Opinion: Opposing viewpoints on the House Jan. 6 select committee hearings – The San Diego Union-Tribune

Re Everyone should tune in to learn what House Jan. 6 Committee uncovers (June 8): ABC, NBC, CBS, KPBS and cable news channels CNN and MSNBC are all televising the House Jan. 6 hearings live.

But not Fox News. Why not? The answer seems obvious: Fox News does not want its viewers to see or learn about what actually happened that day.

Cliff McReynoldsLa Jolla

If the House investigation committee is genuinely interested in finding out what happened at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the committee will use these prime-time TV hearings to inquire, among other things, into the security decisions made by the Speaker of the House, the D.C. mayor, the D.C. police chief and the sergeants at arms of the House and the Senate. Otherwise, isnt this mere political theater?

Howard R. KillionOceanside

Richard Nixon infamously told aides, I want you all to stonewall it, let them plead the Fifth Amendment, cover up or anything else, if itll save it save the plan. Donald Trump thinks taking the Fifth, refusing to testify, is an admission of guilt; only the mob takes the Fifth, he said.

Several Republican members of Congress and Trump minions refused to testify before the Jan. 6 committee and some asked Trump for pardons. The only reason not to testify is theyre afraid of something and the only reason they would ask for a pardon is they believe they broke the law. The only reason Fox News wont air the proceedings is viewers would see the narrative they are pushing is a lie. There will come a day when Trump will disappear, but the legacy of Republican sedition, of Republican corruption and of the part Fox, especially Tucker Carlson, played in the Jan. 6 insurrection will live forever in infamy.

Anthony KopecEscondido

I had little or no respect for former vice president Dick Cheney, but after watching some of the Jan. 6 hearing, I have a world of respect for the courage and integrity of his daughter. This really is American history in the making.

Tom HarpleyHillcrest

David Brooks with The New York Times thinks people are more interested in the price of gas than an attempted coup on our democracy. The price of gas may change our democracy must hold!

D. RuizEl Cajon

Trying to steal an election, and inciting an insurrection should have legal repercussions for Donald Trump.

Hopefully, he will be held accountable for almost bringing our country to its knees.

Bunny LandisOceanside

Watching another Democrat fiasco is a repeat of the Russia interrogations. Seeing the likes of Adam Schiff on that dias is utterly disgusting. Then there are the rest of the Ttrump haters who are soooooo afraid of him getting re-elected and they will tell any story and lie to try to sway all of the citizens who now see them for what they truly are. we are going to have to endure them until November 2022.

No police officer was killed by any of the people that were at the Capitol. The Dems will try to tell you different and that is just another of their lies. One officer died of a heart attack, others died of assorted causes long after Jan 6.

Colleen KlineAllied Gardens

In the hearings playing out on TV, much has been said since the Jan. 6th insurrection and how close we came to losing our Democracy. You know, every single form of government in history has been fleeting and no matter how good or bad it is, they all eventually fail. We have always assumed ours would last forever.

However, for the first time, as the hearings are showing, the form of government we have has shown some real possibility of failing. What the loser of the last election has done to this country may not be stoppable or fixable with the stunningly high amount of effort he exerted to stage this attempted coup. There seems to be just enough of the easily fooled who are willing to allow this to happen and continue to promote a patently false narrative to accomplish this downfall.

We came this close to losing it folks this time! Next time who knows?

Joe SecolaCarlsbad

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