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The machinery of elections. it is an incredibly dangerous trend. we see legislative action, we see these pro trump candidates running. that is what the american people will most need to be on guard against an upcoming midterm elections. >> yeah, there is legislative fixes, theres discussions about how there is legislatives that are proposed that are more sweeping by democrats they guarantee a baseline electoral access. theres other stuff about reforming the electoral count act. i keep coming bac...

Winning elections by convincing the american people to vote for them. he believes in winning elections by taking control of the machinery of elections. it is an incredibly dangerous trend. we see legislative action, we see these pro trump candidates running. that is what the american people will most need to be on guard against an upcoming midterm elections. >> yeah, there is legislative fixes, theres discussions about how there is legislative s that are proposed that are more sweeping by democr...

Couple -- two-block radius within capitol hill for two hours on january 6th because it didnt just happen, you, know, accidentally. and it didnt just happen randomly. i dont know who they are talking about when they talk about legitimate political discourse. are they talking about the people who are breaking glass and assaulting police officers and throwing fire extinguishers at them and dragging them down concrete stairs? are they talking about the people who put up the gallows to say hang mike ...

So i think at this point you have to assume he was duly elected and the reality was there was not enough significant fraud that was presented to overturn any of those state elections. >> doesnt it say a lot a year later that actually the more evidence has shown that no fraud happened? doesnt that even reinforce this even more a year later? >> as i said, i think there are significant concerns and im glad the states are looking to rectify it, chuck, but the president was duly elected. >> i want to...

Political discourse. senator lisa murkowski this morning saying why she stands by her criticism. >> when there is a conflict, when the party is -- is taking an approach or saying things that i think are just absolutely wrong, i think its my responsibility as an alaskan senator speaking out for alaskans to just speak the truth. >> a new reaction to former vice president mike pences harsh rebuke of his former boss, calling donald trump wrong. pences former chief of staff saying why the vp chose no...

Weeks yet. >> the u.s. taking no chances, sending 3,000 troops to support nato efforts. lawmakers who attended a classified briefing about the russian threat equally concerned. >> the noose is being prepared. its around ukraine right now as we speak. also, former vice president mike pence calling out his former boss big lie. >> president trump is wrong. >> now pences former top aide agreeing. >> theres nothing in the 12th amendment or the electoral couldnt act that would afford a vice presiden...

When i first heard about it, all i could think about was willy wonka and the chocolate factory and the ump loompas putting back together a torn document like this. apparently donald trump has had some history of ripping things up like this, but we will put them back together, and we are piecing together the entire story of how a mass demonstration turned into a mob riot that wounded and injured 150 of our police officers, how a violent insurrection was organized among domestic violent extremist ...

Of 1887, the 12th amendment, they all assume good faith. >> right. >> they all assume the various actors up and down the line are going to follow the law, the rule of law. and that is exactly why donald trump was unsuccessful in 2020 in fixing the election results in overturning the election results. people like raffensperger, the governor of arizona, the governor of georgia, very respectful judges -- they all did their jobs and did their duties. maricopa county electoral board, they all did the...

Have anti authoritarian leanings. and really bristle at two years of being told to trust authority and circumscribed their lives in really painful ways. >> i get that to. its not like its some ethically compromised disposition for people to have. >> i should say, in some ways, this pandemic has really left people to figure out on their own. i got the johnson & johnson vaccine. i figured out before the expert guidance that i should get the booster shot. so at the time, i was sort of going against...

Federal society primarily because the presidents comments about the vice president had the ability to overturn the election, i think, merited response. of course, there is nothing in the 12th amendment or the electoral count act that would give that authority, and no vice president has used that authority, and no one would certainly want kamala harris to be able to say shes going to reject votes from texas or wyoming or any other state head into 2024. >> why did he stop there? its been a year. t...