in spite of them watching it today. i think this was an important moment, not only for the country to see and hear people s experiences but for the capitol police officers as well, chuck. and jake sherman, what s your expectation whether we will see whether mccarthy makes another attempt at finding four or five members that are suitable to speaker pelosi before the next hearing, do you think we ll see that, do you think mitch mcconnell now has regrets for killing what would have been an equal, bipartisan effort. i am not sure if mcconnell has regrets, he usually doesn t have regrets as you know, chuck. i can t imagine mccarthy will be able to get four people at this point to put on the committee. they ve taken such a hard line against the committee, calling it a sham, a political charade,
what happened. i feel like i went to hell and back to protect them and the people in this room. but too many are now telling me hell doesn t exist. or that hell actually wasn t that bad. the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful. but nothing, truly nothing, has prepared me to address those elected members of our government who continue to deny the events of that day. and in doing so betray their oath of office. again, the entire team with us. let me start with andrea mitchell. andrea, what struck me today is after all of the arguments about who should be on the committee, who is not on the committee, today was not about those on the committee. today was about the four police officers.
something the american people deserve. the officers if you heard my last question, we asked them what would they like to see from this hearing. they without exception said we would like to know who participated in it, who financed it, who encouraged it, orchestrated it. part of that is the challenge of this committee. so we will follow the facts. as i look at the committee, and i said to them earlier, i don t see one shrinking violet, although we have one member who has a daughter named violet, but other than that, we will follow the facts. to that end, house is to go home seven weeks after this week. how do you build on this, what do you do next? we now have a body of testimony that we will review.
two philosophies about representative government. are you there to give your best judgment, are you there to represent what a majority of your constituents want, and i know it is not easy making that decision on any given issue. not going to second guess that. what kind of hard truths have you had with your base in north dakota? i voted not to get my credibility. i have done town halls across the state, we have very pro president trump wing of the party. i have to answer the questions every day and i do of what happened january 6th, what really happened versus what a lot of people try to say happened, why i supported sitting the electors. i didn t sign onto the texas lawsuit. i have those conversations at home every single day, some get uncomfortable, but i am completely fine doing that. will continue to take that message here. i also think it is important that when you do a committee like this, we have to be able to
i want to play the words from officers hodge i believe so and fanone on what they want the committee to investigate. let me play it, get reaction on the other side. the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful. nothing, truly nothing has prepared me to address those elected members of our government who continue to deny the events of that day. and in doing so, betray their oath of office. those very members whose lives, offices, staff members, i was fighting desperately to defend. that is what i am looking for is an investigation into those actions and activities which may have resulted in the events of january 6th, and whether or not