It is the duty of every American to watch the House January 6 Select Committee’s hearings on the attempted coup that Donald Trump and his followers instigated in an attempt to thwart the peaceful transfer of power to the duly and lawfully elected candidate, Joe Biden.
The first of eight planned hearings aired on Thursday, June 9. It served as an opening statement, detailing the actions that Trump took – and in some instances, the actions that he didn’t take – in an attempt to overthrow the seat of American government and the will of the American people. If you missed the first three hearings, I will link to YouTube videos of each.
I’m writing this because we are at a crisis point in American democracy. If you’ve been paying attention, the first congressional hearing probably didn’t tell you much which you didn’t already know. But it also featured revelations about the failed coup that the committee kept secret until now.