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Justin Hendrix: There was legitimate bipartisan effort to implement the changes that McCarthy & others asked for to determine how the investigation would go.
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Justin Hendrix: There's a real chance this will go to the Senate, and the Senate Republicans will put a stop to it. We'll see--others have withheld their judgement so far. It would be hypocritical for Repubs to filibuster this & would be another stain on McConnell
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Justin Hendrix: This is an incredibly emotional & dramatic vote: will they go with Trump, continue to obfuscate, continue the big lies?
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Justin Hendrix: I talked to my Congresswoman's aide about how 1/6 has changed how he views his job & what it felt like.
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Justin Hendrix: On some level, maybe this is the start of a crack. Maybe things are changing a little. I'm very hopeful this commission passes in the Senate. If not, Dems have some options avail to them. We need to get to the bottom of this.
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Justin Hendrix: Personally, I'm in favor of getting rid of the filibuster. We need to move forward. We need to get away from the tyranny of the Republican party.
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Justin Hendrix: Americans deserve to know the truth about what happened on 1/6.
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Justin Hendrix: Even in the current legislation, there's a deadline of Dec 31st. The longer this goes on, the better the chance we'll see a constrained commission. It's crucial we get this done right now.
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Justin Hendrix: All parties seem to want to get this done before the midterms kick off & the commission becomes a political football. Will it even have a chance to get the queries out in order to get the info back in time?
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Justin Hendrix: Political elites, the media, the information ecosystem, the way lies propagate are all important things we need to investigate, but it'll be difficult to do it in 6 months. The big lie continues to get advanced every day, going through permutations
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Justin Hendrix: What 1/6 was about was denying the decision of the voter. That's where the Trumpist part of the Repub party would like to take things.
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Justin: If just 1 or 2 people did things differently at the state level, we could be in a totally different place right now. Certainly by the time we get to 2024, it could happen again if Repubs have control of House & Senate. That's why we need the commission.
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Justin Hendrix: Hopefully the commission can have live hearings with live testimony; that will grip the country & get them interested in it.
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Justin Hendrix: Call your Senators. Call your friends & family in red states & encourage them to call, too. It all comes down to how a few folks feel about this & whether they're willing to part from Trump & McConnell.
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