# Jan 6 Hearings Follow-Along & Commentary Thread (Starts Jun 9, 2022)

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**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")
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### Author: ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1541 "2022-07-04T15:02:11Z")

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Hi, Jordan!

You may not know this, but we predicted the Insurrection just six days after the 2020 election!

> [@The American Coup: 11.9.2020 -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182):
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> thinking Trump fired his Secretary of Defense, replaced Esper with Chris Miller. This is a totally normal thing for an outgoing President to prioritize. Esper then says, in an interview in Military Times, that for the George Floyd protests he (Esper) would not support Trump’s desire to invoke the Insurrection Act against the Floyd protesters: [[Google Photos] ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/9xqbCpACp8jJAxHG6) We know if you’re Donald Trump and you want troops on the streets for a Portland police stat…

I can definitely tell you, even for one who called the Insurrection, the J6 committee has brought a LOT out that we didn’t know here at the SDMB. And we monitored this thing as it developed for 2 months!

Now, go, browse the Boards, enjoy yourself, and we look forward to your _reasoned_ views in the future. 🙂

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