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Nina Lakhani in Phoenix

‘We need to be in the know’: Arizona veterans hold January 6 watch party

Veterans groups and others attend a watch party in Phoenix, Arizona, to follow the first televised hearing of the House panel on the January 6 US Capitol attack.
Veterans and others attend a watch party in Phoenix, Arizona, to follow the first televised hearing on the US Capitol attack. Photograph: VetsForward Arizona and Progress Arizona

The beer was flowing as the televised public hearing on the January 6 attack on the Capitol got under way in Phoenix, Arizona, at a watch party organised by veterans ashamed and angry at the attempted coup.

The party took place at an air-conditioned bowling and billiard joint in downtown Phoenix, where it was still 107F (42C) outside when the historic broadcast kicked off at 5pm local time. About 50 people sat around in the sports bar, watching Bill Barr and Ivanka Trump on 20 TV screens that usually show ball games and boxing matches.

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