Cassidy Hutchinson puts Trump-supporting cowards to shame

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Cassidy Hutchinson puts her former boss and assorted Trump-supporting cowards to shame. The small galaxy of cowards who still revolve around former President Donald Trump are hollering and shouting dutifully that Cassidy Hutchinson, the Jan. 6 committee’s witness in a surprise hearing Tuesday, is a liar. Such is their right, and it’s certainly an effective nonthinking person’s way to knock down her explosive testimony about how much Trump and his closest allies knew about the potential for violence on Jan. 6, 2021. But until those calling Hutchinson a liar do what she did – testify under oath before a congressional committee – their words hold the combined worth of Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka, Trump Airlines and Trump University. Hutchinson was the top aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows during the Trump administration. She was involved in a slew of conversations relating to the Jan. 6 Trump rally that led to an attack on the U.S. Capitol. Her testimony Tuesday revealed a number of key details: ►That Jan. 2, Meadows told her that “things might get real, real bad on Jan. 6." ►Both the national security adviser and the White House deputy chief of staff for operations had expressed concerns that the Jan. 6 event could turn violent. ►On Jan. 6, before Trump spoke, he and Meadows were told many MAGA supporters were carrying weapons of all sorts. That testimony was corroborated by recordings of police radio activity that morning. ►She heard Trump, who was already angry about the crowd not being big enough, say he didn’t care if armed people were allowed to attend. She recalled the former president saying, “They're not here to hurt me,” and she said he wanted security to “take the f---ing” metal detectors away. If Hutchinson were lying Tuesday, she can be and should be charged with perjury. If those denouncing her testimony as false are lying, the only consequence will be moving up a rung on the Trumpian ladder of dishonesty, a certain mark of valor in the court of Mar-a-Lago. So I have one thing to say to those casting doubt on Hutchinson’s credibility: “If what she told the committee is wrong, come testify under oath and tell Congress and the nation what she got wrong.” That’s when those without facts on their side get a little squirmy.