Why Won't Democrats Be More Bi-Partisan?

McCarthy Shoots The Messenger As Honoré Preps To Brief House On Jan. 6 Failures https://t.co/RILSTlJWN7 pic.twitter.com/ZcUlPJQZeX

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House Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Sunday lambasted retired Army Lieutenant General Russel Honoré and his “notorious partisan bias,” a statement he put out a day before Honoré briefs House members on security failures around the Capitol attack.

“While there may be some worthy recommendations forthcoming, General Honore’s notorious partisan bias calls into question the rationality of appointing him to lead this important security review,” McCarthy said. “It also raises the unacceptable possibility that the Speaker desired a certain result: turning the Capitol into a fortress.” 

In the statement, McCarthy refers to a meeting he had Wednesday with Honoré as the catalyst for making his public comments, though he waited until Sunday to tweet them.