Watch: Jim Antle claims Jan. 6 hearings are shifting some Republicans on Trump

Julia Johnson

July 22, 12:55 PM July 22, 12:55 PM

The Washington Examiner's politics editor Jim Antle predicted that some Republicans may perhaps ditch former President Donald Trump to stay clear of continual dialogue of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in the 2024 presidential election.

“There is a possibility Republicans are heading to say to themselves, ‘Is this what we even want to be talking about in 2024?'” Antle mentioned on C-SPAN's Washington Journal Friday. There's also been a decline in Republican polling favoring Trump, he claimed.

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“I never know that quite a lot of people who do not currently concur with the basic argument the committee is making are viewing, but I imagine some are,” Antle additional.

He even more referenced a current poll from the New York Periods that showed Trump was only 49% of Republicans' favored candidate for 2024. This is nonetheless a lot, Antle conceded. Nonetheless, it really is notable that many Republicans would like to see another person else encounter off with President Joe Biden.

He also touched on the production high-quality variable of the Jan. 6 hearings. The better production value “brought it into the 21st century,” Antle described. "Congressional hearings even now primarily look like they did in the 1960s.”

The excellent is only 1 of the elements that help the committee existing a reasonably cohesive narrative. According to Antle, the absence of Republicans aside from Rep. Liz Cheney (WY) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (IL) enable for the narrative to be spun uninterrupted.

Simply because the hearings will not “have the cross-evaluation element” that other Republican associates would probably carry to the desk, there is practically nothing contradicting any of the committee's conclusions.

He afterwards reported that previous Vice President Mike Pence would possible make a 2024 presidential run regardless of what his previous working mate decides to do.

Antle added that Pence seriously has no selection but to distinguish himself from his previous boss.

Pence has been strolling the line involving the outdated Republican Celebration and the far more modern day Republican Party, according to Antle. He is making an attempt to be a “bridge between” the get together of Reagan even though also presenting some of the new concepts that had been ushered in with the Trump administration.