Friday on Political Rewind: The Jan. 6 Committee hearings featured the testimony of Georgia-born Capitol Hill Police officer Caroline Edwards. Plus, how will Kemp and Abrams focus on rural Georgians' issues? Meanwhile, the U.S. House passed gun safety legislation led in part by Rep. Lucy McBath of Georgia.
The panel:
Charlie Hayslett — Writer, Trouble in God's Country
Jim Galloway — Former political columnist, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Margaret Coker — Editor, The Current
Tia Mitchell — Washington correspondent, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Timestamps
3:25 – Results of the Jan. 6 committee
23:28 – Caroline Edwards’ testimony
16:23 – Georgia’s role in the hearings
24:00 – Republicans’ counternarrative
30:20 – Optics of the hearing
34:50 – Raffensperger and Gabe Sterling
44:20 – Rural Georgia's per capita income
45:00 – Stacey Abrams and rural voters
52:30 – Gun laws in U.S. Congress
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