Breaking 1-06-21: MAGA terrorist attack on Capitol

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Why the January 6 committee hearings worked.

Congressional hearings are rarely designed to be watched. That’s why they’re typically aired on C-Span in off-prime hours. They’re usually shaped by the convenience and ambitions of the participants, rather than the interests of a potential audience.

The opening session of the January 6 investigative committee last night was different, and was tremendously effective. It reflected sharp awareness of how politicians typically get in their own way—with time-hogging introductions, with speeches masquerading as “questions,” with attempts to create dramatic moments that might make it onto a cable TV show or the internet.

To avoid those pitfalls, this committee’s leaders, members, and staff did everything within their power to convey the result of their investigation: That there had been a plot to overturn the results of an election, and that the plot was led from within the White House by the incumbent president himself.

Here are some of the things that revealed the care of the committee’s planning and presentation.

1) Discipline.

Politicians like to talk. Being good at talking is how most of them got where they are. If you have nine elected officials on a platform, you’re going to get at least nine “introductory” speechlets.

Not this time. Nine accomplished politicians were indeed sitting in camera-range last night. Some of them are near-household-names, from their frequent TV appearances. (For instance: Reps. Adam Schiff of California, and Jamie Raskin of Maryland.) Some are next-generation officials who can always use more air time. (For instance: Reps. Stephanie Murphy of Florida, and Pete Aguilar of California.)

But only two of committee members said even a single word on camera. These were the committee chair, Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, and the vice-chair, Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming. And the great majority of the case was left to Liz Cheney.

You can see the whole session of C-Span here. Bennie Thompson led off with about nine minutes at the start, and added a few minutes at the end. The rest of the two hours was left to Liz Cheney.

The discipline behind last night’s presentation was remarkable. Seven ambitious politicians needed to agree: We’re going to sit on stage, before multi-network national TV cameras. And we’re not going to say a word. And they agreed to that. I can’t think of a comparably self-limiting moment by TV-era politicians...

2. Casting...

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it was...youre apparently just a dummy.

"i dont know anything....im just asking questions!" lol.

 

Imagine if Trump were black or brown....homeboy would be in jail by now LMAO

 

Trump needs to be put on trial. It might be necessary to extradite him to another country to do the trial so his

So Tucker is playing for the ratings.

 

It will be messy, but Trump needs to be tried for his crime publicly. Let him get his bet legal team and let the trial go on if needed for months. This may be the only way to lance this boil. You can't just pretend he did not do it.

If we saw another country doing this we would be laughing about it.

 

You also have never had an election where one candidate spent months telling his voters not to vote by mail. Then you seem surprised when that candidate doesn't do well in the mail votes?

It's been 20 months. It's not hard to learn if you actually cared. It seems you're more interested in "having questions" than having answers.

 

It’s a f’ing miracle more people did not die that day. It could have turned really really bad.

 

Not murder by any stretch of the imagination.

 

Play stupid games.....

 

wrongful death

 

Sure, let's apply that high standard for anyone caught trespassing.

 

I''m guessing those weren't broadcast on TV. Those were quite different than what these are. These aren't even trials, just hearings. And if these are show trials, then what was Benghazi, Clinton's emails, and Monica Lewinsky / Whitewater?

Probably not as everyone has already made up their mind about the issue.

 

Looked like suicide to me boss

 

He couldn't care less. The Ensign has his trolling line out.

 

You mean the policy where he got Saudi Arabia to cut production of OPEC by 20 million barrels a day? Yeah, real helpful right now.

 

So a black person who doesn't obey a cop exactly and get shot - it's their fault.

White woman storms the capital destroying property and trying to get at lawmakers....and gets shot, well now, that's murder!

 

Oh, I'm sure "many people are saying...", the "best people" even. Like you.

Bummer for me.

 

Yeeeeaaaahhh.

No.

 

Angry cons and their racist arbitrary standards.



P.S. They might not be racist, but their standards sure as hell are.