This is going to solidify the GOP split

[judeling]

Everybody is all in on how this is going to hurt the Democrats and put pressure on Republicans who voted with them. The Delay on Covid. The way Mitch will use it to hold up everything and drag it out.

This is wrong. The Republicans are anxious to get this behind them as fast as possible. Delay in no way helps. The more time the worse it gets for Trump. Much of the conventional wisdom is based on the media just now coming to grips with how much the power dynamics have changed. Far from working to the Republican's advantage the move to call witnesses is huge for the Democrats.

The pressure has moved to the Republican caucus, while the base is still mainly with Trump right now that is slowly changing. It isn't a rush but a constant trickle that will continue. Now with Biden pushing Covid relief and Trumps actions around the 6th the pressure to get past Trump will only increase.

[Karadeniz]

1. Yep!

[Mike 03]

2. Realistic analysis

[Frasier Balzov]

3. Don't ignore the risk of Nancy Pelosi being examined.

Republicans and Trump supporters would LOVE to blame the Jan 6 assault on the Speaker.

They claim she refused adequate security because of "bad optics."

And that the horrible optics of the assault is what she got as a consequence of her own decision.

Yes, this strategy ignores Trump's culpability for assembling and sending the mob.

But it is the jujitsu they are up to.

[roamer65]

4. It was Dump's rally and he instigated insurrection.

All his fault.

The claims against Speaker Pelosi have no merit.

Raskin is doing a great job at keeping the “eye on the ball”.

[judeling]

5. That is an interesting line to pursue actually

Were the capital police ready to take care of the Proud Boys and other organized groups, but not the for having Trump throw the mob at them?

The police were deployed to handle the disruptions in DC and part of the crowd at the capital. They got overwhelmed at the capital only because of the mass of humanity. This then plays more into the aftermath and what Trump did, because it indicates a certain amount of pre-planning thought on Trump's part.