The Jan 6th Committee has begun to gather evidence about the Jan 6th Insurrection, to pierce through all the confusion and industrial-strength obfuscation that suround it. Nancy Pelosi facilitated the Committee’s work by wisely excluding from the Committee the deceit-prone congressmen the Republican establishment had put forward And so, in the face of massive resistance, the work of the Committee has begun.

Republican response to the first hearing has been muted, obvious, or old-hat. Rep. Andrew Clyde is still marketing his invention of insurrection-tourism, and Sen. Ron Johnson goes on affirming his faith in the “peaceful protest” myth. However, the creativity of the Republicans in Congress has been given new life by Rep. Elise Stefanik who has announced that Nancy Pelosi is to blalme for the Insurrection. This is truly star-quality hutzpah that shows that Stefanik can surpass even Trump in the shameless creativity of her deceit.