Playing Politics: Jan. 6 shadows 2022 politics

The congressional investigation into the 2021 attack on the Capitol will affect the run-up to the midterm elections. Hear the "Playing Politics" analysis from WCCO Radio's Chad Hartman and the Star Tribune Editorial Board's Patricia Lopez and John Rash.

January 5, 2022 at 9:10PM
Capitol Hill police confront a mob incited by Donald Trump in an attempt to stop the certification of the Joe Biden’s presidential election, in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (ERIN SCHAFF, New York Times/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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John Rash

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John Rash is an editorial writer and columnist. His Rash Report column analyzes media and politics, and his focus on foreign policy has taken him on international reporting trips to China, Japan, Rwanda, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Lithuania, Kuwait and Canada.

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