McCarthy, Republicans on Jan. 6 committee, trade jabs ahead of 1st hearing

Ahead of Tuesday's first House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 Capitol assault, House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy blasted two GOP members as "Pelosi Republicans."

On the day before a House committee was set to open its investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol assault, House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy kept up his effort to dismiss the probe and attack the Republicans who've agreed to serve with Democrats. When asked on Monday if he'll punish the two Republican members -- Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois -- McCarthy said "we'll see," amid speculation their fellow Republicans might try to remove them from House committee assignments for accepting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's invitation. Speaking with reporters at a bipartisan White House even celebrating the Americans with Disabilities Act, McCarthy called them "Pelosi Republicans." "Couldn't tell you," he said, when asked the last time he spoke to Cheney and Kinzinger.