Banks, along with former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.
Jim Banks, once I saw you and Jim Jordan taking off this commission and let's see -- Liz Cheney is on there. Adam Kinzinger is on there, I'm thinking, okay, this is a predetermined outcome.
How -- if rioting is wrong and I believe what happened on the 6th is wrong, I've said what happened over the summer last year where thousands of cops hurt, that was wrong. Businesses looted, and arson that took place, city blocks taken over.
Where's that commission? This seems like they have a predetermined outcome here.
REP. JIM BANKS (R-IN): That was painfully clear yesterday, Sean. You had two Capitol Police officers, two Metro D.C. Police officers that were on the stand. They were hand picked by Pelosi, just like all of the members of this committee were, Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney, cherry-picked Republicans who were picked by Pelosi.
And that's what makes me angry. I called on the Democrats last week to allow the head of the Capitol Police Union to testify along with these police officers and they said no, not only did they reject me and Jim Jordan, they rejected the head of the police union who represents every single Capitol Police officer, rank-and-file police officer who wanted to come and tell the story of the systemic breakdown of leadership and security at the Capitol.
They sent out a press release last night and said since you didn't let us testify, we're going to tell our story to the public, that there was a -- that wasn't just about January. It was a lot of -- it was a lack of leadership leading up to January that was happening for a long time on Nancy Pelosi's watch, a lack of -- a lack of responsibility and leadership at the very top of the food chain.
So that's the real story. She knew that Jim Jordan and I were going to ask the tough questions about that. She rejected us from the committee.
You can help me reject Nancy Pelosi by going to VetoPelosi.com. You'll find the facts about January 6 and learn more about how we can fight back against her shenanigans.
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