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Capitol attack’s full story: Jan. 6 panel probes US risks
The Associated Press ^ | June 8, 2022 | By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK

Posted on 06/08/2022 3:19:06 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol played out for the world to see, but the House committee investigating the attack believes a more chilling story has yet to be told -- about the president and the people whose actions put American democracy at risk.

With personal accounts and gruesome videos the 1/6 committee expects Thursday’s prime-time hearing to begin to show that America’s tradition of a peaceful transfer of presidential power came close to slipping away. It will reconstruct how the president, Donald Trump, refused to concede the 2020 election, spread false claims of voter fraud and orchestrated an unprecedented public and private campaign to overturn Joe Biden’s victory.

The result of the coming weeks of public hearings may not change hearts or minds in politically polarized America. But the committee’s year-long investigation with 1,000 interviews is intended to stand as a public record for history. A final report aims to provide an accounting of the most violent attack on the Capitol since the British set fire in 1814, and ensure it never happens again.

“This is not a game,” said Steven Levitsky, a Harvard professor and co-author of “How Democracies Die,” who has written extensively on the world’s democratic governments.

“We suffered an assault on our democracy the likes of which none of us have seen in our lifetime.”

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: associatedpropaganda; bananarepublic; capitol; danielziblatt; democrats; election2020; election2022; harvard; lisamascaro; maryclarejalonick; media; persecution; politicalprisoners; stevenlevitsky; theatlantic
Are these TV networks going to give republicans hours of free infomercials?
1 posted on 06/08/2022 3:19:07 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It figures, more propaganda from the NWO’s lying machine, the AP.


2 posted on 06/08/2022 3:21:59 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Stopped reading after the third word. People aren’t buying the BS anyway.


3 posted on 06/08/2022 3:22:49 PM PDT by ModernDayCato (Noah was a conspiracy theorist until it started raining. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
AP still pushing the fake “capitol attack” still without mentioning the blatant murder of Ashli Babbitt by the Capitol Police? Yup.
4 posted on 06/08/2022 3:25:28 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
to show that America's tradition of a peaceful transfer of presidential power came close to slipping away.

What about the American tradition of free and fair elections which was totally torn apart by Dementia Joe, BLM/ANTIFA and the Dems in 2020?

5 posted on 06/08/2022 3:30:12 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They are certainly running a great risk if they continue to push BS attacks on Republicans.
Eventually something will pop their hot air balloon full of lies.


6 posted on 06/08/2022 3:40:56 PM PDT by TigersEye (Shall not be infringed!)
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7 posted on 06/08/2022 3:43:53 PM PDT by Born in 1950 (Anti left, nothing else.)
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"a more chilling story has yet to be told..."

It's a story, all right. A fable. a myth.

8 posted on 06/08/2022 3:56:04 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“ It will reconstruct how the president, Donald Trump, refused to concede the 2020 election, spread false claims of voter fraud and orchestrated an unprecedented public and private campaign to overturn Joe Biden’s victory.”

Not biased. That’s good. 🙄


9 posted on 06/08/2022 4:01:02 PM PDT by FryingPan101 (God bless us one and all.)
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So the committee wants people to believe that an unarmed adolescent male drinking club conspired with Trump and his co-conspirators to storm the Capitol and shutdown the televised Congressional debate that would have presented clear evidence of a stolen election to the American people. Trump would also have had to conspire with the Capitol Police to take down the bike barriers and unlock the Capitol building doors from the inside so they could wave the people taking selfies while sitting at the desks of the Congressmen. I know they think Trump is stupid but they can’t believe anyone with an IQ above room temperature would sign off on a silly plot like this.

If Ray Epps is still walking free after his well documented efforts to incite people to enter the Capitol you know the entire opperation was a false flag coup arranged by the IC.


10 posted on 06/08/2022 4:03:23 PM PDT by Dave Wright
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A p renamed biden to elect by propagandizing his fake victory as a fact well before any contestation with vehemence was felt necessary. The lack of movement to address concerns, the blocking of free speech the walling off in dc… They ap are to blame for contriving to circumvent the right of free speech by declaring “president elect “? and totally without
standing.


11 posted on 06/08/2022 4:11:11 PM PDT by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count so me)
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A p renamed biden to elect by propagandizing his fake victory as a fact well before any contestation with vehemence was felt necessary. The lack of movement to address concerns, the blocking of free speech the walling off in dc… They ap are to blame for contriving to circumvent the right of free speech by declaring “president elect “? and totally without
standing.


12 posted on 06/08/2022 4:11:20 PM PDT by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count so me)
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Nothing says ‘democracy’ like closed-door hearings.


13 posted on 06/08/2022 4:12:51 PM PDT by eclecticEel ("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
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What’s gonna happen in 2024. If no mail in ballots. They point at conservatives and say they are violent and they use antifa and blm to riot in the streets when republicans are in office. If the republicans take the house and senate are they going to have committees to look into stuff. Or are they deep state waiting to take office..


14 posted on 06/08/2022 4:19:39 PM PDT by glimmerman70
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“We suffered an assault on our democracy the likes of which none of us have seen in our lifetime.”
He must be talking about

* progressivism
* segregation
* tenure
* Woodrow Wilson
* FDR and the New Deal
* Commie spies, esp. the Rosenbergs
* FBI
* 1968 riots and hippies in general
* Ted Kennedy's collusion w/ the USSR
* Bill Clinton's sell out to the Chicoms
* Barry Obama
* Russia hoax
* THE GREAT STEAL

Lots more to list, but so little time to call out leftists.
15 posted on 06/08/2022 4:52:08 PM PDT by nicollo
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Why does the word “fellatio” come to mind when I read this news report?


16 posted on 06/08/2022 4:58:46 PM PDT by nicollo
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If the “lack of evidence” and “no proof of fraud” and “unsubstantiated accusations” are going to be the BIG story,
I think; THEY WAITED TOO LONG.

Even six months ago we had not seen all the perfidy that was going on. NOW, WITH ALL THE AUDIOS, VISUALS AND ACTIVE WITNESSES...it’s going to a little difficult to make those claims with a straight face.

It is really stupid to bring this out now with the images or 2000 Mules still burning in our eyes.

I hope and pray this whole thing crashes and burns...metaphorically.


17 posted on 06/08/2022 5:06:52 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Done need hours just about 75 minute. Broadcast 2000 Mules…


18 posted on 06/08/2022 5:08:42 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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“ shutdown the televised Congressional debate that would have presented clear evidence of a stolen election to the American people“

There were about 8 teams of two Republicans each prepared to present the election irregularities in the swing states…. To the House and the Senate. Each was one hour. I hold Pence responsible for allowing these testimonies to be canceled and thus never entered into the Congressional Record. This is what I find most suspect about Pence.

Consider the maxim: who benefits?


19 posted on 06/08/2022 5:20:14 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

After the election, when president trump made false claims of election fraud... should they have to prove they were false?


20 posted on 06/08/2022 6:25:40 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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