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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsyea, they support the police: mcconnell & mccarthy did not watch the 1/6 committee hearing today.
The panel probing the January riot convened for the first time on Tuesday to hear testimony from four police officers who worked to shield the Capitol from the mob of Trump supporters.
Leader McConnell, did you watch any of the hearing today? a reporter asked during a Senate Republican leadership press conference.
No, I didnt, he responded.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/565102-mccarthy-mcconnell-say-they-didnt-watch-jan-6-hearing
catbyte
(34,367 posts)Pardon my French.
spanone
(135,816 posts)catbyte
(34,367 posts)I'm enraged and I wasn't anywhere near the Capitol that day. I can't imagine how betrayed they feel.
Champp
(2,114 posts)about America, about democracy, about the truth.
They lust after power and money, exactly what Jesus warned them about.
The GOP will roast in Hell, many people say.
spanone
(135,816 posts)davsand
(13,421 posts)Something I think needs to be considered is how staff will react to all this. Don't ever think they don't feel a certain sort of way about being at work with this shit going on, and their bosses saying it was not worth their attention. While I do not mean to say that any of the staffers are disloyal, I do think that more than a few eyes were forced open that day.
This is purely anecdotal, but one of the kids that my daughter played with and grew up with (those kids were all in and out of the various houses and yards) is a staffer for the local GOP Congressman. She was not in DC that day because she was back here in his local office working on a project. She was absolutely shaken by the phone calls she got from the staffers she's friends with back in DC. I know this kid and she's tough and smart. If it got to her, I'll guarantee there were others.
Laura
eShirl
(18,490 posts)spanone
(135,816 posts)he is tv
ProfessorGAC
(64,990 posts)I'm quite certain he watched.
kentuck
(111,078 posts)They don't want to know the facts.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)encouraged by the fact that McConnell, McCarthy and their cultists keep fanning the flame that
will ensure that our rage will not be abated. It's not a sensible tactic but then what can we expect from
reTHUG Fascist Insurrectionist Seditious Cultists?