"Rigged hearings": Behind the scenes of Trumpworld's Jan. 6 counterprogramming blitz

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Trump and his allies are planning to continue spreading lies about the 2020 election which 15 months ago incited the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol as the House holds public hearings about that attack.
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"Rigged hearings": Behind the scenes of Trumpworld's Jan. 6 counterprogramming blitz
Trump surrogates will be fanning the airwaves during the blockbuster hearings.
7:36 PM · Jun 2, 2022

Former President Trump and his allies, in conjunction with top House GOP leadership and conservative groups, have begun pulling documents and coordinating a behind-the-scenes effort to counterprogram the Jan. 6 committee's televised hearings this month, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: Republicans face a daunting challenge in the coming messaging war. The committee has been building toward this moment for months, hoping to use the blockbuster summer hearings to paint a vivid picture of how close Trump and his supporters came to subverting democracy.

Republicans are plotting to compete with wall-to-wall cable coverage by using their own platforms to argue the committee is a partisan fishing expedition that lacks legal legitimacy.

That framing will be central to their hopes of defanging whatever negative revelations come to light during the hearings.

What we're hearing: Trump and his inner circle will rely heavily on members of Congress — from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) — to drive counterprogramming, sources familiar with their planning tell Axios.

Trump himself has not ruled out making some sort of an appearance, one of the sources says.
People close to Trump have been working closely with members of Congress, the RNC and outside groups like the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to collaborate on their offensive narrative.

Matt Schlapp, former Trump White House political director and chairman of CPAC, has been a leader in the effort, sources say.

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[agingdem]

1. Don't you just love the smell of GOP desperation???

I have an idea..maybe these Trump surrogates could "dress in character"..horned headdress guy, Camp Auschwitz t-shirt guy, defecating on the floor guy, stealing lectern guy, feet on Pelosi's desk guy, confederate flag guy, beating policemen guy...and instead of "fanning out and hitting the airwaves" (who talks like that??), they could take their Traveling Legitimate Political Discourse Clown Show on the road..the opening act for a Trump's Ego Crowd Masturbation Rally..just saying

[msongs]

2. one can note their ability to organize and program and get their message together and out. nt

[Turbineguy]

3. Trump will go on saying that.

Even from prison.

[onethatcares]

4. this

That framing will be central to their hopes of defanging whatever negative revelations come to light during the hearings.

Whatever negative revelations??? WTF? Like there will be positive "revelations".

They just can't call lieing what it is..