the big question is did we get the answers that the american people really deserve about why the capitol wasn t better protected? we certainly didn t get those answers because nancy pelosi refuses to answer any questions or let the sergeant of arms testify who was there at that time. i think ms. stefanik and mr. banks are right. this was a partisan production put on by the former head of abc news. i don t think we learned anything new. for goodness sake, they had a democrat staffer giving a timeline on video. if a republican staffer were in a committee and put them on video and let them talk for a sustained period of time, can you imagine what the press would say? so i think the country sees it for what it is, a partisan political committee that the american people are focused on a lot of other issues. harris: i can t imagine what they would say if it were republicans doing that. they would call it collusion.
the committee showed never before seen video of the capitol breach and testimony from members of the trump family. there was also raw testimony from a capitol police officer who told lawmakers about the carnage and chaos as she fought the mob. republicans called the hearings a partisan attempt to distract from the biden administration s failings and here is house republican conference chair stefanik. it s a partisan political witch hunt. an illegitimate committee. no republican-appointed members appointed by the minority leader breaking over 230 years of precedence. it will do nothing to insure the capitol is safe and secure in the future. harris: chad pergram is live on capitol hill. hello, committee members say evidence presented at the hearing shows there is a threat to democracy and that threat
to 35 seats and calls 35 democrat-held seats a toss-up or lower. g.o.p. conference chair stefanik is making plans if republicans retake the house. she says her top priorities are getting answers on former new york governor s cover up and the hunter biden laptop story and the secret migrant flights into new york that she claims are a human trafficking operation paid for by american taxpayers. it is important for the republicans to have an agenda to work through when they win the house of representatives and most likely the senate. part of this i think stefanik lays out are the investigations. if jim jordan is running the judiciary committee that will be very prominent part of what you are seeing on the republican side. in addition to that, they have to work through the legislation piece of this which is how do