dangerous rhetoric. we re talking, of course, about the elevation of some of the fringiest of the fringe members of the republican caucus, the seats on important congressional committees. when we say it is happening on today of all days, that s because today would have been the late congressman elijah cummings 72nd birthday. he passed away in 2019, the son of sharecroppers, he would go on to become a force of nature in congress, and ultimately the chairman of the powerful house oversight committee. when we re dancing with the angels, the question will be asked, in 2019, what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy in tact? did we stand on the sidelines and say nothing? there are efforts to stop people from voting. that s not right! this is not russia! this is the united states of america! and i will fight until the death to make sure every citizen, whether they re green party, whether they re freedom party, whether they re democrat, whether they re republican, whoever
to viewers of this program. here is a taste of the low lights. marjorie taylor greene who was stripped of her committees, to say nothing of her calls for the, quote, execution of democratic leaders and federal agents, end quote and there is the little thing of her affection for jewish space lasers. paul gosar, censured after he tweeted a video of a cartoon depicting congresswoman alexandra ocasio-cortez being killed. and lauren boebert who eked out a barely there win in the last election, known for making antimuslim attacks against representative congresswoman omar. these are members of congress whose calling cards are the language and the rhetoric of violence. they flirt with and encourage and tolerate and create a permission structure for