The election deniers on the 1/6 commission

McCarthy names multiple election deniers to the 1/6 commission; Peru elects a leftist president.

McCarthy names election deniers to the Capitol attack commission; Peru elects a leftist president.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Gabby Birenbaum. TOP NEWS Election deniers chosen for January 6 commission     Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced his five picks to serve on the select committee to investigate the January 6 Capitol riot — Reps. Kelly Armstrong (ND), Jim Banks (IN), Rodney Davis (IL), Jim Jordan (OH), and Troy Nehls (TX). [The Week / Catherine Garcia] Unless House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vetoes the picks, the five Republicans  will serve on the committee alongside her eight appointees. Pelosi also named a Republican as one of her appointees, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY). [NPR / Alana Wise] McCarthy said his appointees were intentionally chosen to represent various views within the GOP caucus and due to experience with oversight, either on past committees or their pre-Congress jobs. [CNN / Annie Grayer and Melanie Zanona] Three of the five picks — Banks, Jordan, and Nehls — voted against certifying the 2020 election, contributing to the Big Lie that spurred the attack on the Capitol. Jordan, in particular, is a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus and a fierce Trump loyalist known as the Republicans' oversight bull. [The Hill / Scott Wong] Davis, who is more moderate, was one of 35 Republicans to support the creation of an independent, bipartisan January 6 commission. That effort ultimately failed in the Senate, lacking the support of 10 Republicans. [The Washington Post / Jaclyn Peiser] None of the five supported the second impeachment of President Trump. Banks, the chair of the Republican Study Committee, already released a statement saying, as other Republicans have repeated, that the commission should investigate antifa and last summer's protests over racism. [USA Today / Katie Wadington] The committee will begin holding hearings on July 27. Capitol police officers who were on duty that day will be called as witnesses. [Forbes / Andrew Solender] Peru elects Pedro Castillo as president After the longest electoral counting process in Peru in 40 years, rural teacher and union leader Pedro Castillo has been named Peru's president-elect. [The Guardian] Castillo won 50.1 percent of the vote to his opponent, conservative Keiko Fujimori's, 49.9 percent. The vote took six weeks to certify after Fujimori alleged fraud. She has yet to accept the results of the election. [The Wall Street Journal / Ryan Dube] Castillo is the head of the country's Marxist party, and ran as an anti-establishment candidate. He will be Peru's first left-wing president in a generation, taking office in a moment of uncertainty as the country is reeling from one of the worst coronavirus experiences in Latin America. [The New York Times / Mitra Taj and Julie Turkewitz] In a speech, Castillo made clear that he is not a communist, and is interested in stabilizing the economy. His support was mostly made up of the country's poor and lower-middle class; Castillo himself earned a salary of just $16,600 last year as a teacher. [The Washington Post / Anthony Faiola and Lucien Chauvin] Though his campaign has been light on specifics, Castillo wants to nationalize Peru's mining and hydrocarbon industries, create new jobs, and bring back the death penalty. [BBC News] MISCELLANEOUS Jeff Bezos' first space flight, through his company Blue Origin, was successful. [Business Insider / Avery Hartmans] Twitter suspended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) account for 12 hours for tweeting misinformation about the coronavirus. [Slate / Elliot Hannon] A 537 square-mile fire is burning in Oregon after being propelled by extreme weather; for now, it's contained to a rural area. [The Associated Press / Gillian Flacus] The Olympics are slated to start on Friday, but the head of the Tokyo 2020 Games has not ruled out an 11th-hour cancellation. [Reuters] Support our journalism Reader contributions help keep Vox and newsletters like Sentences free for all. Support our work from as little as $3. Contribute VERBATIM "Make no mistake, Nancy Pelosi created this committee solely to malign conservatives and to justify the Left's authoritarian agenda." [Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), on why he is serving on the select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot] LISTEN TO THIS     Vox's Sean Illing talks with author Michael Pollan about his new book This Is Your Mind on Plants, why some societies condemn drugs that other societies condone, what will happen as the war on drugs draws to a close, and whether or not taking psychedelic drugs can improve humankind. 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