That is lacking from the shadow january 6th committee being run by house republicans like congressman jim banks of indiana and others who are really trying to make the case that capitol security and the capitol security apparatus pulled off, they say, negligence at the highest level. so they are really looking to blame capitol police at this point, which is a little different than the narrative that you have heard from other republicans so far, kind of trying to act like it wasn t a big deal or it was americans simply exercising their constitutional rights and disagreeing with might cal narratives. but this would give republicans an alternative way to frame it. but, of course, the facts don t support this conclusion or the reports they say they will put out ahead of the fall s mid terms. as you know well, everyone sitting on the show, the capitol was never breached in the way it was on january 6th in 1814. it is curious they would reach for this explanation now.
joining us now a look at axios a.m., a political reporter from axios, alexe mccammond. what is the one big thing? it is a look into the house republicans and their search in the january 6th. there s a formal january 6th committee led by house democrats and dnl leaders, but house republicans conducting their own investigation tell axios they plan to accuse the capitol security apparatus of negligence at the highest levels. that matters because you have seen the way republicans and the republican party tried to talk about january 6th and shape the narrative around it. this gives them an alternate frame to talk about what
Of the evidence around january 6th. we have to figure out a way to get information to the voters other than the places that folks normally gravitate to because everyone in those places agrees with them. charlie, it seems the republicans are taking a page out of a different playbook. reporting on a shadow investigation by house republicans in part that reads house companies conducting their own investigation of the january 6 insurrection plan to accuse the capitol security apparatus of negligence of the highest levels. that is according to jim banks telling axios that. this is of course in line with what trump has been saying. that he has been blaming pelosi for security lapses. there s no evidence of that whatsoever. that is absolutely false. is this just another attempt by republicans to deflect on what has happened that day? the president and others calling that day faithful protesters exercising first amendment