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Editorial: What Democrats should do if Republicans block the Capitol riot commission

Chronicle Editorial Board, May 19, 2021Updated: May 19, 2021 3:48 p.m.

Capitol officers point guns at a barricaded door as rioters try to breach the House chamber on Jan. 6.Andrew Harnik/Associated Press

Such an independent, bipartisan body could be a powerful force for a broader understanding of a low point in our history born partly of a disappearing consensus about basic truths.

But if McConnell’s Republicans and the Senate filibuster are allowed to block the panel, Pelosi’s Democrats should form a select committee on the attack, which would be partisan by definition but better than conceding to a whitewash.

As former McCarthy lieutenant Liz Cheney noted last week, ignoring the lie will only embolden the liar.

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