Jan. 6 Hearings Need to Deliver Additional Viral Moments to Reach Americans
- Opening night of hearing was broadcast live on most networks
- Snippets of testimony, video of Capitol attack most memorable
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The Jan. 6 hearings opened with a shocking portrayal in prime time of how then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert his election loss touched off a deadly riot at the US Capitol.
Yet the House investigation’s ultimate impact on public attitudes will turn on whether the committee continues to deliver moments that will etch themselves into the consciousness of an American public focused on rising prices for gasoline and food as inflation hits a fresh 40-year high, shortages resulting from supply-chain snarls and rising crime.