# Jan 6 Hearings Follow-Along & Commentary Thread (Starts Jun 9, 2022) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 9, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940 "2022-06-09T22:34:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 111
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2203 "2022-07-22T02:56:14Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I heard an interview with Congresswoman Luria (the female side of today’s tag team presentation) earlier today. She’s a Democrat in a red area, and it was pointed out that her work on this committee might cost her re-election. I can’t really put my finger on the reason why, but somehow she didn’t really “grab me” the way Liz Cheney has, or the way Stephanie Murphy did last week, or even how Kinzinger has. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2204 "2022-07-22T02:57:20Z")
–specifically, that they continued to do their job and protect the country. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2205 "2022-07-22T02:58:14Z")
And totally united in that moment. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2206 "2022-07-22T02:58:45Z")
She was less fluent/more nervous. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2207 "2022-07-22T03:00:14Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I’ll be very interested to learn what polling reflects in a few days. Me, too. I thought all three closing speeches (Kitzinger, Luria, and Cheney) were very good, but pertinent to that observation, Cheney seemed to zero in on the real purpose of the hearings, which is essentially to ensure that this man can never be president again. I would hope that this is enough to deny him the Republican nomination. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2208 "2022-07-22T03:01:41Z")
I suspect those Jan 7. outtakes are going to eat up Trump more than anything else. Squinting, stumbling over common words, admitting to weakness, grimacing in frustration. Those couple of minutes are going to take up an awful lot of real estate in his head. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2209 "2022-07-22T03:02:23Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Me, too. I thought all three closing speeches (Kitzinger, Luria, and Cheney) were very good, but pertinent to that observation, Cheney seemed to zero in on the real purpose of the hearings, which is essentially to ensure that this man can never be president again. They were good closing speeches. There was a lot of interest in tonight’s hearing, too. The needle is moving, albeit slowly. > [@wolfpup](#): > > I would hope that this is enough to deny him the Republican nomination. I’m going to respond to this in the Adjacent thread. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2210 "2022-07-22T03:03:29Z")
Fox News website is talking about Lee Zeldin. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2211 "2022-07-22T03:03:36Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I’m going to respond to this in the Adjacent thread. **Aspenglow** , are you going to close this thread again, and reopen it in September? Or do we still have time here to discuss what we saw tonight? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2212 "2022-07-22T03:05:25Z")
I’m going to leave it open for so long as it remains on topic with responses pertaining to the hearing. When people start hijacking, I’ll snap it closed. Hope this helps focus the responses! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2213 "2022-07-22T03:06:00Z")
Thank you, **Aspenglow**! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2214 "2022-07-22T03:06:12Z")
Ms maddow would like josh hawley’s running for cover set to Benny hill theme. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2215 "2022-07-22T03:07:22Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > He said he would run the exact same “election stolen!” playbook if he had lost to Hillary Clinton. > > He signaled throughout the election season in the run-up to 2020 that he would do the same thing if he lost in 2020. While watching the video of those cretins in swat gear shouting “This is what we trained for!” : that’s the link in the chain that hasn’t turned up yet. When Trump told the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by” – he’d been training them to be his brownshirts for months before the election. The bastard was intending to stay in office by force. There was undoubtedly an intermediary between Trump and the militias – probably Roger Stone. But nobody’s come clean yet. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2216 "2022-07-22T03:09:38Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > I suspect those Jan 7. outtakes are going to eat up Trump more than anything else. Squinting, stumbling over common words, admitting to weakness, grimacing in frustration. Those couple of minutes are going to take up an awful lot of real estate in his head. Those outtakes nicely displayed that he’s not as polished and professional as he wants to appear to be. Anybody can stumble, necessitating a retake, but he’s trying to rewrite a prepared speech on the fly, and arguing with the director about what he will and won’t say. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2217 "2022-07-22T03:12:38Z")
LOL, I couldn’t agree more!! That’s perfect. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2218 "2022-07-22T03:15:32Z")
> [@susan](#): > > –specifically, that they continued to do their job and protect the country. > [@rocking\_chair](#): > > And totally united in that moment. In the days that followed, McConnell, McCarthy, and most of the other GOP members of Congress stepped back from the repudiation of Trump, but thankfully, in that moment, their anger and feelings of betrayal got them to – at least for a moment – see past their partisanship, and do the right thing for the country. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2219 "2022-07-22T03:15:52Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Thank you, **Aspenglow** @Aspenglow runs a taut ~~ship~~ thread! 🫡 ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2220 "2022-07-22T03:17:51Z")
God that was depressing. Everyone knew. And now almost no Republicans care. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2221 "2022-07-22T03:19:30Z")
CNN reporting on how it took an hour to do the January 7 video from which the outtakes came. From that hour, the finished video was apparently only three minutes long. There were undoubtedly many other outtakes. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/2222 "2022-07-22T03:19:54Z")
That seems to be a very accurate description. Republicans: Overthrow of the govt attempt? Meh… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940.md?page=110) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940.md?page=112)