Plus: A healthy dose of digs at Kevin McCarthy.
all-time low—that favor Republicans in the midterms. Maybe so, though that’s a separate question from whether the Jan. 6 committee’s work is. Even if exquisitely detailed presentations of how terrible Trump was can’t save Democrats in 2022, it could help the country save itself from Trump in 2024.
As these hearings play out, keep your ears peeled for moments when Cheney may quote depositions in which McCarthy is described as “a baby,” “a shrieky little scaredy-pants,” and “a poopyhead.”What new detail most caught the attention of members at the hearing? “The fact that, as Ms. Cheney alleged, several members of Congress sought pardons from the president,” New Jersey Rep. Tom Malinowski told the Surge at the hearing.
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