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Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast today is Tuesday, December 20, 2022.

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Media commentary columnist, an American enterprise institute fellow Christine Rosenhykrstein.

Hi John. And associate editor and author of the Rise of the New Puritans,

Noah Rothman. Hi Noah. Hi John. So I don't know if you guys, Aben Kirsten, if you watch the

the final January 6th committee hearing yesterday, Noah and I both, both did.

It seemed to me to be a very sleepy affair, basically a summary of what they had

found before. And since I think I certainly paid very close attention to what they've found before,

I didn't hear much new and it just seemed an occasion which the committee members got to parade

their virtue in front of, in front of people. But they did refer for, they made criminal referrals

to the Department of Justice. So I want to just ask you guys this, the line on the right and from

many people on the right and the wake of what was going on yesterday and during the rest of the day

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