Need some help with the lingo: what does it mean for a committee to be "closed" ? And to be "closed for Democrats" ?
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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 Tuesdayβs hearing, GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk, who is leading the Republican-led counter-investigation, called the former January 6 committee a βpartisan exercise designed to advance a narrative to target President Trump and his political allies.β
They were trying to insinuate that it was a witch hunt. It wasn't.
Took me a bit to work out too. The crowd member thinks that the committee blocked Repub inclusion, and the response is clarifying that it's not closed to anyone, Repubs just refused to be on the committee.
None of the picture makes sense at all
As usual democrats are 5 years behind schedule
Here's a link to this hearing on C-Span, with written transcript, if you want to try to make sense of this.
Terror attacks on Jan6 is like war in Ba Sing Se
The sky isn't blue.
E: I totally biffed it!
??? They didn't say "no Republicans participated in the Jan 6th attack"
Isn't that what the rep said "Becuase no Republicans participated", but the hearing was closed to democrats. Maybe I misunderstood
I would read it as "It's not closed, it's just that no R's participated so it looks that way"
I think its saying no republicans participated in the committee? But closed to doesnt make sense in that context.
Yeah I re read it... still not computing with me
The spectator was under the impression that it was a closed hearing - that is, a hearing that is limited to only certain select members (in this case, all Democrats). The spectator wanted to know why it was a closed hearing that only involved Democrats on the panel.
Bennie Thompson told him essentially that it wasn't a closed hearing, that Republicans were also completely free to join it, but none of them did.
Thank you :)
The headline is βHOUSE DEMOCRATS MARK 5th ANNIVERSARY OF JAN. 6 ATTACK ON U.S. CAPITOLβ
Rep. Bennie G Thompson, who is quoted above, is a Democratic representative of Mississippi, so I take it a hearing was held and no Republicans chose to participate.
Thank you :)
..........is this real?
That's disgusting.
Not you, or your source. Those are very much appriciated. But the core concept of what's happened here.
They been changing everything and its all disgusting. They really just do whatever they want and nobody does a dam thing.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/dec/18/trump-bronze-plaques-white-house-biden-obama/
*damn
As usual democrats are 5 years behind