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Donald Trump is looking for political cover fire….

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The House Select Committee is about to go to the media against an ex-Preesident that tried top steal an election….

They HAVE the evidence…

There is NO doubt….

But?

Trump and the medai ahve been able to sell him as the 

Second Coming’ for Republicans….

Neither wants their good thing to go away….

So?

Trump’s effort to counter ‘truth’ about his efforts means others will have to join to ‘defend his honor’…..

His effort to be an autocratic despot goes on in America….

What a shame….

Former President Donald Trump has made it clear he is looking for cover from his closest allies around the upcoming public hearings by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection — and some prominent names in Congress and the Republican Party are answering the call.

Trump’s team has communicated to some of his most loyal acolytes on Capitol Hill that the former President wants people vigorously defending him and pushing back on the select committee while the public hearings play out, according to GOP sources familiar with the request.
Committee members have teased that the hearings could be focused on Trump’s direct role in undermining the election results. The committee has been working toward a thesis that Trump’s obsession with losing the election and his peddling of false claims about the results is what laid the groundwork for the violent and deadly riot at the Capitol.
Trump’s insistence that his allies defend his honor has mobilized Republicans both on and off the Hill into action, with a broad range of plans to protect him. This despite the belief by some Republicans that they should draw attention away from January 6 and instead continue to beat the drum of the present day economic and cultural issues that have resonated with voters….
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Part of the challenge for Republicans — especially after they decided to boycott the select committee — is that they have little insight into what the investigation has uncovered and what might be revealed in the public hearings, making it harder for them to settle on a precise strategy.
Another is the prospect that the committee will lean heavily on testimony from former aides of Vice President Mike Pence to help make their case — a scenario that could force Republicans to choose sides in a more public way than they have done so previously….
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“A lot of people feel we should not even push back,” a source said, adding the thinking is to just let the committee keep doing what it is doing because it is actually hurting members politically and having a very limited impact on Republicans.
“There may be no competing, no formal push back in any way and no organizational cost because our power base isn’t watching,” they added.
But as with anything in Republican politics, the best laid plans could easily be blown up by Trump who may insist that his supporters demonstrate their support vocally and without reservation….

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