I was not especially in favor of Trump running again but the Jan 6 committee jackholes are really making me rethink that

Flopping Aces ^ | 07-22-22 | DrJohn

[Starman417]

With great gravitas Rep. Benedict Kinzinger sent out this tweet today

We the people must demand more of our politicians and ourselves. Oaths matter. Character matters. Truth matters. If we do not renew our faith and commitment to these principles, this great experiment of ours, our shining beacon on a hill, will not endure. pic.twitter.com/uexdc0Inwv
— Adam Kinzinger (@RepKinzinger) July 22, 2022

Truth matters. Oaths matter. Character matters.

Bullsh*t matters too, Kinzinger.

This thing began as sh*t show right from the outset when, for the first time in the country's history, Pelosi denied Republicans the right to choose their members of a committee. Brett Hume remarked

"I’ve covered Washington for more than 50 years, including 11 years covering Congress specifically. I’ve never seen a committee all of whose members were chosen by one party, and where there is no cross-examination or any attempt to present both sides,"

It was one sided and it was dishonest, and it was deceitful. Chairman Bennie Thompson made absolutely certain that this was to be a lynching. He invoked slavery in his opening remarks. Then he declared Nancy Pelosi "off limits", which immediately raised the specter of her culpability in the Jan 6 events.

It was so bad that even a CNN legal analyst called it out

“A prosecutor has to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt, the standard for a member of Congress saying it’s a crime is they feel like saying it’s a crime,” Elie Honig, a senior legal analyst and former prosecutor said on CNN’s “New Day” Friday morning. “Also important to keep in mind last night’s presentation was bipartisan, yes, but one-sided. There was no push back, there was no cross-examination.”

It gets much worse. They lied:

CLAIM: President Donald Trump failed to stop rioters who were “savagely beating and killing law enforcement officers.” VERDICT: FALSE. While some rioters attacked police, they did not kill any; the only person killed was a fellow rioter.

Remember that "Trump grabbed the steering wheel" story? Another lie

January 6 Committee Downgrades Secret Service Story from Seizing the Wheel to ‘Heated Discussion’

The committee said witnesses are never corroborated. The committee had witnesses testify in secret so they could frame the testimony to suit them. The lack of opposition, the lack of questioning from the media allows them to throw out as much excrement on the wall as they want, hoping much of it sticks.

They altered evidence

The Jan. 6 committee admitted that it changed a text message between former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Rep. Jim Jordan, excluding relevant context about how they wanted then-Vice President Mike Pence to handle electoral votes.

They omitted exculpatory evidence

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), who featured prominently in the Democrats’ first January 6 hearing Thursday night, read a tweet during the hearing from former President Donald Trump but omitted the final sentences where he told protesters to “go home with love and in peace.”

They omitted a letter from DC Mayor Muriel Bowser declining the National Guard.

Extraordinary omission by @nytimes of this Jan. 5 letter from Muriel Bowser rejecting any deployment of the national guard to protect Capitol. Nor any mention of Pelosi and McConnell’s roles in denying Capitol Police chief Steve Sund’s repeated requests over 2 days for backup. https://t.co/NoLgseEN2o pic.twitter.com/BPmXCbKecx
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) July 22, 2022

They omitted not just some words, but entire actions:

[libertylover]

Any “Republican” not wanting Trump to run again is really saying they want to return to where Republicans are subservient again.

[Luke21]

“Kinzinger is a fraud. He ran as a Tea Party member in 2010.”

The whole Tea Party thing was an establishment GOP ruse to get people fired up along primarily economic lines. Next thing you know, the party nominated Romney and threw another one.

[Scrambler Bob]

Jan 6 making me rethink . . .
= = =

I had the same thoughts when preparing breakfast this morning.

If they want it that bad, they will get it that bad.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Adults shouldn’t be using childish, petulant, reactionary hostile words.

Grow up and try not to use them.

(And indeed, it is a habit I have that I am NOT proud of and would rather stop. But at least I do it when I really am angry, and not just any time as society has come to do.)

[maxwellsmart_agent]

You are not alone by any stretch. Trust me!