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The House Select Committee’s prime-time broadcast of its first public hearing on the Jan. 6 attack represents a chance for Democrats to remind voters that most of the Republicans on the ballot in November have failed to hold former President Donald Trump accountable for his role in the assault.
The revelations are unlikely to make too much difference in what is expected to be a tough election cycle for Democrats, with high inflation rates overshadowing other messaging, although Virginia Democrat Elaine Luria, the only vulnerable Democratic incumbent on the committee, has a lot more at stake than her colleagues.
