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Christie lays it out. The committee is a kangaroo court:
Former Gov. Chris Christie created a firestorm on ABC Newsâ âThis Week With George Stephanopoulosâ on Sunday, with what he had to say about the Jan. 6 Committee. Christie pointed out that, to many Republicans, the Committee doesnât have any credibility. Thatâs because they donât have any real Republicans on the Committee to make any points against the Democratic narrative.
The January 6 committee was âresigned to having a credibility problem because of the membership of the committee and the way that was done,â Christie opened by saying.
âThere are lots of Republicans across this country who just say, thereâs nobody there to argue the other side. Kinzinger and Cheney donât argue the other side to the extent that there is [sic] some arguments there,â Christie added before both anchor George Stephanopoulos and Brazile jumped down his throat.
That comment sparked outrage from host George Stephanopoulos and fellow panelist Donna Brazile, both of whom have been Democratic operatives.
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Stephanopoulos claimed there was âno other side,â and Brazile demanded to know, âWhat is the other side?â Christie spoke about the ability to grill the witnesses, something they would normally have at a hearing, which is missing here. Instead, he said, accurately, it was a television production. Brazile just kept shouting at Christie and would barely let him get in a word edgewise.
When he finally got the chance to speak, Christie said, âThere are lots of people inside the White House who now have convenient memories about things that didnât have memories about them before.â But, the Trump team/Republicans werenât given that option because thatâs not allowed, to challenge the narrative. Youâre not allowed to know that Trump spoke about acting âpeacefully and patrioticallyâ at his rally before the riot. Youâre not allowed to question why Democrats didnât conduct this like a normal hearing.
But this is the Democratsâ view in general. Trump is guilty of pushing an âinsurrectionââbecause they say so. He isnât entitled to a defense. It doesnât matter what he said, or what evidence might rebut their presumptions. They donât believe in the rule of law, just the rule of the narrative. Thatâs why everyone on the Committee â including the Republicans â was already solidly anti-Trump, picked for their bias. Thatâs why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in an unprecedented move, rejected members who were picked by the Republican side who might have questioned the Democrats.
The last person who should be talking about âcredibilityâ is Donna Brazile. Can anyone forget how Brazile divulged debate questions to Clinton camp officials during the Democratic primaries in the 2016 race? Even the left excoriated her
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But Christie accurately noted itâs because of that basic unfairness about the formation of the Committee, that most of America have turned the Committee off. They know itâs about trying to get Trump, not about the riot or the rule of law.
âtâs very hard for Democrats to be able to make this a cutting issue, especially in the light of huge inflation, gas prices, crime in the streets, open borders, drug overdoses, those things are things that are affecting peopleâs everyday lives and they donât see it that way,â Christie reasoned.
Thatâs the bottom line. Democrats are pushing issues that arenât the top issues of concern to voters. They thought they would use Jan. 6 to smear Republicans. But people know itâs a biased show; itâs backfiring on them because voters donât think they care about anything else, including the issues that are most important to Americans.