Rep. Rodney Davis wants to lead House Republicans next year in undercutting the Jan. 6 select committee. If Donald Trump doesn’t shove him out of office first.
Davis is in line to lead the House Administration Committee in January if Republicans take the House, as expected, and wants to use the panel to counter the messaging of the Democratic-led committee investigating the Capitol attack. But before he can grab the “investigate the investigators” baton, he has to beat a Trump-backed primary opponent as he runs in a district significantly more conservative than his current one, an intraparty race already flooded with nearly $11.5 million in outside spending.
Those two areas might go hand-in-hand, as Davis’ vow to probe the lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack would theoretically gain him favor with Trump’s supporters. While the former president has already endorsed his opponent, House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.), and is holding a rally for her this weekend, other primary elections have shown GOP voters don’t necessarily mind if a candidate doesn’t get the official Trump nod, as long as he or she still demonstrates support for the former president.
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