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Voters may care more about the cost of French fries than January 6 panel’s compelling evidence
CNN ^ | October 13, 2022 | Stephen Collinson

Posted on 10/13/2022 5:10:17 AM PDT by Trump20162020

The House select committee investigating the US Capitol insurrection long ago dropped the notion of being a narrowly focused quest for the facts as members use their probe to try to defend democracy in its intensifying struggle with Donald Trump.

The panel returns to the public eye Thursday after its late-summer break with a televised hearing that sources tell CNN will serve as a pre-midterms warning that the ex-President is a clear and present danger to free elections.

But are the American people listening? And do the committee’s efforts to undermine Trump’s cadre of election denier candidates in 2022 and vow to ensure he never again tastes presidential power have any chance of success?

Polls repeatedly show that voters see the economy – a far more visceral issue in daily life than the threat to American democracy – as their top concern. Their anxiety was explained by new data Wednesday from the Producer Price Index, a key measure of inflation showing the price of goods and services rose at an annual pace of 8.5% in September. Grocery bills are just a pain right now. Frozen potato products are up 10%, pork products that are not sausages are 5.5% more expensive. While it would be too simplistic to say voters are more preoccupied with the cost of French fries than the price of democratic freedoms, it wouldn’t be far from the mark.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: frenchfries; fries; january6; stephencollinson
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To: Trump20162020

Compelling evidence — with no rebuttal by Republicans allowed?


41 posted on 10/13/2022 6:33:20 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: Trump20162020

Well, expensive fries are a fact. So, yeah.


42 posted on 10/13/2022 6:33:48 AM PDT by jdsteel (PA voters: it’s Oz or Fetterman. Deal with it and vote accordingly.)
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To: Trump20162020

“... – a far more visceral issue in daily life than the threat to American democracy –...?

No, the majority of people don’t see a 3 hour riot, as opposed to almost 1,000 riots, as a threat to democracy, nor do they see opinions that differ from the Biden regime as a threat to democracy.


43 posted on 10/13/2022 6:38:56 AM PDT by euram
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To: Trump20162020
January 6 panel’s compelling evidence

The kool-aide is strong at CNN. A kangaroo court's evidence often looks compelling. It is only compelling when there is no credible defense, opposing arguments, rebuttal.

They like to abuse the term "compelling evidence", just like "debunked" and "baseless".

I love eating my french fries. It may be unhealthy, but at least I get some enjoyment from eating them. The sham hearing? A huge waste of precious taxpayer money whose sole purpose is to help democrats distract the public from actual issues and try and prevent Trump from running again.

44 posted on 10/13/2022 6:45:14 AM PDT by Moorings
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To: Trump20162020

The show trial will end with a sigh for its lack of hard evidence, congressional procedure, bipartisanship and a cross examination.

History will give the panel the sideward glance of a mean high school girl.


45 posted on 10/13/2022 7:01:36 AM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: AppyPappy

Yes we have been told it is compelling.

Haven’t we all been on the edge of our seats, waiting for the next episode of the Liz Cheney Show???


46 posted on 10/13/2022 7:04:11 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: glorgau

The evidence is compelling to Liz Cheney and the liberals.

These people tell us that January 6 was a crime against humanity, and that the government was almost overthrown. Apparently they believe that, or want us to believe, that the government was almost overthrown, except for the bravery of certain Democrats.


47 posted on 10/13/2022 7:06:42 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Trump20162020

President is a clear and present danger to free elections.

Yes Biden by the millions of illegals may already have their name on ballots and sent around the country.


48 posted on 10/13/2022 7:07:35 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“They really got him this time”


49 posted on 10/13/2022 7:07:50 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: rrrod

$2.95 at McD’s for a “small” order in my area!


50 posted on 10/13/2022 7:08:58 AM PDT by pingman ("I ain't in no ways tarred.." of WINNING!)
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Liz cheneys humiliating defeat is proof positive the j6 doings are a sham.


51 posted on 10/13/2022 7:11:38 AM PDT by Liz (MAN PROPOSES.......... GOD DISPOSES)
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To: Liz

They always have been a “Get Trump and get Trump only” affair. They were never looking to ascertain the truth. They knew the truth.


52 posted on 10/13/2022 7:14:53 AM PDT by sport
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To: Trump20162020

“compelling evidence”...LOL


53 posted on 10/13/2022 7:24:01 AM PDT by mykroar (Democrats support both types of allowed thought: Marxist and Leninist.)
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To: sport

Nails it.


54 posted on 10/13/2022 7:28:51 AM PDT by Liz (MAN PROPOSES.......... GOD DISPOSES)
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To: Trump20162020

CNN and the MSM would know this if they ever bothered to talk to Americans.


55 posted on 10/13/2022 7:33:05 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Vaduz

And as such, any and all measures from imprisonment to assassination are moral.


56 posted on 10/13/2022 7:56:34 AM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Jacquerie

Never trust a democrat for a reason their history.

Wonder how many called Hillary and Bill?.


57 posted on 10/13/2022 8:03:03 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: Trump20162020

What “compelling evidence”? Inference, innuendo, fabrications and implication is not evidence.


58 posted on 10/13/2022 9:31:03 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: Trump20162020

“Defend our democracy” has become an open admission that the writer can’t get any more specific because not only is there no evidence, there was no crime in the first place. The members of this farce were attempting to fabricate another Watergate out of thin air and can’t believe it has failed.


59 posted on 10/13/2022 9:42:48 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Trump20162020
AFAIC, the so-called 'J6 Insurrection' is nothing but a political 'climate change' SPEC OP designed to ameliorate Democrats' impending huge losses in Congress and to keep Donald Trump from running in 2024.

As the song goes (Phil Collins...."Do you Remember?")....

......it's all been a pack of lies."

60 posted on 10/13/2022 9:47:52 AM PDT by Gaffer
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