Republicans and Democrats alike are bracing for the upcoming House hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, seeking out tea leaves for what the proceedings could mean for two crucial election cycles.
The House select committee’s hearings, set to start in prime time on Thursday, have Republicans both skeptical of and aligned with Donald Trump bullish the former president — barring an unforeseen bombshell — gets bailed out by the public’s focus on inflation and other frustrations with the Biden administration.
Democrats, meanwhile, are hoping the prime-time viewing offers a chance to turn the spotlight away from issues that could be politically damaging and toward what they see as a threat to democracy, with committee members previewing a damning account of the insurrection. But even that strategy risks sparking the perception that the party is tone deaf to the economic anxieties of everyday Americans, leaving Republicans optimistic that the hearings won’t change a heavily favorable political atmosphere.
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