The hearings start today

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    The committee has thousands and thousands of documents.

    Sorry, but all the Right has is lies.

    The weird thing is Trump did much of it right out in the open, that's his style.
     
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    He was when it counted.
     
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    He could have ordered the DC National Guard to the Capitol. He could have ordered the DC mayor to send the police.
     
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    In this case, she was the first through the window and could have had a weapon.
     
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    You bet I do.
     
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    He deserted his post—that isn't treason or sedition.

    Why don't you nominate someone honorable?
     
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    No there isn't thousands of legitimate documents. Yes, it is all hearsay.
     
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    I didn't nominate Trump, nor have I ever voted for him. I'm not a Republican.
     
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    Nah..... the party will just be getting started..... Biden peachment... Pelosi investigation..... let the heads roll.
     
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    A legal case to be made anyway. I just went through a court case and my attorney told me things that had a good chance and things that didn't. You try things to see what a judge will do. As I have stated over and over, right or wrong on the legal merits, the arguments and plan was about legal challenges and what they believed a constitutional process, right or wrong, in the EC vote count. It was not a coup, or an insurrection or sedition on their part. The last thing they needed was the riot and the session closed down.

    And the system worked, the cooler heads prevailed and like the challenges of the Dems to Bush43 TWICE and Trump once those challenges ultimately rejected. Had the proper security been in place at the Capital this would have long been over although I have no doubt Trump would still be claiming he really won as many politicians who lose do.

    And it was the Republicans who came out for repealing the act on which it was based, the much questioned and possibly unconstitutional Electoral Voting Act which allows such challenges. The Dems rejected it, why?
     
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    He had no "post" but as far as I know he was in the Oval Office and adjacent rooms, where was this "post" you claim he should have been at?
     
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    Maybe like Obama during the Benghazi attack, he went to bed. He deserted his post—that wasn't treason or sedition?.
    Why didn't you nominate someone honorable?
     
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    Democrats do not realize how bad they look right now. With the economy in shambles now is not a good time to be putting on partisan Kabuki theater.
     
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    I don’t know anything about the last paragraph.

    On legal success or failure, yes, it can be a lottery. But I can’t believe you would OK with a lawyer trying to overturn an election with a strategy that he knows is illegal. Surely you would condemn that if it turns out yesterday’s testimony is true?

    The system worked, but why? Simply because of Mike Pence. If he’d caved to Trump, all hell could have broken loose.
     
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    And the witnesses are not being cross-examined on the "not hearsay"...
     
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    Blame McCarthy- he’s the reason the committee is so unbalanced.
     
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    Partisan? Perhaps, but the hearings aren't Kabuki theater.

    I trust you agree Trump abandoned his post when he did nothing to quell the riot for more the three hours.
     
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    This isn't a trial.
     
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    No... Kevin pretty much had it covered very well... but I'll let him speak for himself... spin it the best you can my liberal friend. The little Pelosi kiddie games are getting old... I wish we had some grownups in the House, maybe in November...

    https://www.republicanleader.gov/mccarthy-statement-on-select-committee-on-january-6/

    Washington, D.C. – House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) released the following statement on the Select Committee on January 6th:

    “Speaker Pelosi’s rejection of the Republican nominees to serve on the committee and self-appointment of members who share her pre-conceived narrative will not yield a serious investigation.

    “The Speaker has structured this select committee to satisfy her political objectives. She had months to work with Republicans on a reasonable and fair approach to get answers on the events and security failures surrounding January 6.

    “Instead, she has played politics. Lost in much of the news coverage is the fact that the Senate has already conducted bipartisan investigations that should serve as a roadmap for the House.

    “Speaker Pelosi’s departure from this serious-minded approach has destroyed the select committee’s credibility. The U.S. Capitol and the men and women who protect it suffered a massive leadership failure. We must make sure that never happens again and that is what Republicans will be focused on.”
     
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    "Post" is a figure of speech. He failed to act for more than three hours to protect the Capitol.
     
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    It isn't an legislative Congressional hearing either... it is a criminal executive hearing... which is outside the powers of Congress.
     

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