D.C. crowd watches Jan. 6 hearing at viewing party sponsored by Ben & Jerry's

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D.C. crowd watches Jan. 6 hearing at viewing party sponsored by Ben & Jerry's
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The summer evening watch party had all the ingredients of a festive occasion, with casually-dressed people and free Ben & Jerry's ice cream for the taking.

on the committee are presenting the view that Trump was responsible for the threat to the electoral vote count on Jan. 6.s, a Vermont-based company that isn't shy about corporate activism, for sponsorship. The company came out with an ice cream flavor called"Pecan Resist" directed against Trump in 2018.

The crowd focused on every word of the CNN broadcast, occasionally clapping along. The Jan. 6 committee's unusual move to hire John Goldstein, the former president of Public Citizen did not hire any security for the watch party. There seemed to be no fears of protests by theor Oath Keepers, the two groups named as conspirators in the events leading up to and during the Jan. 6 attack. If it weren't for the fences surrounding the perimeters of the Capitol, the watch party may have been held even closer to the Capitol grounds.

"I was just talking to someone who said the January 6 insurrection scared her more than 9/11," said Lake Dodson, a student at the University of Mississippi."I thought that was really shocking."

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