In a state that gave former Republican President Donald Trump 57.8 percent of the state’s 2016 vote for president and 57.6 percent in the 2020 presidential election, Republican Third District U.S. Rep. Michael Guest found the courage to join 35 other Republican members of Congress in voting for an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill.
That vote bucked Trump and GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarty. The vote drew immediate criticism from the Trump faction in the national GOP and criticism on social media in Mississippi. Guest’s vote aligned him with the state’s only Democratic congressman, Second District U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson of Bolton – the chairmen of the House Homeland Security Committee who led negotiations on behalf of his party for establishment of the commission.
Frankly, it’s difficult to see how Guest – a former longtime state prosecutor – could have arrived at a different conclusion on this vote. The Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol cost five people including a Capitol policeman their lives in that disgraceful display. Some 140 people were injured in the fracas.
“We need answers to questions surrounding the events of Jan. 6,” Guest said after the vote. “I believe the long conversations that have happened over the last few months have produced a commission that is fair and is structured to find actions that Congress can take to prevent another such attack.”
Republican First District U.S. Rep. Trent Kelly of Tupelo voted against establishing the commission along with GOP Fourth District U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo of Gulfport.
The riots at the seat of American democracy embarrassed the United States before the rest of the civilized world – or certainly should have. The Architect of the Capitol reported at least $30 million in damages and increased security costs.
All of that violence, chaos, and damage resulted from a misguided effort to interrupt or delay a routine vote to certify the nation’s electoral vote. By that perfunctory act of Congress, the Democratic party returned to power in the executive branch of the U.S. government in the form of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
In 232 years of American presidential elections, no candidate in modern history has refused to except the results of the election and recognize the legitimacy of the winner as president. That includes the razor-thin margin of 1960 election between Democrat John Kennedy and Republican Richard Nixon.
But Trump’s myth of the “stolen election” endures. That despite the absence of evidence that held up in multiple courts across the country and the damning Nov. 12, 2020, statement of Trump’s own Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive Committee – Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA):
“The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history. Right now, across the country, election officials are reviewing and double checking the entire election process prior to finalizing the result. When states have close elections, many will recount ballots. All of the states with close results in the 2020 presidential race have paper records of each vote, allowing the ability to go back and count each ballot if necessary. This is an added benefit for security and resilience. This process allows for the identification and correction of any mistakes or errors. There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.”
In light of that and other unimpeachable evidence and in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Mississippi’s senior U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Tupelo, courageously voted to certify the electoral vote, although his party lost the 2020 presidential election in both the popular vote. Thompson likewise supported certification.
The rest of Mississippi’s congressional delegation chose another path. Republicans U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Kelly, Guest and Palazzo voted against certifying the electoral vote results even though all six of Mississippi’s electoral votes were awarded to Trump.
To be clear, just as Wicker’s vote to certify the 2020 electoral vote was a vote that showed character, courage, and loyalty to the U.S. Constitution – Guest’s politically unpopular vote in favor of a bipartisan commission to probe the Jan. 6 Capitol riots was a courageous and statesmanlike vote that respects the rule of law.
Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him at sidsalter@sidsalter.com.
Kingfish note: The Capitol policeman died of natural causes. NBC article.
71 comments:
Truly courageous for Guest to reveal his true colors. Now we know he agrees with the democrats in creating this commission that January 6 was basically 9/11. Of course when the Democrats refused to accept Trumps 2016 victory and rioted, that was just spirited civic engagement.
Guest is a cowardly liberal
sooooo, you really believe Joe Biden received 80+ million votes
Rhino Guest has lost my vote. He needs to go.
Guest is a prosecutor and he was the target of a violent attack which was orchestrated by Trump apologists and coordinated by anti government race baiting thugs hell bent on stopping a federal process to keep Trump in office……so it’s good to see Guest can actually see a coup when it’s aimed at him.
As Trumps actions receive the scrutiny they deserve and as he’s deposed in the myriad of cases he’s involved in…..people will tire of his real self and we can turn to other things…..rip trump and good riddance
Myth?
That wasn’t an insurrection. Stop calling it an insurrection. A proper insurrection would have the traitors hanging from the rotunda. That was a rowdy unarmed protest.
Sid Salter is a worthless piece of excrement to parrot the propaganda of the deep state.
The necessity to require to the note at the end says more than the article.
It could be that Michael is on the Homeland Security committee and will get to question people that were there in other groups such as ANTIFA and BLM that were instigating and posing as Trump supporters. He may have also voted for it for the opportunity to help keep it from being a Democrat dog and pony show like their other witch hunts trying to frame Trump have been. Some people need to think further than just "if you vote anything that seems to be against Trump, you are against him entirely".
@8:21
Only traitors to the Constitutional Republic were the targets of that protest. Are you saying Guest is a traitor like Pelosi and her goons?
Michael ain't no dummy. He knows that Trumpianism has no long-term political future. Now if we can get him to figure out how to deliver resources to his district without stepping on his political posturing ....
I have yet to hear a good explanation about how people commit an unarmed insurrection?
You lefties and RINOs need to stop drinking the MSM koolaid.
I don't understand how this could have happened. I had no respect for Salter as a columnist before this article, now I have less. How is possible to have a deficit of respect?
@8:34 also probably thinks that Harper was some sort of standout Representative too though he/she can't name one friggin' thing Harper did while there for 10 years besides brown nose Boehner and Ryan.
I applaud Rep. Guest for standing with Pelosi et al and showing his true self-serving RINO colors. Bravo!
It's sad to see how many self-deluded people are leaving comments while they worship the orange criminal. They have turned him into an orange Baal.
Trumpers are deranged. Storming the capitol while Congress is in session is fine? You people are brainwashed.
Sid defending the status quo? What a shock.
You people wouldn’t have this problem if you had elected James Tulp. Remember this the next election.
Sid's first sentence included the words 'independent commission', so I stopped reading at that point.
Sherman didn’t burn enough of Mississippi and ended his burning far too soon.
Let’s get this straight, if you don’t fall lock step In place with Trump and promote the lie that he won, your a RINO.
I sent Mr. Guest an email urging him to vote for the commission. I don’t think he has to worry about doing the right thing. His district is the most highly educated in the state with the most diverse population.
Even though it is solidly Republican they don’t buy into the big lie
The only reason they oppose the commission is because of the bad actors in congress who help fuel the thing. They could care less about Trump ( they are going to get him NY and most want them to) they only want to protect themselves from be called as witnesses
From the beginning, I had really high hopes for Guest. Being a prosecutor, I had hopes he might emerge as a replacement for the exiting Trey Gowdy or someone forceful like him. Unfortunately, in the years Guest has been in office, I don't recall his name ever having been mentioned on-air, other than references when he planned to be back in MS at some sort of function. While his silence on all issues has been frustrating, I find his vote for this new commission to be disqualifying from the office he currently holds. Furthermore, I will actively support and campaign for any suitable candidate who will run in a primary against him.
Some votes are unforgivable, and a vote to initiate another partisan Democrat witch hunt like RussiaGate is one of those votes. Either he has a serious lack of judgement or he's been otherwise compromised in some way. You can't just make such a serious error without some underlying issue(s).
Again, I had hopes for someone / ANYONE to follow Harper, because those were totally wasted terms. However, Guest's vote for this commission clearly shows he's not the man to represent his MS district in the U.S. House! If he thinks THAT differently from his constituents, he needs to be brought home.
So, any suggestions on who WOULD vote the will of the 3rd district constituents? A LOT of us are all ears!!!
What comment board are you reading? I haven't read any posts praising Trump. You must still be suffering from TDS.
Not surprised the GOP leadership, who know the details of Trump’s betrayal and the actions of their conspiracy-pumping members, are trying to stop this investigation. The GOP has turned into a cult where members are unable to question anything without being shunned by the group. Truly pathetic showing and not sure this thing is fixable. We need a viable second party, but the current state of the GOP ain’t helping anything.
Reading these comments have given me a better understanding of why college educated and skilled young people are leaving the state.
At some point the Trump-obsessed wing of the republicans will find out what rock bottom truly looks like. It will be a sobering day for those who are still mentally capable of feeling shame.
8:34 Yeah, yeah, yeah!! He could've said all those things IF HE intended to do so... but HE didn't.
What you're putting forth is what another Repub stated was THEIR intention to "be at the table" to "balance out the onslaught" of the upcoming Dem's circus show.
Yes, Guest COULD'VE stated that as his intentions, but he didn't. His spiel had no allusions to that whatsoever.
@9:55 AM
JAMES TULP
I don’t care if he was a yankee. He is absolutely based and redpilled.
Will there be an investigation in to how and why the CDC covered up the fact that Covid-19 came from a Wuhan lab?
No?
Though so.
Wow the delusional trumpers are out in full force today! Listen to this bullshit. You people are honestly trying to spin January 6 into a nothingburger, a peaceful protest?!?! Someone got shot in the head by the police. Other people died too. Congress had to fun for their lives. They broke into offices and left threading messages. They wanted to hang Pence.
You old boomers are worthless. You’ve done nothing meaningful with your lives except whine and complain like little bitches.
Stop drinking the cool aid. Again this mentality drives young, educated people out of MS. Thank god for people with integrity like Guest.
@9:15/9:18
&
@10:14/10:19
(obviously the same troll)
This isn’t about Trump anymore. This is about the election integrity that the media drummed about nonstop since 2016.
For the record I am a twice burned (by Pelosi) Bernie Bro and I sympathize with the Trumpers.
8:34 -
>> t could be that Michael is on the Homeland Security committee and will get to question people that were there in other groups such as ANTIFA and BLM that were instigating and posing as Trump supporters. He may have also voted for it for the opportunity...<<
The commission he voted for would have no current government employees on it.
Of the ten members, five would be picked by Pelosi/Schumer, and five by Mitch and Qevin McCarthy. Chair is Dem, vice chair Republican. Every subpoena would require at least one vote from the other party, and the commission’s report would be due by New Year’s Eve, 2022.
Qevin McCarthy made these demands. When the Dems said “Okay,” he was shocked. He then threw his negotiator under the bus, and whipped votes against it. Why?
Because he’ll have to go under oath about his Jan. 6 phone cal with Dear Leader. Qevin is terrified of that, because Cheeto Jesus will pressure him to commit perjury. Recall that during the 2nd impeachment, Trump’s counsel STIPULATED that while Qevin’s windows were being smashed in, Trump told him, “Well, Qevin, I guess they’re more upset about the election than you.
So again, good on Michael for being a stand up guy for the Constitution.
@10:47
The guy that shot the unarmed woman in the head should get the same treatment as Derek Chauvin. But he won’t.
Also, 10:47 and 11:01 to go with9:15/9:18 and 10:14&10:19. That cat has it bad for Trump. Wait, maybe he's getting paid?
Hopefully they’ll also investigate the Democrats assaulting the White House and other Federal Buildings across the U.S. It seems that the Democrats and their media darlings like to forget those attacks.
11:04, the fact the officer's name isn't known is further evidence of the two tiered justice system in this country.
11:01 here, George Soros guy.
Yeah. You seem coherent.
Then again, Trump LOVES THE POORLY EDUCATED.
Young people of all academic achievement and socioeconomic levels have been leaving Mississippi since after WWII. The spin that their departures are some sort of new dire trend associated with a minuscule 0.2% population loss is bad revisionist history and intellectually dishonest.
I was at the Jan 6 event. Very similar to, not the the same, but similar to the crowd on the 18th hole after Phil Mickelson's second shot last Sunday....wish I was there last Sunday for that too.
@ Soros 11:22 Your paranoia and penchant for conspiracy is showing. All those comments were different people. We have it bad for justice, democracy and the constitution. You have it bad for Trump and the autocrats my friend.
@1104 there are many many cops who have gotten away with far worse in this country. She broke the law and was a threat, so she was dealt with appropriately. That's the logic the right has used time and time again. So why does it sting so much when it's used against you?
@1:07 PM
I left Mississippi 20 years ago to make my fortune. Afterward, I came back to Mississippi for my 2A and property rights. I am grateful that I can now do my job entirely remotely. And enjoy my legal collection of fully automatic NATO milsurp battle rifles. God Bless Fabrique Nationale!
so how long was Benghazi investigated? and the GOP is against an investigation where more people died, police (back the blue) were beaten with poles with the USA flag on them, and armed protestors were aiming to execute members of Congress?
asking for a friend..
It’s been an amazing experience watching the Republicans tear apart any shred of a chance of winning a nationwide election over the past year.
It’s been an even better experience watching you guys complain and try to explain your failures with conspiracy theories.
Please, keep it up. Your tea party and Q tears are so delicious!
“But Trump’s myth of the “stolen election” endures.”
Just like the left was wrong about the origins of the Wuhan virus, history will eventually show that this was in fact a stolen election.
Shame on Salter. Total garbage of a human.
I already knew that Guest had voted to condemn the Q-Anon movement (a silly, fanciful group, but hardly a group of terrorists), so I voted against him in November. I am glad that more Mississippi Republicans are learning about Guest's true colors and hope he is primaried and removed from office next year.
Thank you Congressman Guest for your courage and dedication to democracy. Unfortunately, the once great political party of Lincoln, T. Roosevelt and Reagan has fallen under the spell of the criminal, corrupt fraudster Trump. We need this Commission to get to the truth behind the worst domestic assault on our country since the events of 9/11. Those Republicans who are opposed to this Commission are afraid to offend the loser Trump. We need this bipartisan commission to expose some of the lies being pushed by Trump and his supporters. The truth shall set us all free.
I am VERY disappointed in his Vote WITH.... Ms Nancy Pelosi & Bennie !
Sid, Sid, Sid with every comment you make you show us just how right you are and then there’s today. Sometimes I wonder just why the JJ even publishes your crap. But then we all realize that this forum is just a little left leaning. Yes, yes, everyone who dare walk in the House without permission should be hanged from the highest tree. No matter that your liberal followers burned cities to the ground, looted stores doing billions in damage and murdered some twenty people. And how many have been arrested or investigated? Why I’m thinking none! But hey if it’s a liberal democrat it just isn’t that bad huh? No need for any of that police crap.
Sid you just can’t have it one way while turning a blind eye to violence committed by your cronies. And just the hell did an imbecile who can’t pronounce a sentence, that hides in his basement without answering the most basic questions get 80 million idiots to vote for him? Well it seems all you have to do is open endless investigations. Spread absolute manure to those who enjoy eating it and impeach a President for doing the same god damn thing your numbskull did years earlier. So to all you jackanuses who think this ok and that we should just get over it well we had to listen to your lies for four long years. And anyone who represents MS that thinks their going to get away with this will be extremely unhappy come the next election.
A threat, you say? What weapon was the young woman carrying? I have heard the phrase, dressed to kill, was that the case?
Just wait all these voter suppression laws along with the anti demonstration laws are going to bite Republicans in the butt.
Nobody forget the name Sid Salter on DoTR.
Guess will win in a landslide, he did the right thing.
So if someone comes to your house with military style gear, stun guns, zip ties and bear spray I guess they just coming to have tea. I wonder if the attorney for one of the MAGA Mob who went in that day is right. Mentally there is something wrong with these folks.
It is sad, unfortunate and concerning that we are living during a time when a desire for an objective search for truth and accountability, is considered a betrayal by some; and is lauded by others because it is an anomaly. When we refuse to condemn wrong irrespective of irrefutable facts that we can see with our own eyes, we move our society further into the abyss of hate, hypocrisy, irrationality and sanctioned lawlessness. Is that really the road we want to take? Is it the path we want our children to follow? Right and wrong are not partisan, nor is morality.
@2:44 Yup. Team blue will steamroll over team red for the immediate future. And given that team red's aging out & dying off, the fundamental demographic shift will ensure that they are relegated to a minor player.
@7:10 Just how many incels do you think it would take to elect the next Hitler?
No, Team Blue is going to have to keep cheating.
7:10 You and your ilk of skinny leg jean/man-bun types will continue to suffer wetness from the testosterone reds you wish to eliminate. HaHa!!
Amen 10:47. And Mr. Trump will likely be convicted and bankrupt by 2024.
7:10 You obviously fail to recognize the younger generations who are also red-blooded/blue-collar/country music type will roll over your puny a$$ for generations to come.
OF COURSE Salter is for this.
If anyone had any doubt this partisan witchhunt was a bad idea, this should dash that feeling.
@9:54 You mean the welfare group? The blue states generate the bulk of the US GDP... which is taxed and sent to the red states. Thanks for hanging onto my coat-tails.
I don't understand why commenters are saying the woman who got shot was innocent. If you come to my house, break a window, and climb through that window, I'm going to shoot you. I still don't know what those poor ignorant people thought they were going to gain by trying to overthrow the government. And now they are getting arrested daily. Did they really think they could breach a government building and just walk away. They should have asked somebody. It's called treason. They are lucky that more of them are not dead, because they were clearly begging for it.
@2:11
The Capitol isn't private property and it doesn't belong to Chuck an Nancy or their band of traitors. It belongs to We the People and they had every right to enter it.
This isn't even America anymore. This is Globalist Occupied Territory.
When you begin to lose the grip you have had on something for centuries you naturally begin to lash out.
White males and white people in general have always believed they were superior to all others. Against all odds people of color are beginning to have a voice in these United States and the white man is running scared. Power sharing isn’t an option. The Republicans in the Senate will filibuster the 1/6 commission bill today because they don’t want the public knowing to what lengths these white men have gone to to overthrow the government, they will succeed because few of them have the courage to “Be Like Mike.”
Pretty soon Texas will be blue like Georgia and the White House will never see another Republican for years to come. You guys are the new Minority.
6:57 Don't hold your breath.
January 6th was a product of right leaning tards being worked into the capitol by better organized "wokester" ANTIFA and it's fact! WAKE UP FOOLS ! Our fringe groups on both sides are making the rest of us look stupid.
shat a disappointment this RINO turned out to be....maybe he is trying to be the next gregg harper or something. i hated this because his family is friends with mine, glad to say i won’t be voting for this goofball anymore!!! he can take his place beside haley and ‘em....
about the january 6 staged riot at the capitol, before y’all start trying to blame that on our president, you need to watch this video to see some of antigua’s own battle-plans for the op—it was planned and rehearsed for MONTHS!
watch this..... https://www.millennialmillie.com//?wix-vod-comp-id=comp-jx9p57yh
what a disappointment this RINO turned out to be....maybe he is trying to be the next gregg harper or something. i hated this because his family is friends with mine, glad to say i won’t be voting for this goofball anymore!!! he can take his place beside haley and ‘em....
about the january 6 staged riot at the capitol, before y’all start trying to blame that on our president, you need to watch this video to see some of antifa’s own battle-plans for the op—it was planned and rehearsed for MONTHS!
watch this..... https://www.millennialmillie.com//?wix-vod-comp-id=comp-jx9p57yh
We had a 9/11 Commission because a criminal investigation does not look into how government could have prevented the deaths and injuries of Americans nor how to prevent further attacks.
The Senate and any one voting against this Commission is afraid of what will be found. They care more for their party than for the safety of their staff, Capitol employees or their colleagues.
I will never again vote for a Senator or Congressman/woman who voted/votes "no". I would rather vote for an idiot " place holder".
The only way those of you will ever know if the rioters were " Antifa in Trump garb" will be a Commission. Criminal prosecution won't get there.
There's no doubt Guest soiled his britches that day. (along with Bennie T and his crew).
This little fake conservative has now made a serious political mistake.
But I am very impressed with what appears to be a well organized effort by the youngsters to troll every comment they
disagree with ...
But do I wish they would be as passionate about the raw sewage bubbling up onto the streets of the Historic & Hip Belhaven neighborhood.
Today, I watched live broadcasts from two local Jackson TV stations
... as human excrement literally poured onto the streets from under the surface.
But such is not limited to Belhaven.
It's a fact of life all over Jackson.
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