McConnell: Pelosi riot commission 'partisan by design'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Wednesday accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of proposing a partisan riot commission that rejects the bipartisan model put in place nearly two decades following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

“The 50-50 bipartisan split of the commissioners was a key feature, “ McConnell said Wednesday. “It both helped the effectiveness of the investigation itself and helped give the whole country confidence in its work and recommendations. This time, Speaker Pelosi started by proposing a commission that would be partisan by design.”