J6 Jumps Track, Biden Talks Smack, Exxon Claps Back

Welcome to the RedState Weekly Briefing  — where we take a quick look at the week’s most viewed stories in case you missed any of them. Sit down for a cup o’ coffee with this 21st Century Weekend Edition (online).

#1 – Trainwreck: Ratings Are in for Jan. 6 Committee Production — by Nick Arama 

“Context: The evening newscasts on CBS, NBC & ABC average anywhere from 18 to 20 million viewers combined on a typical night,” Concha explained. “Those newscasts do not air in primetime. The January 6 hearings airing in primetime Thursday took in just 11+ million viewers on those three same networks.”

According to Newsbusters, “evening newscast audiences on any given night last week were 1.6 times larger than the total number of broadcast viewers who tuned into the hearings on Thursday.” Of course, one of the issues is that it wasn’t “new”; most people have seen most of it and it’s from a year-and-a-half ago. Not to mention that many don’t view it as a legitimate committee, but as a political show trial.

#2 – ‘Surprise Witness’ Called by J6 Committee Reveals Big Conflict for Liz Cheney — by Nick Arama

Bill Stepien (a former Trump campaign manager) is one witness. But there’s also something else that’s important about Stepien. He’s currently advising Rep. Liz Cheney’s opponent, Harriet Hageman, in the Wyoming primary that will be held in August. They’re calling him after Cheney just had some very bad polling in her race. They suddenly need to call Stepien. What can we talk about here in terms of conflict? If she grills him that’s a big problem, but even if she doesn’t, because she’s so prominent on the Committee, it’s a big issue.

It wasn’t going over well.

#3 – Biden Unleashed: Geriatric President Screams and Rants Uncontrollably While Addressing Union Members — Bonchie 

So what does all this really mean? From where I am, it seems that the Democrats have no intention of changing the amount of money the middle- and poor earn in their banks accounts. Inflation and the market crash are destroying people’s economic freedom, and Biden wants to brag that he’s helping people? That kind of unwillingness to admit when you are wrong isn’t just infuriating, it’s outright dangerous when talking about the economic stability of the nation.

This clip, which is a great example of arrogance and pridefulness, is simply amazing. And no, I’m not talking about the fact that he had a senior moment, forgetting the name of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or that he doesn’t know the word “serious” exists. Well, maybe I’m talking a little about that.

#4 – Latest J6 Committee Revelations Are Likely to Do in the Dems — by Nick Arama

They wanted to know what he was trying to tell them. Not anything about the riot, but what he told President Donald Trump about election results — that he told Trump there would be more votes coming in despite the fact Trump was leading the night of the election. Okay, so? So what does this have to do the riot? Answer: nothing. It raises the question: What are they trying to accomplish here?

It appears that Trump is being attacked for his beliefs about the election. So? If they want to go there, let’s talk about all the Democratic objections to the elections. Let’s talk about Hillary Clinton who still implies that Trump was an illegitimate president.

#5 – Joe Biden Makes Pathetic Threat to Oil Companies, Exxon-Mobil Drops Him in Response — by Bonchie 

It’s not the weekend, so I’m not going to just start posting memes describing how idiotic Biden’s threat is, and to be frank, I think everyone reading this is smart enough to know. Joe Biden isn’t smart enough to know, but you are.

While the president apparently believes he’s a king, refining capacity doesn’t care about emergency powers. As CNBC notes, refineries are already running over 90 percent of capacity, and no new ones have been built in decades, largely because of stringent federal regulations and inconsistent energy policies. Who would invest in a new refinery when you’ve got one party saying they want to shut it down in five to ten years? Then there’s the fact that the White House has pushed refineries to make environmentally-unfriendly, engine-damaging biofuel as part of its “climate” agenda.