W.D.Clinger
Philosopher
I watched the entire five hours, except for five minutes immediately following the first five-minute adjournment.
Two moments stood out for being funny.
Four Capitol or DC police officers (ETA: who were injured on January 6 2021) were present throughout the testimony. When Troy Nehls (R-TX) got his turn, he directly addressed those officers, essentially taunting them. Full of himself, Nehls said “I'm a member of the new select committee to actually examine what happened that day, and I can tell you gentlemen, that the fault does not lie with Donald Trump. It lies with Yogananda Pittman and the U.S. Capitol leadership team. We know, we know they had the intelligence.”
At that, Michael Fanone pretended to cough as he said “[Bleep] yourself.”
I didn't hear that on the live feed, and the camera panned away from Fanone, but committee chair Jim Jordan responded in a way that might get the incident into the Congressional Record. (From Jordan's response, I assumed Fanone had extended his digitus medius, and a friend of mine says he saw that on a video clip later, but I didn't see it.)
The other funny moment came when the next-to-last Republican questioner, whose name I didn't catch, got so excited during the opening seconds of his five minutes of air time that, as he bumbled through his prepared notes, he ended up saying he could assure the committee that Donald Trump never for one moment thought he had won the 2020 election. Someone (possibly Jack Smith) said "I agree with you," which threw the Republican even further off track. As the committee was being adjourned, Chairman Jordan allowed the hapless representative to clarify that what he meant to say was that Donald Trump never for one moment thought he had lost the 2020 election.
And then the hearing adjourned for good.
Two moments stood out for being funny.
Four Capitol or DC police officers (ETA: who were injured on January 6 2021) were present throughout the testimony. When Troy Nehls (R-TX) got his turn, he directly addressed those officers, essentially taunting them. Full of himself, Nehls said “I'm a member of the new select committee to actually examine what happened that day, and I can tell you gentlemen, that the fault does not lie with Donald Trump. It lies with Yogananda Pittman and the U.S. Capitol leadership team. We know, we know they had the intelligence.”
At that, Michael Fanone pretended to cough as he said “[Bleep] yourself.”
I didn't hear that on the live feed, and the camera panned away from Fanone, but committee chair Jim Jordan responded in a way that might get the incident into the Congressional Record. (From Jordan's response, I assumed Fanone had extended his digitus medius, and a friend of mine says he saw that on a video clip later, but I didn't see it.)
The other funny moment came when the next-to-last Republican questioner, whose name I didn't catch, got so excited during the opening seconds of his five minutes of air time that, as he bumbled through his prepared notes, he ended up saying he could assure the committee that Donald Trump never for one moment thought he had won the 2020 election. Someone (possibly Jack Smith) said "I agree with you," which threw the Republican even further off track. As the committee was being adjourned, Chairman Jordan allowed the hapless representative to clarify that what he meant to say was that Donald Trump never for one moment thought he had lost the 2020 election.
And then the hearing adjourned for good.
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