Duke University Scholar: January 6 Hearings Most Important In Our Lifetimes
As the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol begins its public meetings, Nancy MacLean, a Duke professor of history and public policy, said she has never been so concerned for the nation’s future. “These hearings are the most important in our lifetimes,” MacLean said. “Why? Because they will help determine whether our country will continue the tradition of the peaceful transfer of power after elections that reaches all the way back to George Washington. The global scholarship on failed democracies teaches us that the best predictor of a successful coup is a failed coup without accountability for the organizers.”