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When the Democrats proposed a committee to investigate the Jan. 6 coup attempt, then-Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy boycotted the effort after then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of his appointees. In the end, only two Republicans, then-Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, were willing to be on it. That was probably a huge mistake for the Republicans, as it resulted in no one on the committee who was interested in defending Donald Trump. Now that the Republicans are setting up multiple committees to investigate the government, Democrats are not going to make the same mistake. They want full representation on all the new select committees. Although they will be in the minority, they will undoubtedly fight the Republicans tooth and nail on everything. The technical term for what is going to happen is "sh**show."
The committee where the most action is likely to be is the one investigating whether the government is "weaponized" against Republicans. Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Pete Aguilar (D-CA) said that Democrats call it the "tin-foil-hat committee." Nevertheless, there will be Democrats on it. Aguilar said that when the time comes, members interested in being on the panel could inform the leadership of their interest and some of them would be chosen.
The Democrats don't really have anyone like Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Jim Jordan. So when people like that begin grandstanding, the members of the blue team are almost sure to be outmatched. Nevertheless, the Democrats on the committees will get some speaking time and they will probably use it to make the argument that the whole investigation is nonsense and is based on nothing. (V)