Journalist Stephen Collinson lamented in an analysis published Thursday by CNN that the public may be more concerned about the price of French fries “than the price of democratic freedoms.”
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In an essay titled, “Voters may care more about the cost of French fries than January 6 panel’s compelling evidence,” Collinson bemoaned polling showing Americans’ top concern is the economy.
- A more worthy object of their attention, Collinson argued, is the outcome of the House select committee investigation into former President Donald Trump’s alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
- According to Collinson, the committee “long ago dropped the notion of being a narrowly focused quest for the facts,” and its members now “use their probe to try to defend democracy in its intensifying struggle with Donald Trump.”
- And while the Jan. 6 hearings have “transfixed” Washington insiders, the rest of the country has been relatively unmoved by the committee members’ noble struggle against a “mortal threat to free elections.”
As Collinson put it: “Often, voters only realize that their democracy is dying is when it’s too late.”