Last week, 35 Senate Republicans killed a bipartisan effort to create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol arguably the greatest attack on American democracy since the Civil War.

A week earlier, 175 House Republicans opposed creating the commission, too.

Why would any U.S. senator or member of Congress oppose an independent commission to investigate what led to a deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol one aimed squarely at undermining American democracy and the peaceful transfer of power?

The reasons are as cynical as they are obvious: Most of these Republicans lied about the presidential election being stolen from Donald Trump. That lie helped motivate a white supremacist mob of Trumps supporters to smash their way into the Capitol some with plans to kill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Vice President Mike Pence and others to stop Congress from certifying Joe Bidens electoral win. Republicans dont want a respected panel of experts publicly connecting these dots heading into the 2022 elections.

They also dont want to get on Trumps bad side by supporting a commission that would show, in detail, how his lie incited an attack on democracy that left five people dead, hundreds of police officers injured and countless others traumatized.

It gets uglier. Their party is counting on people to keep believing the lie . GOP-led state legislatures all over the country are using the lie to justify quickly passing bills to significantly restrict voting in ways that would disproportionately hurt communities of color. Just this year, state lawmakers have already introduced at least 389 restrictive bills in 49 states and passed 22 restrictive laws in 14 states.

Its no coincidence that the four states where Republicans have filed the most bills aimed at restricting voting Georgia, Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania were some of the closest states in the 2020 presidential election. As FiveThirtyEight notes , all four of those states went for Biden and have GOP-controlled legislatures, which makes them especially ripe for new voting restrictions.

Its also no coincidence that of the 147 House and Senate Republicans who voted in January to overturn the election, 139 of them also just voted to stop an independent commission from investigating the insurrection. Its all connected. They attacked democracy in January and capped it off last week with a second attack on democracy, all in plain sight and with the intention of preserving the lie.

Here are the names of all 139 Republicans in Congress who sided with Trump and his lie instead of protecting American democracy. Twice.

In the House:

• Robert Aderholt (Ala.)

• Rick Allen (Ga.)

• Jodey Arrington (Texas)

• Brian Babin (Texas)

• Jim Baird (Ind.)

• Jim Banks (Ind.)

• Jack Bergman (Mich.)

• Andy Biggs (Ariz.)

• Dan Bishop (N.C.)

• Lauren Boebert (Colo.)

• Mike Bost (Ill.)

• Mo Brooks (Ala.)

• Ted Budd (N.C.)

• Tim Burchett (Tenn.)

• Michael Burgess (Texas)

• Ken Calvert (Calif.)

• Kat Cammack (Fla.)

• Jerry Carl (Ala.)

• Buddy Carter (Ga.)

• John Carter (Texas)

• Madison Cawthorn (N.C.)

• Steve Chabot (Ohio)

• Ben Cline (Va.)

• Michael Cloud (Texas)

• Andrew Clyde (Ga.)

• Tom Cole (Okla.)

• Rick Crawford (Ark.)

• Warren Davidson (Ohio)

• Scott DesJarlais (Tenn.)

• Mario Diaz-Balart (Fla.)

• Byron Donalds (Fla.)

• Jeff Duncan (S.C.)

• Neal Dunn (Fla.)

• Ron Estes (Kan.)

• Pat Fallon (Texas)

• Michelle Fischbach (Minn.)

• Scott Fitzgerald (Wis.)

• Chuck Fleischmann (Tenn.)

• Virginia Foxx (N.C.)

• Scott Franklin (Fla.)

• Russ Fulcher (Idaho)

• Matt Gaetz (Fla.)

• Mike Garcia (Calif.)

• Bob Gibbs (Ohio)

• Louie Gohmert (Texas)

• Bob Good (Va.)

• Lance Gooden (Texas)

• Paul Gosar (Ariz.)

• Garret Graves (La.)

• Sam Graves (Mo.)

• Mark Green (Tenn.)

• Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.)

• Morgan Griffith (Va.)

• Jim Hagedorn (Minn.)

• Andy Harris (Md.)

• Diana Harshbarger (Tenn.)

• Vicky Hartzler (Mo.)

• Kevin Hern (Okla.)

• Yvette Herrell (N.M.)

• Jody Hice (Ga.)

• Clay Higgins (La.)

• Richard Hudson (N.C.)

• Darrell Issa (Calif.)

• Ronny Jackson (Texas)

• Bill Johnson (Ohio)

• Mike Johnson (La.)

• Jim Jordan (Ohio)

• John Joyce (Pa.)

• Fred Keller (Pa.)

• Mike Kelly (Pa.)

• Trent Kelly (Miss.)

• David Kustoff (Tenn.)

• Doug LaMalfa (Calif.)

• Doug Lamborn (Colo.)

• Jake LaTurner (Kan.)

• Debbie Lesko (Ariz.)

• Billy Long (Mo.)

• Barry Loudermilk (Ga.)

• Frank Lucas (Okla.)

• Blaine Luetkemeyer (Mo.)

• Nicole Malliotakis (N.Y.)

• Tracey Mann (Kan.)

• Brian Mast (Fla.)

• House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.)

• Lisa McClain (Mich.)

• Daniel Meuser (Pa.)

• Carol Miller (W.Va.)

• Mary Miller (Ill.)

• Alex Mooney (W.Va.)

• Barry Moore (Ala.)

• Markwayne Mullin (Okla.)

• Greg Murphy (N.C.)

• Troy Nehls (Texas)

• Ralph Norman (S.C.)

• Devin Nunes (Calif.)

• Jay Obernolte (Calif.)

• Burgess Owens (Utah)

• Steven Palazzo (Miss.)

• Gary Palmer (Ala.)

• Greg Pence (Ind.)

• Scott Perry (Pa.)

• August Pfluger (Texas)

• Bill Posey (Fla.)

• Guy Reschenthaler (Pa.)

• Harold Rogers (Ky.)

• Mike Rogers (Ala.)

• John Rose (Tenn.)

• Matthew Rosendale (Mont.)

• David Rouzer (N.C.)

• John Rutherford (Fla.)

• House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (La.)

• David Schweikert (Ariz.)

• Pete Sessions (Texas)

• Adrian Smith (Neb.)

• Jason Smith (Mo.)

• Lloyd Smucker (Pa.)

• House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (N.Y.)

• Gregory Steube (Fla.)

• Chris Stewart (Utah)

• Thomas Tiffany (Wis.)

• Glenn Thompson (Pa.)

• William Timmons (S.C.)

• Jeff Van Drew (N.J.)

• Beth Van Duyne (Texas)

• Tim Walberg (Mich.)

• Jackie Walorski (Ind.)

• Randy Weber (Texas)

• Roger Williams (Texas)

• Joe Wilson (S.C.)

• Robert Wittman (Va.)

• Lee Zeldin (N.Y.)