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Of ‘Turncoats’ and ‘Show Trials’

With all due respect to Armond White, it is the people who attacked the government of this country on January 6 who are the turncoats, not the people investigating that assault. To call the January 6 hearings “show trials,” calling to mind the Stalinist festivals of brutality, is foolish and irresponsible.

As for Kevin Costner, it is true that movie stars sometimes say ill-considered things about politics. Movie critics, too.

Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.
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