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On the recordJune 8, 2022
now, on FOX News and January 6. Tomorrow evening, the House Select Committee will hold its first public hearings on the insurrection of January 6. It will be a watershed moment for what has now been a 10-month investigation to uncover the truth of what happened on that terrible, terrible day in our Nation's history. The American people need to see January 6 for what it was--a deliberate, organized, and violent attempt to reverse a free and fair election. It was a profane and grotesque assault upon American democracy. Worst of all, it was part of a larger effort from the hard right to erode our constitutional order from within. Just a couple of days ago, someone was arrested who said he was within 20 feet of me and was trying to get me as we left this Chamber. These hearings will be essential viewing. They are a direct look into the dark soul of the hard right, and every single American needs to know the truth of what happened that day. Every major broadcast and cable network will cover these proceedings live--every network except one, that is: FOX News. In one of the most cowardly journalistic decisions in modern memory, FOX News, one of main amplifiers of the Big Lie about January 6 and about the election, has stated they will not broadcast Thursday's hearing.…
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York
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Jun 8, 2022

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