January 6th Committee Suddenly Postpones Hearing After Infighting Begins – Opinion

Public infighting broke out Monday among the members of January 6th’s committee, as they argued over whether criminal referrals were made to Donald Trump or any other person.

The committee’s chair, Rep. Bennie Thompson, stated there wouldn’t be any, leading Rep. Liz Cheney and Rep. Adam Schiff to shoot back that no such decision has been made. Following this dysfunction, the committee has postponed its next hearing.

They’ve given an official reason, but is anyone buying it?

JUST IN: The House Jan. 6-committee has announced that it will postpone Wednesday’s public hearing; instead, the next hearing is scheduled for Thursday. https://t.co/M8gkdkqs7S

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In a Tuesday statement, the House Committee investigating Jan. 6’s attack on Capitol stated that they were postponing their public hearing which was originally scheduled for 10:00 a.m. ET Wednesday.

Instead, the next hearing will be held on Thursday. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., a member of the panel, told reporters Tuesday that the postponement was due to “technical issues” stemming from “overwhelming” demand on staff to produce videos.

Color me extremely skeptical that they postponed a long-planned hearing because they didn’t have all their videos ready. That doesn’t begin to pass the smell test. These production elements can be handled in advance so that the committee is not two days away from hearings and does not need all exhibits.

So what’s the real reason? I’d speculate that Monday’s hearing was such a dud that they are now scrambling to come up with more “shock and awe” for the next one. This could be why they rush to make more videos in the final minutes. But what’s that tell you about the actual evidence they claim to have if they can’t just show up and present it without massaging things further?

There’s also the possibility that the committee has been tipped off that the Dobbsdecision that currently looks set to turn the tide Roe v. WadeOn Wednesday, the Supreme Court will release its decision on the matter. As of now, there’s no official word, but the Supreme Court is scheduled to release decisions on that day as the term comes to a close. This would be logical considering how public-shy the committee is. The last thing they want to do is compete with angry mobs reacting to the possibility of the non-existent “right” to abortion being nuked.

Maybe the infighting just gets to members and makes them unable settle on a strategic plan. That’s not a completely out-of-the-blue suggestion. Clearly, some members want to go all the way with criminal referrals while the chairman doesn’t. You can see how their actions will be affected at the following hearings.

Regardless, it doesn’t appear things are going as planned for Thompson, Cheney, and the rest. Although they get the media attention they seek, the majority of Americans are more focused on the economy than the politicians. The idea that Democrats have lost touch with reality by pushing January 6th to be the most important issue of the moment only reinforces the notion of hopelessness. That’s mostly because they are.