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Posted: 2023-01-19T22:12:38Z | Updated: 2023-01-19T22:12:38Z

When House GOP leaders announced Wednesday which members got new seats on the powerful House Oversight and Accountability Committee , most coverage focused on well-known extremists like Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.).

But plenty of other lesser-known Republicans were just given seats on this committee who also have trafficked in conspiracy theories and lies. In fact, its virtually all of them.

Of the 15 new Republicans tapped for this panel, 13 either voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on former President Donald Trumps lie about it being stolen from him, or are freshman members who have rejected or questioned the validity of President Joe Bidens win.

New GOP committee members Lisa McClain (Mich.), Lauren Boebert (Colo.), Scott Perry (Pa.), William Timmons (S.C.), Tim Burchett (Tenn.), Gary Palmer (Ala.), Greene and Gosar all voted to overturn the election on Jan. 6, 2021. And all five of the GOP freshmen on the committee Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (Fla.), Russell Fry (S.C.), Nick Langworthy (N.Y.), Chuck Edwards (N.C.) and Eric Burlison (Mo.) have either fully denied that Biden won, raised questions about his win or simply refused to say what they think.