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Will not stand up to those people. you know, the great majority of republicans in congress, both in the senate and the house, know that joe biden, legitimately, won the presidency. they know that january 6th was an attempt at the violent overthrow of an electoral result but they are cowards. and thats not because, you know, just somehow, by some accident, we have a cowardly-republican party. its the result of a 40-year degeneration of what that party is about. this is not the republican party of...

Upcoming elections. michigan secretary of state jocelyn benson says it is time to start preparing for the 2024 elections now. secretary bensen joins me now. thank you. good to see you. >> good to see you don. thanks for having me. >> for sure. you are issuing a dire warning about the upcoming election, so talk to me about the danger. whats the biggest threat? >> that we dont learn from what we endured and successfully overcame in 2020. that theres no accountability. that we take our eye off the ...

Lawmakers, fighting police officers, trying to stop the certification of the vote for joe biden. and then tonight at that same capitol, it seems like republicans are going to show us in no uncertain terms that they lack the guts to do what is right. theyre going to kill that january 6th commission before it has even begun. live pictures now of the senate floor. the senate majority whip, dick durbin, says that the vote will happen tonight. but as it gets later and later, you got to wonder whether...

Show, your allelegion fans, tha they make good memories this weekend. >> this is don lemon tonight. thanks for watching, everyone. we have breaking news to tell you about because were going to take you live to the capitol right now. thats where the vote america has been waiting for -- is coming now at any moment. well get you live pictures there in just a bit. the vote on the commission. there it is. live pictures of the capitol. the vote on the commission tasked with telling the truth of what h...

But we have not, yet, held those bad actors accountable. the accountability that we have to have, if we are going to finally move forward from those efforts into a more healthier and robust democracy. until we have that accountability and more truth telling, we are not going to move forward. and we are just going to see an intensification of these bad actors doing things like theyre doing in arizona with the quote/unquote fraudit. passing laws across the country to make it harder for people to v...

Principle. you know, to name names, kevin mccarthy is -- is the -- at all -- but thats the kind of person who has flourished in the republican party. and has, then, left that party completely vulnerable to forces that really want to tear down our democracy. >> yeah. paul has a really interesting piece in "the new york times" about the conversation were having now. i would strongly urge all of you to read it. paul, our time is a little bit short tonight but we appreciate you joining us. have a gr...

To, among other things, an increase in voter turnout. also, historic levels of voter turnout in communities of color. and so, we cant -- and then, the -- the efforts that we have been talking about tonight and, in particular, around the tragedy in the u.s. capitol on january 6th. all of that was connected to an effort to actually intervene, with the certification and the finalization of a fair and secure, and highly-accurate election. so, that efforts going to come back in 2024. and whats happen...

Decrease turnout, particularly in communities of color across the country. thats what were looking at. thats where were headed. >> if ive ever seen a flashing red light or a horn or a warning siren, what you just said was it. we are seeing tonight how lawmakers, secretary, are trying to whitewash the insurrection to protect the former guy. >> yeah. >> does that show that theyll do anything to win? its part of what i asked in the last question, minority rule, whatever it takes. does it show theyl...

And they will be in more places of authority, than they were in 2020. and we will, therefore, be at higher risk of seeing them be successful in undermining our democracy and stand in the way of the vote being, you know, the determining factor of who wins an election. >> okay. so lets talk more about that because, you know, during that, as we have been talking about. as youve mentioned here. a few brave state officials stood up and kept our democracy going into 2020. you say election officials ac...

Good to see you. >> good to see you, don. thanks for having me. >> for sure. you are issuing a dire warning about the upcoming election. so talk to me about the danger. whats the biggest threat? >> that we dont learn from what we endured and successfully overcame in 2020. that theres no accountability. that we take our eye off the ball and allow those bad actors to continue to intensify their efforts to put pieces in place to undermine democracy so that when the next presidential election comes ...