"There are potential pitfalls for Republicans who stand with Trump as the lurid tale of violence, lies and autocratic power grabs is told again for the American people and for the benefit of history. The evidence could be so damning that those who seek to discredit the hearings will find themselves defending the indefensible – a dark moment of the American story that is so heinous it will live in infamy."
CNN reports, "The long-awaited hearings by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection of the US Capitol kick off Thursday in prime time.
"The proceedings intend to “provide the American people with a summary of our findings about the coordinated, multi-step effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.”
Committee member Rep. Jamie Raskin predicts
these hearings will deliver “the story of the worst presidential political offense against the Union in American history.”
CNN continued, "Trump and his allies are desperately trying to provide “
counterprogramming” to distract from the hearings.
"On Saturday, Rep. Elise Stefanik – the third-ranking member of the House GOP leadership – revealed part of their plan in
an interview with Breitbart News."
Interesting, not a major network. Instead, the notice was given on a network friendly to Trump.
“We’re working very closely with President Trump and his team” on a counter-messaging effort, Stefanik said, adding that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Jim Jordan “and really all of the House Republicans will be pushing back in a rapid response fashion.”
“You will see us all over the airwaves, we will be setting the record straight,” Stefanik promised, as
they will argue that the bipartisan committee’s work is “illegitimate.” And they plan to assert the panel’s true goal will be to punish political opponents and target “patriotic Trump supporters.”
"FBI Director
Christopher Wray testified before Congress that the federal investigators view January 6 as an act of “domestic terrorism.” Without Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen, there would have been no attempt to overturn the election, warranting the investigation," CNN.
Are Republicans going to argue the FBI is "illegitimate," too? The Jan. 6 committee will be passing on evidence to Americans, not creating it.
If Trump had accepted his defeat, as other one-term presidents had, he would not have engaged in
a behind-the-scenes attempt to overturn the election.
If Trump had recognized his loss, he wouldn’t have radicalized supporters with
a barrage of lies about the election.
Sixty court cases, the Supreme Court, all 50 states, even Trump's attorney general all found there was no significant fraud. Trump and those who support his lies cannot find sufficient fraud to overturn the Presidential election results.
Vladimir Putin is loving this. Americans attacking the legitimacy of their own free elections. It doesn't get better than this.
