Christie lays it out. The committee is a kangaroo court:
redstate.com
Former Gov. Chris Christie created a firestorm on ABC Newsā āThis Week With George Stephanopoulosā on Sunday, with what he had to say about the Jan. 6 Committee. Christie pointed out that, to many Republicans, the Committee doesnāt have any credibility. Thatās because they donāt have any real Republicans on the Committee to make any points against the Democratic narrative.
The January 6 committee was āresigned to having a credibility problem because of the membership of the committee and the way that was done,ā Christie opened by saying.
āThere are lots of Republicans across this country who just say, thereās nobody there to argue the other side. Kinzinger and Cheney donāt argue the other side to the extent that there is [sic] some arguments there,ā 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 āno other side,ā and Brazile demanded to know, āWhat is the other side?ā 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, āThere are lots of people inside the White House who now have convenient memories about things that didnāt have memories about them before.ā But, the Trump team/Republicans werenāt given that option because thatās not allowed, to challenge the narrative. Youāre not allowed to know that Trump spoke about acting āpeacefully and patrioticallyā at his rally before the riot. Youāre not allowed to question why Democrats didnāt conduct this like a normal hearing.
But this is the Democratsā view in general. Trump is guilty of pushing an āinsurrectionāābecause they say so. He isnāt entitled to a defense. It doesnāt matter what he said, or what evidence might rebut their presumptions. They donāt believe in the rule of law, just the rule of the narrative. Thatās why everyone on the Committee ā including the Republicans ā was already solidly anti-Trump, picked for their bias. Thatās 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 ācredibilityā 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 itās because of that basic unfairness about the formation of the Committee, that most of America have turned the Committee off. They know itās about trying to get Trump, not about the riot or the rule of law.
ātās 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 peopleās everyday lives and they donāt see it that way,ā Christie reasoned.
Thatās the bottom line. Democrats are pushing issues that arenāt the top issues of concern to voters. They thought they would use Jan. 6 to smear Republicans. But people know itās a biased show; itās backfiring on them because voters donāt think they care about anything else, including the issues that are most important to Americans.