“In fact, it was Trump supporters who lost their lives that day, not Trump supporters who were taking the lives of others,” Hice said.
Outraged Democrats accused Republicans of engaging in “revisionist history.”
“Rewriting history serves no purpose other than to cover up the violence and the brutality that we experienced and that was exhibited on Jan. 6,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly
Democrats also repeatedly clashed with former acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller, who vociferously defended the Pentagon’s response to the attack and told lawmakers, I stand by every decision I made on Jan. 6 and the following days.”
“Secretary Miller, I have never been more offended on this committee by a witness statement than yours,” Rep. Ro Khanna
Moments later, Cheney fist-bumped Biden as he walked down the aisle to the dais.
The contrast between Biden and his more polarizing predecessor could not be more stark. At the State of the Union address just a year ago, Pelosi was so furious with what she called the “manifesto of mistruths” she ripped up a copy of Trump’s speech as he stood a few feet away.
If he did anything during his speech, Biden lowered the temperature in the Capitol and in Washington. At one poignant moment, the president personally thanked McConnell for naming a cancer research bill after his son, Beau Biden, who died of brain cancer. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle applauded the line.
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Question of the Day By Ben Wolfgang and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times - Friday, December 18, 2020
Top Pentagon officials on Friday pushed back on reports that the Defense Department had fully halted meetings with President-elect Joseph R. Biden’s transition team, stressing that work will continue after a mutually agreed-upon break for the holidays.
But Mr. Biden’s team said shortly afterward that there was no such agreement and that the meetings should resume immediately.
In a statement, acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller said that some Friday meetings had been postponed as the Pentagon focuses heavily on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to distribute vaccines across the country. He seemed to deny an Axios report published earlier Friday that