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The committee’s opening hearing kept landing punches because it reminded Americans that Trump’s response to the Capitol attack was slow, self-protective, and at odds with the heroic image he sells. The more the testimony circulated, the harder it became for Trump-world to pretend this was just another partisan exercise.
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The committee’s opening hearing kept landing punches because it reminded Americans that Trump’s response to the Capitol attack was slow, self-protective, and at odds with the heroic image he sells. The more the testimony circulated, the harder it became for Trump-world to pretend this was just another partisan exercise.
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The committee’s opening hearing kept landing punches because it reminded Americans that Trump’s response to the Capitol attack was slow, self-protective, and at odds with the heroic image he sells. The more the testimony circulated, the harder it became for Trump-world to pretend this was just another partisan exercise.
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