The Committee Hearings, seem to be having an impact.

[empedocles]

'' . . . Perhaps the biggest surprise of all is that the hearings seem to be having an impact. That is what polls suggest: In one, three-quarters of voters had heard or read about the investigation, and 60 percent supported it, including a third of Republicans. In another, 58 percent of Americans believed that the former president should be charged with crimes related to his actions on and before Jan. 6. That’s up six percentage points from before the hearings started, and includes almost 20 percent of Republicans. . . ''


www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/opinion/cassidy-hutchinson-january-6-committee

[Elessar Zappa]

1. Excellent.

If nothing else these hearings may very well derail any hope of Trump running in 2024.

[empedocles]

2. 'Public Sentiment' , has long been recognized as huge..

Abraham Lincoln > Quotes > Quotable Quote

Abraham Lincoln
“In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions.”


https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/489251-in-this-age-in-this-country-public-sentiment-is-everything

[malaise]

3. Surprise to whom exactly

Lots of us knew they were going to be earth-shattering.
Lock them up!

[fightforfreedom]

5. Yes we did.

[quickesst]

4. My take..

... on the hardcore trumpers. Four words. Fake allegiance and loyalty. In other words, most are fully aware that the hearings have devastated their world, but they are so deeply invested in trump world, they have decided to stay on the runaway train until it completely derails rather than admit what everyone else has seen and heard with their own eyes. It's like the spoiled brat who gets caught doing something he's not supposed to, and because of his mischievous, but underdeveloped brain believes his only option is to deny, deny, deny, even though mom had been watching him for the last 5 minutes. I for one hope it is a just, and glorious train wreck.

[Mr. Evil]

6. If charges are going to be filed,

they'd better get started now. Starting with TFG and everyone else on down. I don't care how minimal any charges might be, do it anyway! Because the shit is getting thick in this country. The SCOTUS doesn't seem to be paying attention to the J6 hearings nor do I think they care. They are literally destroying this country in broad daylight and nothing seems to be able to be done about it. How the fuck can we let that stand?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Cassidy Hutchinson testimony set audience record for a daytime Jan. 6 hearing

This is going to drive TFG nuts. TFG believes that ratings are everything and these ratings are truly amazing

Link to tweet

https://news.yahoo.com/cassidy-hutchinson-testimony-set-audience-225925410.html

People gather to watch the hearing of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack
People gather to watch a hearing of the Jan. 6 committee on June 9, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images)
More than 13 million Americans tuned in to watch bombshell testimony from a former White House aide this week, making the Jan. 6 committee's latest hearing its second-most-viewed thus far.

The Tuesday afternoon hearing, which the committee announced just a day ahead of time, featured 25-year-old Cassidy Hutchinson, who served as an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Her dramatic testimony attracted 13,231,000 viewers across all major networks, including ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC, according to numbers from Nielsen, a ratings firm. This total topped the previous four hearings, which won audiences of about 10 million to 11 million people. The first Jan. 6 hearing, on June 9, drew about 20 million viewers, but it aired in prime time.

Although the numbers indicate that millions of people are watching the hearings, it's not yet clear how many Americans will ultimately tune in — the hearings are slated to continue into July — or what conclusions they will form. In 1954, about 80 million Americans (out of a much smaller U.S. population of about 169 million people) followed the series of hearings that led to communist-hunting Sen. Joseph McCarthy's downfall. About 3 in 4 American households watched at least part of the 1973 Watergate hearings, according to Nielsen estimates.

Although a majority of Americans — 58% — say they are following news about the work of the Jan. 6 committee, only 26% are following it very closely, according to a poll released last week by Quinnipiac University. Just 40% of Americans report that the Jan. 6 attacks had a major effect on their worldview, a Politico-Morning Consult survey found.

When TFG sees these ratings, he will lose it