{"id":14290,"date":"2022-06-08T18:25:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T01:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14290"},"modified":"2022-06-08T18:47:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T01:47:03","slug":"what-the-house-jan-6-committee-must-do-and-why-dems-should-be-wary-of-liz-cheney-bradcast-682022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=14290","title":{"rendered":"What the House Jan. 6 Committee Must Do (and Why Dems Should be Wary of Liz Cheney): &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 6\/8\/2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_LizCheney-blue_060822.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">We&#8217;ve got yet another jam-packed <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a> for ya today, with results of note &#8212; as we have them so far &#8212;  from the 7 states which held primaries on Tuesday. Then, we&#8217;re joined by our guest with some helpful insight on what Democrats and progressives should learn from this year&#8217;s elections to date and some of his critical concerns about the upcoming hearings by the bipartisan U.S. House Select Committee investigating January 6, 2021 insurrection. [<i>Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.<\/i>]<\/p>\n<p>First, we fly through an extremely curated selection of results from several key races on Tuesday. Among them&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>IOWA<\/b>: Retired Navy Admiral <b>Mike Franken<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/campaign\/3515147-franken-defeats-finkenauer-in-iowa-democratic-senate-primary\/\">upset<\/a> former U.S. Rep. <b>Abby Finkenauer<\/b> in the state&#8217;s Democratic U.S. Senate primary. He will face off against 88-year old, six-term U.S. Senator <b>Chuck Grassley<\/b>. Also noteworthy in the Hawkeye State: progressive Democratic criminal justice reformer <b>Kimberly Graham<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/boltsmag.org\/reformer-wins-primary-for-des-moines-prosecutor\/\">won<\/a> the Democratic primary for prosecutor in Polk County (Des Moines), where she is likely to win this November.<\/li>\n<li><b>MISSISSIPPI<\/b>: Two-term Republican Rep. <b>Michael Guest<\/b> was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-trent-kelly-mississippi-congress-8c8c755cac23e9feabeeb8307cf50245\">forced<\/a> into a runoff by GOP voters as punishment for having voted in favor of a bipartisan, outside Commission to investigative the January 6th insurrection.<\/li>\n<li><b>MONTANA<\/b>: Donald Trump&#8217;s disgraced, scandal-plagued, forced-to-resign Interior Secretary <b>Ryan Zinke<\/b> is locked in a tight race to win his old job back as a U.S. Congressman. The final results of the close race with state Sen. <b>Al Olszewski<\/b>, which Zinke leads by about 1,000 votes as of airtime, will be held up by a day or two due to a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-congress-ryan-zinke-montana-38b97d7d854aa9c5c6827654e81c675c\">ballot printing error<\/a> that will require, under state law, that all ballots now be hand-counted. <\/li>\n<li><b>NEW JERSEY<\/b>: While there may have been races of note there, we didn&#8217;t have time for ANY of them today! Sorry about that, NJ! (I know. Always the bridesmaid&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li><b>NEW MEXICO<\/b>: Seasoned TV weather guy <b>Mark Ronchetti<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-michelle-lujan-grisham-new-mexico-santa-fe-government-and-politics-41c21d0d283f4f957ea0e1d9defb2a04\">won<\/a> the GOP primary for Governor after promising to increase the state&#8217;s already record oil production, deriding new standards in state schools for increased instruction on race (in a state that is half Hispanic and has 23 federally recognized Native American tribes and nations), and by slamming his November opponent, Democratic Gov. <b>Michelle Luhan Grisham<\/b>, for closing in-person schooling during the worst pandemic in 100 years. Also: Progressive Democrat <b>Gabriel Vasquez<\/b> was <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/campaign\/3514964-progressive-wins-democratic-primary-for-new-mexico-house-seat\/\">victorious<\/a> in the 2nd Congressional District race to take on GOP Rep. <b>Yvette Herrell<\/b> in what is seen by Dems as a possible House pickup this November.<\/li>\n<li><b>SOUTH DAKOTA<\/b>: The state&#8217;s only House Member, Republican <b>Dusty Johnson<\/b>, easily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.argusleader.com\/story\/news\/2022\/06\/07\/us-house-primary-election-results-south-dakota-republican-dusty-johnson-taffy-howard\/9618433002\/\">won<\/a> his primary despite voting to certify the 2020 election results <i>and<\/i> in favor of the January 6 Commission. Shamefully, there is no Democrat running for the state&#8217;s single At Large Congressional seat. Of greater note, a <b>ballot proposition<\/b> that would have raised the threshold for passage of certain future ballot propositions to 60% was <a href=\"https:\/\/boltsmag.org\/south-dakota-amendment-c-result-medicaid\/\">soundly rejected<\/a> by voters. That proposition was meant to make it harder to pass a ballot proposition this November that would <b>expand Medicaid<\/b> under ObamaCare to state residents. Similar expansions measures have been adopted by voter initiatives in about 7 other states. GOP lawmakers in SD must really hate their own constituents.<\/li>\n<li><b>CALIFORNIA<\/b>: All statewide office holders are Dems, so there isn&#8217;t much drama there. But two local contests have received quite a bit of national notice. The <b>Los Angeles<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/campaign\/3515211-bass-caruso-advance-in-los-angeles-mayors-race\/\">Mayoral race<\/a> will go to a runoff, after Trumpy Republican real estate billionaire turned &#8220;Democrat&#8221; <b>Rick Caruso<\/b> failed to clear the 50% bar, despite dropping some $40 million of his own money into the race. He&#8217;ll face progressive Rep. <b>Karen Bass<\/b>, previously seen as the favorite to win until Caruso and his money showed up, in the November runoff.  But, interestingly, receiving as much or more notice from national corporate news outlets than almost any other race on Tuesday, voters recalled progressive criminal justice reformer, <b>Chesa Boudin<\/b>, after two and half years as <b>San Francisco<\/b>&#8216;s District Attorney. Predictably, national media is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidminpdx\/status\/1534586069089341441?s=20\">(mis)reporting<\/a> this as a story of &#8220;failed progressive policies&#8221; that resulted in rampant crime in the city, despite the fact that overall crime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/crime-justice\/2022\/05\/chesa-boudin-crime-rates-false-narratives-progressive-da-george-gascon-kim-foxx\/\"><i>decreased<\/i><\/a> during Boudin&#8217;s tenure. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;re then joined by longtime progressive champion, journalist, and author <b>JOHN NICHOLS<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/authors\/john-nichols\/\">of The Nation<\/a> for analysis of Tuesday&#8217;s contests &#8212; and those from week&#8217;s past &#8212; along with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/liz-cheney-january-6-hearing\/\">concerns and warnings<\/a> about the upcoming January 6 hearings in the House. <\/p>\n<p>As to the primaries so far this season, Nichols observes, among other things that while &#8220;Republican turnout is very spiked&#8221; and Dems &#8220;not so spiked&#8221;, that is &#8220;not necessarily a complete disaster&#8221; for Democrats. He also notes that &#8220;progressives are winning <i>a lot<\/i> of Democratic primaries&#8221; and &#8220;in some unexpected and really interesting places&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite what a lot of the pundits will tell you,&#8221; he argues, means that &#8220;the grassroots Democratic voters seem to be sending a very clear signal that they want to go up against these Trump Republicans in this very tough year with clearly defined progressive candidates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While he offers thoughts on the recall defeat of progressive District Attorney Boudin in San Francisco, Nichols also observes that criminal justice reformers are actually still <i>winning<\/i> elections in many other places around California and elsewhere. (See, for example, a progressive criminal justice reformer victories in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidminpdx\/status\/1534560917039460355?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\">neighboring counties<\/a> to San Francisco and Kim Reynolds in Des Moines, IA, as mentioned above, as just two such examples.)<\/p>\n<p>Then, it&#8217;s on to the upcoming January 6 hearings, where Nichols has both advice and concerns, particularly about what the Committee will ultimately offer in their critical recommendations. His greatest concerns seem to center on what Democrats are willing to compromise on in order to find unanimity with the Committee&#8217;s anti-Trump, but <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicholsUprising\/status\/1534399138086932480\">still hard-right<\/a> Republican Vice Chair <b>Liz Cheney<\/b>. <\/p>\n<p>Among Nichols&#8217; top hopes for the Committee: Recommendations that Congress adopt a resolution that bars insurrectionists like Donald Trump from office, as per Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution&#8217;s 14th Amendment; and (in what will clearly be a much heavier lift for the Committee&#8217;s Republicans like Cheney), a call to abolish the Electoral College. <\/p>\n<p>But will the hearings ultimately make any difference to a divided nation, with so many already having hardened their positions on Trump and his attempt to steal the 2020 election? We&#8217;ve got a <i>whole<\/i> lot to discuss with Nichols today, so I hope you&#8217;ll tune in!&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman-PrimaryResults-IA-MS-MT-NJ-NM-SD-CA_JohnNicols-Primaries-J6Hearings_060822.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/PC:1000025838\">Pandora<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9icmFkYmxvZy5jb20vcG9kY2FzdGdlbi9icmFkY2FzdC9mZWVkLnhtbA\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-BradCast-w-Brad-Friedman\/dp\/B08JJRN86R\/ref=sr_1_1\">Amazon<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><center><i><b>* * *<\/b><\/i><\/center><center><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr style=\"background: blue; color:white;\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><center><span class=\"footnote\"><b>MONTHLY BRAD BLOG SUBSCRIPTION<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><center><span class=\"footnote\"><b>ONE-TIME DONATION<\/b><\/span><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid blue;\"><center><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\" style=\"margin-top:-3em; margin-bottom:2em;text-align:center;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"9PMSTMCJK9B3E\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"on0\" value=\"Choose monthly amount...\">Choose monthly amount&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><select name=\"os0\"><option value=\"$10\">$10 : $10.00 USD &#8211; monthly<\/option><option value=\"$20\">$20 : $20.00 USD &#8211; monthly<\/option><option value=\"$50\">$50 : $50.00 USD &#8211; monthly<\/option><option value=\"$100\">$100 : $100.00 USD &#8211; monthly<\/option><\/select> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"currency_code\" value=\"USD\"><input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_subscribe_LG.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/form>\n<p><\/center><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid blue;\"><center><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\" style=\"margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:2em;text-align:center;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"K5A5LX7J6WTHQ\"><input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"footnote\">(Snail mail support to <b>&#8220;Brad Friedman, 7095 Hollywood Blvd., #594 Los Angeles, CA 90028<\/b>&#8221; always welcome too!)<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve got yet another jam-packed BradCast for ya today, with results of note &#8212; as we have them so far &#8212; from the 7 states which held primaries on Tuesday. 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