{"id":1510460,"date":"2022-06-10T12:35:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T16:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1510460"},"modified":"2022-06-10T12:36:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T16:36:09","slug":"democrat-led-committee-accuses-trump-of-an-attempted-coup-gop-points-to-crises-at-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-led-committee-accuses-trump-of-an-attempted-coup-gop-points-to-crises-at-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat-Led Committee Accuses Trump Of An \u2018Attempted Coup,\u2019 GOP Points To Crises At Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-led-committee-accuses-trump-of-an-attempted-coup-gop-points-to-crises-at-hand%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1510460&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Democrat-led committee investigating the January 6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/capitol-riot\">Capitol Riot<\/a> on Thursday evening sought to convince the American public that former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump<\/a> knowingly orchestrated an \u201cattempted coup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the first day of the primetime hearings, lawmakers aired a variety of sound bites from interviews with officials formerly in the Trump administration. They also showed a 10-minute montage of purportedly previously-unseen footage from the riot.<\/p>\n<p>Vice Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/liz-cheney\">Liz Cheney<\/a> acted as prosecutor and argued that the rioters were primarily spurred on by Trump\u2019s election fraud claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who invaded our Capitol and battled law enforcement for hours were motivated by what President Trump had told them: that the election was stolen, and that he was the rightful president,\u201d Cheney <a href=\"https:\/\/january6th.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/thompson-cheney-opening-statements-select-committee-hearing\">said<\/a>. \u201cPresident Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the morning of January 6th, President Donald Trump\u2019s intention was to remain president of the United States, despite the lawful outcome of the 2020 election, and in violation of his constitutional obligation to relinquish power,\u201d she added. \u201cOver multiple months, Donald Trump oversaw and coordinated a sophisticated seven-part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent the transfer of presidential power. In our hearings, you will see evidence of each element of this plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And as the committee focused on the events of the Capitol Riot, which took place more than a year ago, Republicans accused Democrats of attempting to divert attention from current American crises like \u201cout-of-control inflation\u201d that \u201ctheir policies have created.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea88.6%\ud83d\udea8 <\/p>\n<p>I call on Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats to hold a prime-time hearing on the out-of-control inflation their policies have created.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1535243581232922624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast night\u2019s hearing was Democrats\u2019 attempt to distract you from the fact that inflation just hit a 40 year high on their watch,\u201d Republican Indiana Rep. Jim Banks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJimBanks\/status\/1535252502274265088\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed out that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) had kicked both himself and Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan off the committee in an unprecedented move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo trial or committee hearing that doesn\u2019t present differing points of view can be legitimate,\u201d the Indiana Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJimBanks\/status\/1535223637573345280\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why aren\u2019t Democrats showing this clip? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gRwBX86JJk\">pic.twitter.com\/gRwBX86JJk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryGOP\/status\/1535064818105085955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jordan highlighted on Twitter that Trump had told protestors on January 6, \u201cI know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol Building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cPEACEFULLY and patriotically make your voices heard.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>-President Trump, Jan. 6, 2021<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1535063126806503428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When\u2019s the primetime hearing on threats against Supreme Court Justices and their families?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1535043984342515720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHouse Democrats have no agenda for Americans and no real solutions to the problems that we face on a daily basis,\u201d House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (NY) said during a press call with reporters on Tuesday. \u201cInstead, Democrats are scrambling to change the headlines, hoping that the nation will focus on the partisan witch hunt that you will see this week instead of our pocketbooks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/07\/business\/media\/fox-jan-6-hearings.html\">announced<\/a>\u00a0that it would air Tucker Carlson\u2019s and Sean Hannity\u2019s primetime shows rather than the hearings, though it aired the hearings on its sister network, Fox Business.<\/p>\n<p>Liberal commentators criticized this move, emphasizing that every network should carry the same hearings.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">they think this is an own, but it&#8217;s actually really creepy that every news network save one is carrying a party &#8220;produced&#8221; piece of political theater <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TqbATIEX43\">https:\/\/t.co\/TqbATIEX43<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GPIngersoll\/status\/1535224387766460416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We need 9 channels showing the same event. 8 is just not going to cut it <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P7qqPILzoh\">https:\/\/t.co\/P7qqPILzoh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckRossDC\/status\/1535070007616770048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch an amateur move on their parts to try to compete with Tucker Carlson,\u201d Banks told reporters on Tuesday. \u201cHis show is going to be the most watched show he\u2019s probably ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Committee Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/bennie-thompson\">Bennie Thompson<\/a>, a Mississippi Democrat, <a href=\"https:\/\/january6th.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/thompson-cheney-opening-statements-select-committee-hearing\">claimed<\/a> that \u201cJanuary 6th was the culmination of an attempted coup, a brazen attempt, as one rioter put it shortly after January 6th \u2018to overthrow the government.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolence was no accident,\u201d he added. \u201cIt represented Trump\u2019s last stand, most desperate chance to halt the transfer of power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Within the very first few minutes of the hearing, Thompson emphasized that he is from \u201ca part of the country where people justify the actions of slavery, Ku Klux Klan, and lynching,\u201d linking the Capitol Riot to white supremacists by saying, \u201cI\u2019m reminded of that dark history as I hear voices today try to justify the actions of the insurrectionists of January 6, 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The committee chairman urged that Americans should not to be distracted by the many moving parts of the riot, blaming the entirety of that day on Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump, the president of the United States,\u201d Thompson said, \u201cspurred a mob of domestic enemies of the Constitution to march down the Capitol and subvert American democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Po7qA3xecf\">pic.twitter.com\/Po7qA3xecf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/January6thCmte\/status\/1535082372030414861?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers on the committee had hired the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democrat-led committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Riot on Thursday evening sought to convince the American public that former President Donald Trump knowingly orchestrated an \u201cattempted coup.\u201d During the first day of the primetime hearings, lawmakers aired a variety of sound bites from interviews with officials formerly in the Trump administration. 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