Ep. 625 - The January 6th Congressional Hearings are 16 Months Too Late
The Breakdown with Shaun King
The North Star
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2022
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Better late than never? Maybe. But the new congressional hearings that are underway on the January 6th white supremacist insurrection are too little, too late. Conservatives have moved completely on. That door is closed altogether. And the truth is, I think 90% of Americans have as well. It's sad and crazy to say that. People waited. For weeks. Then months. Then seasons. Now years.
And life is hard right now. From gas, to inflation, to Covid, to gun violence, to mass shootings, and everything in between - we'd still like to see justice and accountability for January 6th, but the moment has been missed. I'm sure of it.
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| 0:40.0 | I don't know if you are watching the hearings into the January 6th insurrection, |
| 0:46.0 | the congressional hearings. |
| 0:48.0 | The opening statement into the hearing had a ton of viewers, |
| 0:53.0 | like 20 million people were watching. |
| 0:55.0 | It's tapered off since. |
| 0:57.0 | But this thing is not really measured by viewers, |
| 1:01.0 | it's measured by effectiveness. |
| 1:04.0 | And the truth is, it's about 14 or 15 months late. |
| 1:09.0 | This thing should have happened over a year ago, |
| 1:13.0 | when it was not only fresh on people's mind, |
| 1:16.0 | but it was the most pressing issue of the day. |
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| 1:25.0 | And by and large, every influential person responsible, |
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