Watch: MSNBC’s Claire McCaskill pretends Republicans want high gas prices to distract people from a congressional committee’s hearings

Night one of the January 6 committee hearings in primetime went about how you would expect with Democrats claiming they finally nailed former President Donald Trump and Republicans claiming it was absolutely nothing to see.

Former U.S. Senator Clair McCaskill (D-Mo.) tried to argue that Republicans were hoping for higher gas prices to distract from the committee hearing, which makes about as much sense as pretending current President Joe Biden isn’t making prices go up with his terrible energy policies.

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Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9AM weekdays on WVNN and on Talk 99.5 from 10AM to noon.

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