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Donald Trump isn't sticking to the GOP's Jan. 6 hearing talking points
Donald Trump isn't sticking to the GOP's Jan. 6 hearing talking points.
WASHINGTON — The Republican plan for parrying the House Jan. 6 committee was supposed to be a simple one. GOP officials would keep a tight focus on rising prices and treat the hearings as a sideshow that voters would deem irrelevant.
And, once again, former President Donald Trump is junking the script.
Trump posted a flurry of notes about the hearing Friday morning on his social media site, even as the party sought to capitalize on a jarring piece of bad economic news that reflects poorly on President Joe Biden: In May, inflation hit a 40-year high.
The hearing Thursday drew an audience of about 20 million — including a few from Trump-world. In the hours after the committee finished, Trump allies embarked on a frenzy of tweeting and texting in hopes of blunting specific claims.
Trump responds to former AG Barr’s January 6th testimonyJune 10, 202204:17Trump mentioned the inflation rate on his platform, Truth Social, but devoted far more space to a hearing that GOP operatives were hoping to ignore. (Trump launched Truth Social after being booted from Twitter, giving him a vehicle to reach his supporters unfiltered.)
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