Posted on 10/16/2022 3:37:51 PM PDT by george76
Former Gov. Chris Christie created a firestorm on ABC News’ “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” on Sunday, with what he had to say about the Jan. 6 Committee. Christie pointed out that, to many Republicans, the Committee doesn’t have any credibility. That’s because they don’t have any real Republicans on the Committee to make any points against the Democratic narrative.
The January 6 committee was “resigned to having a credibility problem because of the membership of the committee and the way that was done,” Christie opened by saying.
“There are lots of Republicans across this country who just say, there’s nobody there to argue the other side. Kinzinger and Cheney don’t argue the other side to the extent that there is [sic] some arguments there,” Christie added before both anchor George Stephanopoulos and Brazile jumped down his throat.
That comment sparked outrage from host George Stephanopoulos and fellow panelist Donna Brazile, both of whom have been Democratic operatives.
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Stephanopoulos claimed there was “no other side,” and Brazile demanded to know, “What is the other side?” Christie spoke about the ability to grill the witnesses, something they would normally have at a hearing, which is missing here. Instead, he said, accurately, it was a television production. Brazile just kept shouting at Christie and would barely let him get in a word edgewise.
When he finally got the chance to speak, Christie said, “There are lots of people inside the White House who now have convenient memories about things that didn’t have memories about them before.” But, the Trump team/Republicans weren’t given that option because that’s not allowed, to challenge the narrative. You’re not allowed to know that Trump spoke about acting “peacefully and patriotically” at his rally before the riot. You’re not allowed to question why Democrats didn’t conduct this like a normal hearing.
But this is the Democrats’ view in general. Trump is guilty of pushing an “insurrection”–because they say so. He isn’t entitled to a defense. It doesn’t matter what he said, or what evidence might rebut their presumptions. They don’t believe in the rule of law, just the rule of the narrative. That’s why everyone on the Committee — including the Republicans — was already solidly anti-Trump, picked for their bias. That’s why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in an unprecedented move, rejected members who were picked by the Republican side who might have questioned the Democrats.
The last person who should be talking about “credibility” is Donna Brazile. Can anyone forget how Brazile divulged debate questions to Clinton camp officials during the Democratic primaries in the 2016 race? Even the left excoriated her
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But Christie accurately noted it’s because of that basic unfairness about the formation of the Committee, that most of America have turned the Committee off. They know it’s about trying to get Trump, not about the riot or the rule of law.
“[I]t’s very hard for Democrats to be able to make this a cutting issue, especially in the light of huge inflation, gas prices, crime in the streets, open borders, drug overdoses, those things are things that are affecting people’s everyday lives and they don’t see it that way,” Christie reasoned.
That’s the bottom line. Democrats are pushing issues that aren’t the top issues of concern to voters. They thought they would use Jan. 6 to smear Republicans. But people know it’s a biased show; it’s backfiring on them because voters don’t think they care about anything else, including the issues that are most important to Americans.
Well, fat boy is right on this one.
Yes, but each of his other idiotic statements against Trump
and sane policy, make this statement next to worthless.
Chaos....
One running diving crossbody onto his opponent and Chris will win any bout.
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When squishy Republicans like Christie start dumping on the J6 committee….the fat lady has sung.
Yeah, there’s a mixed metaphor there.
Heck even HRC called D.B. a Water Buffalo...Was she pointed out to be a racist?? NO, NAW, NADA.
It was so obvious they had to shut him down or risk the exposure of their world.
He was actually self serving... “His point was since Donald isn’t on the ballot it’s a loser.... But if Donald Trump runs in 2024, then I will use it to beat him in the Primary...”. Sorry FATSO you will get less votes than Kamala Harris did in the Primary.
There are no “other sides”. You either agree or you’re an extremist insurrectionist homophobe islamophobe mysoginist thisist and thatist.
As far as democrats are concerned, there is no other side, on the issue of J6, and all other issues.
If the J6 case had been referred to a court, democrats would make sure that it was a democrat-friendly court full of democrat judges. The J6 committee was totally a joke, and so was the case.
There is no other side to this coin.
Heads I win, tails you lose.
Christie still thinks its good politics to toss a bone to both sides.
Those days are over - everyone has picked a side; good has, so has evil. apparently Chris can’t tell the difference.
Georgie “Team Clinton Slutz and Nutz Team Lead” Steponallofus and Donna “Give Hillary the questions before debate” BrazilleNut have no credibility beyond the Jackasses in the Jackass Party.
They have about as much evidence that Trump aided and abetted insurrection as I have with Donna Brazilenut helping murder Seth Rich.
Actually, I have more.
Stand in the middle of the road and you’ll get run over.
“Erupts into chaos . . . .”
Well... Christi went toe to toe. And held up. He should have crossed checked that cheating self identified Christian Donna with the obvious deed she performed during the debates and how she essentially canceled Americans learning anything from the debate because of it.
Donna Brazil shouldn’t be able to get a word out of her mouth edgewise without somebody bringing that up and shoving it right in her f****** face until she f****** throws up her hands, gives up and leaves the political landscape.
She’s a liar, and a thief.
Thought Donna Brazile was for police having their heads bashed in? What changed?
It is fun to see the frustration and outrage in the voices of such Beltway gnomes as Tapper and Brazile, over the failed assumption that their control of the narrative would result in anything substantive outside the echo chamber. Blaming the audience isn’t helping. In fact, the country has accepted the ridiculous Punch & Judy show for what it is, and this latest quivering palpitation as one last cry for personal attention on the part of people who have seen the polls and know their time is coming to an end. No one wants to end up like Liz Cheney but it is probably too late to do anything about it.
Once in a while, he is completely correct and explains himself quite well. Will the Real Chris Christie please stand up? And keep standing!
Only then, through consistency of message, can most Republican voters trust Christie again to want him back in office.
Christie has a masterful grasp of the obvious, but it’s a truth that is rarely uttered. Good for him!
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