Both Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) spoke to Raw Story ahead of the first hour of the Thursday hearing. Both explained that they had all of the information and that their facts have been checked extensively.
"We're prepped, we're ready," Aguilar made it clear. "It feels like it's ready to tell this chapter."
After just one hour, the internet erupted at the videos of top officials in President Donald Trump's campaign and the White House speaking about the Jan. 6 attack.
Lawyer George Conway tweeted that the statements from Jason Miller, in particular, proved that Trump had knowledge that he was going to lose and that he lost. That, Conway explained, proves Trump's criminal intent.
\u201cTrump campaign aide Jason Miller: Trump was told "in pretty blunt terms that he was going to lose."\n\nThat's direct evidence of Trump's mens rea\u2014his criminal intent.\u201d— George Conway\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@George Conway\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1654820772
Others flocked to joke about the fact that Trump's own family has turned on him. It was teased throughout Wednesday and Thursday that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were going to be honest about their beliefs that the president lost.
\u201cIt could be good news for Eric, he could be promoted to his dad\u2019s 4th fav kid.\u201d— \ud83c\udf3b Emily Brandwin \ud83c\udf3b (@\ud83c\udf3b Emily Brandwin \ud83c\udf3b) 1654822024
\u201cWaiting for a recorded video of Melania saying she tried to tell Donald he lost.\u201d— Tony Posnanski (@Tony Posnanski) 1654821607
You can see other comments from those about what they witnessed and the questions that they continue to have about a majority of the Republican Party, who continue to deny the 2020 election and what took place on Jan. 6.
See the comments below:
\u201cInsurrection is a crime. If you let them off easy, they come back. It's time to decide. Do we want a democracy or do we not?\nhttps://t.co/1J98QCfAKg\u201d— Richard W. Painter (@Richard W. Painter) 1654823553
\u201cOver/under that Pence is watching?\u201d— KSelk (@KSelk) 1654823609
\u201cThe thing that continues to drive me crazy about 1/6 is that we literally watched it happen in real time, everyone who wasn\u2019t a brain dead goon was like \u201cthis is terrible,\u201d and now half of those people are like \u201ceh, was it THAT bad, really.\u201d I dunno, seems pretty bad! Still!\u201d— Sonny Bunch (@Sonny Bunch) 1654823561
\u201cI\u2019m beginning to think they don\u2019t actually think blue lives matter.\u201d— David Litt (@David Litt) 1654822871
\u201c"Trump only asked me for two things. He asked for me vote. He asked for me to come on January 6th." -- one of the insurrectionists.\u201d— Elie Mystal (@Elie Mystal) 1654822248
\u201cIt\u2019s called a conspiracy charge, folks\u201d— Bradley P. Moss (@Bradley P. Moss) 1654819333
\u201cThis video is deeply, deeply unsettling to watch.\u201d— Kyle Griffin (@Kyle Griffin) 1654822940
\u201cWell, now we know why Fox News didn't want their viewers seeing this\u201d— Citizens for Ethics (@Citizens for Ethics) 1654821930
\u201c@AshaRangappa_ Remember the Republicans refused to honor the capitol police officers in the end ?\u201d— Asha Rangappa (@Asha Rangappa) 1654822624
\u201cTerrifying footage of Trump threatening Pence to the crowd, and the extremists breaching the Capitol. I have studied Fascism for years and this footage shows a Fascist leader clinging to power, and inciting his Fascist followers to violence. #January6thCommitteeHearings\u201d— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@Ruth Ben-Ghiat) 1654822668
