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[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I found a video. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_yNr0xeWVvE

I think he's saying "composed of", not "closed for". He's off-mic in the audience so it's hard to tell. But I think that makes more sense than "closed for".

He's implying that Republicans weren't allowed to come because the Democrats wouldn't let them in. That would be a closed hearing, I guess. In actuality, the Republicans started their own January 6th investigation. They're choosing not to be on this one.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/politics/january-6-anniversary-congress-political-divide

Ahead of Tuesday’s hearing, GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk, who is leading the Republican-led counter-investigation, called the former January 6 committee a “partisan exercise designed to advance a narrative to target President Trump and his political allies.”