{"id":1653209,"date":"2022-09-22T10:39:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T14:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1653209"},"modified":"2022-09-22T10:40:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T14:40:23","slug":"democrats-jan-6-falsehood-sparks-a-donnybrook-with-gop-in-us-house-judiciary-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-jan-6-falsehood-sparks-a-donnybrook-with-gop-in-us-house-judiciary-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat\u2019s Jan. 6 Falsehood Sparks a Donnybrook with GOP in US House Judiciary Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fdemocrats-jan-6-falsehood-sparks-a-donnybrook-with-gop-in-us-house-judiciary-committee%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=1653209&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>What was supposed to be a hearing about provocateur Ray Epps before the House Committee on the Judiciary on Sept. 21 quickly devolved into a shouting match between Democrat lawmakers pushing a Jan. 6 falsehood and Republicans who insisted that being labeled \u201cconspiracy theorists\u201d won\u2019t stop efforts to learn the truth.<\/p>\n<p>If the goal of the committee was to find the truth, the hearing fell short.<\/p>\n<p>It did succeed, however, at showcasing the expanding divide between political camps over Jan. 6, the 2020 election, former President Donald Trump, and the future of the country. All falling under the backdrop of crucial midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing was rife with barbs and insults.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), at times shouting, asserted that Trump is a \u201ccult leader\u201d and a \u201ccompulsive liar.\u201d He ripped the GOP committee members for pushing \u201csome utterly frivolous rabbit-hole conspiracy theory to try to pull a smokescreen over the eyes of the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) repeatedly referred to Trump as \u201cOrange Jesus,\u201d a term he said he heard from a Republican colleague.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis loyalty to Orange Jesus \u2026 is going to ruin our democracy. And more innocent lives are going to be lost in the process if you guys keep this up,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is not too late to join House Democrats in honoring our oath to the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/06\/16\/Ray_Epps_2021_01_05-1200x672.jpg\"><\/a> Ray Epps encourages protesters to go into the Capitol the night before the siege of Jan. 6, 2021. (Villain Report\/Screenshot via The Epoch Times) <\/p>\n<p>The committee was debating a <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22670342\/house-resolution-1356-records-regarding-ray-epps.pdf\">resolution<\/a>\u00a0that would have directed the Biden administration and the Department of Justice to turn over all records it has on Epps, who incited protesters to enter the Capitol on Jan. 6 but was never arrested or charged.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution ultimately failed on a party-line vote. 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