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0 good day. im andrea mitchell in washington. its january 6th. the anniversary of an insurrection that almost destroyed our democracy. today the white house and the nation commemorate the civilian and law enforcement heroes and the victims of that terrible day, even as the house chamber is no longer a literal battleground, it is now torn apart by political combat. a divide among republican factions creating a new crisis of government. on this date in 2021, lawmakers were wearing gas masks and ta...

The tuesday group, you know, the governing majority they call themselves, rarely speak up for themselves, try to urge the party to go in a different direction. thats what im going to be looking for. the reality is republicans dont think weve had bad elections and thats the real rub here. republicans took away the 2016 election, you can ignore the middle, you can offend whoever you want, as long as you turn out enough base republicans. they interpreted that, again, as its working for them, at lea...

To the left. so, for a lot of base republicans who are going to drive this election because it really comes out to turnout when it comes down to a runoff, they are backing walker because of his generic status. and i dont think the numbers tell us that thats a bad strategy. theyre just hoping republicans outnumber democrats who might be weary from a couple weeks ago. >> biden said tonight walker doesnt deserve to be in the race. geoff duncan said he couldnt bring himself to vote for walker. what ...

January six hearing, very few base republicans are going to concede, while this is horrifying, we shouldve abandoned trump. but you are starting to hear some republicans whisper, maybe this does weaken him in the sense that it reminds people that he if he were to run again, we would be bringing all this into a general election, where is right now we have a lot of advantages focusing on a president who has a 33% approval in the new york times poll. >> right and i saw a quote from i think senator ...

I am deeply humbled by them. ralph reid knows me well enough to know the introduction i prefer is a little bit shorter. i am a christian, a conservative, and a republican, in that order. and i am honored to stand before you today. >> well, there you go. joining me now, mark mckinnon, former adviser to george w. bush and john mccain. he is the executive producer of "the circus" and cnn political analyst, april ryan is here, white house correspondent for the grio. good evening, to both of you. boy...

Anti-cop. brian sicknicks mom, why wont they talk to her? they are doing everything opposite of their brand because this is about grabbing power. does this turn off base republicans or do they say, this is the way we guarantee we have power? >> i dont know. base republicans might be okay with it. claire is right though. theres a large number of swing voters who have to be looking at this and say, what are we learning about republicans claims that they back the blue when they wont meet with the m...

House? >> support for impeachment is around 50% of the public, hire than bill clintons which never reached more above a third. fred, despite that there were 90 house republicans in districts that bill clinton carried, almost all of them voted. only seven lost their seats. i think voting for impeachment is a great threat isnt supported by history. putting their eggs in the senate is putting their message on all issues -- their goal is to delegitimize the process. talk to their base republicans sh...

Donald trump cast a dark vision of america in 2016, and essentially said elect me, or this is going to happen. hes doing that again. dont underestimate it working as it relates to turning out base republicans. i still think women, particularly women in the suburbs and bill knows this from his time spent on house democratic committees. those voters are the biggest problem for donald trump and republicans, and there are a whole lot in california and everywhere else. a lot of house districts republ...

Lets say, and listen to a campaign speech donald trump gives, he essentially says -- actually, im going to paraphrase though i probably could quote directly. he says they, democrats, are for open borders. they want violent gangs to roam your streets. you were talking about this with cuomo. fear is a hugely powerful motivator. donald trump cast a dark vision of america in 2016, and essentially said elect me, or this is going to happen. hes doing that again. dont underestimate it working as it rel...

He is not talking to independents with this issue. he is talking to base republicans, the kind of people who are going to his rallies, the kind of people who he needs to get out and vote. i mean, so many of these districts that are toss-up districts are places that he won by a significant margin. really not that long ago, just in 2016. >> jonathan, let me take the risk of trying to summarize and distill the reporting thats out there about this profanity-laced shouting match in the hallways. norm...