the house elect committee on the january 6 capital insurrection held its first hearing this week i'm alana wise and i'm going to tell you how partisanship and conspiracy theories have already complicated things while i feed my neighbors cats one of the main themes for law enforcement officers who responded to the attack said is that some republican lawmakers are still denying what happened that day to their point gop representatives marjorie taylor green and matt gates held a press conference the same day as the hearing they went so far to refer to the jailed rioters as political
prisoners the attack on the capital was fueled by rioters who were trying to stop certification of the election results act on by the lie that donald trump had actually won and the conspiracy theories don't stop according to a recent poll 29 of republicans believe that trump could still be reinstated in august a false idea some trump allies have been happy to promote experts warn that false narratives like this could fuel more political violence like we saw on january 6th
