{"id":500763,"date":"2022-10-14T05:52:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T02:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/democrats-jan-6-hearing-theater-bares-evil-at-heart-of-the-capitol-riot\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T05:52:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T02:52:14","slug":"democrats-jan-6-hearing-theater-bares-evil-at-heart-of-the-capitol-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-jan-6-hearing-theater-bares-evil-at-heart-of-the-capitol-riot\/","title":{"rendered":"#Democrats&#8217; Jan. 6 hearing theater bares evil at heart of the Capitol riot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23d303aa9fa\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23d303aa9fa\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-jan-6-hearing-theater-bares-evil-at-heart-of-the-capitol-riot\/#%E2%80%9CDemocrats_Jan_6_hearing_theater_bares_evil_at_heart_of_the_Capitol_riot%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Democrats&#8217; Jan. 6 hearing theater bares evil at heart of the Capitol riot&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDemocrats_Jan_6_hearing_theater_bares_evil_at_heart_of_the_Capitol_riot%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Democrats&#8217; Jan. 6 hearing theater bares evil at heart of the Capitol riot&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/john-podhoretz.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"John Podhoretz\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/john-podhoretz.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/john-podhoretz.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Donald Trump will never testify before Congress\u2019s Jan. 6 committee, subpoena or no subpoena. He will resist it and will challenge any such subpoena in the courts \u2014 for a couple of months.<\/p>\n<p>Since the overwhelming likelihood is that Republicans will win control of the House in November, in one way or another, the subpoena will probably be quashed come January 2023.<\/p>\n<p>So the highly theatrical decision of the committee to vote (with a full roll call, like in \u201c1776\u201d when they sign the Declaration of Independence) to compel the former president\u2019s testimony was just that: theater.<\/p>\n<p>And some of my fellow conservatives are upset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt manipulated,\u201d veteran Republican speechwriter Marc Thiessen said right after the nationally televised Jan. 6 hearing was over.<\/p>\n<p>Now wait a minute. What\u2019s so wrong with theater? Presidential speeches are theater, after all. (Trust me, I know; I was a presidential speechwriter, same as Thiessen.) And the best of them are theatrical pieces of dramatic rhetorical construction deliberately designed to provoke an emotional response.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, they\u2019re \u201cmanipulative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, complaining that Trump might be a victim of \u201ctheater\u201d is pretty rich. His entire presidency was theater, and his supporters loved every minute of it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22267428433859.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Many have called it performative and believe it will not likely lead to anything. \" class=\"wp-image-24252064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22267428433859.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22267428433859.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22267428433859.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22267428433859.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Jan. 6 investigation has been labeled as \u201ctheater\u201d by critics.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The complaint usually hurled in the committee\u2019s direction is that while the task of trying to establish the facts that led to the repugnant attack on the Capitol and the events of that day itself might be worthy, the staged effort to nail Donald Trump for it in heavily produced two-hour events has somehow distorted the effort.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s some truth to the charge that they\u2019ve been blinded by their own Javertian agenda.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>A peculiar sequence in Thursday\u2019s hearing featured an account of Trump using a few MAGA punks in the White House to semi-order a full pullout of American troops from Somalia and Afghanistan by Jan. 15, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s pretty stunning, given the catastrophe that befell America when Joe Biden did the Afghan withdrawal in August 2021. But the reason the committee focused on it was really weird.<\/p>\n<p>They wanted it there to demonstrate that in mid-November Trump knew he had lost the election \u2014 a key element in their conceptual indictment of him, because that would suggest his behavior was knowingly corrupt rather than bat-guano crazy. Otherwise why would he want these pullouts to h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en just five days before the inauguration?<\/p>\n<p>That detail is a smoking gun about Trump\u2019s foolishness (comparable to Biden\u2019s foolishness), but not about his state of mind or his ideas about the election being stolen.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22266672432990.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Many of the rioters believed that Trump had won the election. \" class=\"wp-image-24252065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22266672432990.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22266672432990.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22266672432990.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP22266672432990.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The committee focused on showing that Trump knew he lost the 2020 election. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And in the end, that\u2019s not going to matter. Trump is far more in danger from his handling of classified information than he is for an effort to explore his deepest \u201cstate of mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though they will not come to any more than they already have, the Jan. 6 hearings have been valuable, despite the effort by some on the right to circle the wagons around Trump.<\/p>\n<p>They remind us of the evil of that day and a very simple fact that cannot be denied: Donald Trump wanted to unleash hell, and then he watched on TV and said nothing while hell was unleashed for his benefit.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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