I watched some clips of the second day of the Jan 6 committee hearing, and I have to say, the manner and questioning of several prominent Republican officials by Democrat Zoe Lofgren was very calm and effective in showing up how there was never anything to the Trump fraud claims. A summary of 4 key takeaways from the day is here.
I really find it very difficult to believe that this will not prevent Trump successfully running again. Sure, his deluded followers are not even watching it, and the ridiculous pro-Turmp pundits cannot reverse their opinion while saving any face - but there must some effect of this process on at least enough of the party faithful to not vote for Trump again.
Oh, and here's the Axios summary. The comments of Allahpundit at Hot Air are worthwhile too. He points this out, too: a terrible aspect of the Trump lies that is so badly under-emphasised:
Trump was so sold on the “smoking gun” video that he pressed Georgia officials on it during a phone call a month after it was debunked, even mentioning one of the election workers seen in the clip by name. That woman and another worker were inundated with death threats amid the conspiracy-mongering in December 2020. Their lives have been more or less destroyed since then. As for Pak, he resigned as U.S. Attorney once he found out that Trump was considering firing him for failing to find fraud. Pak refused to substitute the reality Trump preferred, so he had to go.
Right wingers, and stupid Bill Maher, are very upset that a nutter who planned on shooting a Supreme Court judge was not given enough publicity in the media.
They never talk about the thousands of death threats both Republican officials, and innocent election workers, received all based on a lie of a deranged President.
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John Hinderaker at the Powerline blog, has moved on:
What we do not need is candidates who are obsessed with righting the alleged (and to some extent imaginary) wrongs that Donald Trump suffered in 2020. I don’t blame Trump for being unhappy, but his emotional state cannot dictate the future of the Republican Party.
And Trump delusion continues:
Yet more update: this very damning take on the Bill Barr role at Slate is really worth reading.
So we are just going to bury the reality of the long foreseen colour revolution? It that it? Send the stolen election down the memory hole and choose some scapegoats to double down on the fake insurrection photo opportunity?
ReplyDeleteLets go over this again until you fucking get it. There can NEVER be a voting spike in a fair election. Not if we have simultaneous elections galaxy wide for a billion years. We know the election was a coup. We know the funders. Everything. Stop being a fucking lying cunt Steve. It does no good to pretend that our most important ally was not subject to a coup.
See this is decadence Steve. This is where civilisations fall. Where you can just ignore total truth in a way that earlier generations wouldn't ignore except for explicit religious devotion. This is what is going to bring us down. Where people like you will just lie and lie and lie and accept lies that can under no circumstances be true even in a fantasy world.
ReplyDeleteThis is why Russia can now pistol whip all of Nato. Since the Nato leadership is decadent and irrational and the Russians are not.
I should have only had to tell you and all your audience ONE TIME. One time should have been enough. So what is the matter with all of you? John? Tim? Speak up.
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