A new year, a new Congress.  But, this week, on January 6th, President Joe Biden plans to reopen a political wound.  The president who promised to unite the country is set to address “the second anniversary” of the January 6th, 2021, storming of Capitol Hill.  Despite the media’s best efforts to burn “J6” into the public consciousness, only half of the public believes the riotous events of that day should be described as “an insurrection.”

Democrats and their allies in the Fourth Estate live to relive former President Donald Trump’s day of shame which, consequently, led to his second impeachment.  Last month, the Democratic-led House committee investigating the MAGA maestro’s culpability recommended criminal charges against the Don — the first time in history that Congress has referred a former president for criminal prosecution.  Yet, despite eighteen industrious months, over 1,000 witnesses, and countless hours of cable news coverage, the committee’s findings have largely failed to sway public opinion.  As a widely cited Monmouth University Poll found in August, the committee’s machinations “hasn’t moved the needle with the American public.”  Monmouth reports that, “When asked how to describe the incident at the Capitol building, 64% say ‘riot’ is appropriate and 52% say ‘insurrection’ is appropriate, while 35% say it is appropriate to call it a legitimate protest.”

If politics is war by other means, “January 6th” is a losing battlefield.