Democrats seem to have admitted in a recent New York Times article that the January 6th Committee serves no purpose outside of weakening Republican voter bases and bolstering Democrat voters in the mid-term elections.
The New York Times reported, “With their control of Congress hanging in the balance, Democrats plan to use made-for-television moments and a carefully choreographed rollout of revelations over the course of six hearings…to persuade voters that the coming midterm elections are a chance to hold Republicans accountable for it.” Several Democrats were quoted in the piece seeming to affirm the idea.
“When these hearings are over, voters will know how irresponsibly complicit Republicans were in attempting to toss out their vote and just how far Republicans will go to gain power for themselves,” said Rep. Sean Patrick of New York.
The founder of a left-wing political consultation group, Anat Shenker-Osorio expressed that the hearings would likely energize the Democratic voter base in the upcoming election. “Jan. 6 is very much salient and highly negative to these likely midterm voters,” Osorio said.
Other Democrats like CNN analyst David Axelrod and Barack Obama seemed to Shane the party for using the event as a “political cudgel”.