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WASHINGTON (AP) â The Republican Party s self-portrayal as champions of law and order is colliding with searing testimony from police officers themselves. Officers on Tuesday described in vivid, personal terms the terror of defending the U.S. Capitol from violent insurrectionists inspired by then-president Donald Trump on Jan. 6.
Will it matter in next year s elections?
Heading into the 2022 midterms, the GOP is seeking political advantage in Americans concern about rising crime nationwide. But the police testimony at Tuesday s debut hearing of the congressional panel investigating the insurrection could undercut that effort.
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The Republican Party’s self-portrayal as champions of law and order collided with searing testimony Tuesday from police officers themselves. Officers described in vivid, personal terms the terror of defending the U.S. Capitol from violent Trump-inspired insurrectionists on Jan. 6.
Will it matter in next year’s elections?
Heading into the 2022 midterms, the GOP is seeking political advantage in Americans’ concern about rising crime nationwide. But the police testimony at Tuesday’s debut hearing of the congressional panel investigating the insurrection could undercut that effort.
It highlighted the GOP’s effort to brush past the violence unleashed by a mob of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters that endangered hundreds of officers.
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