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Insurrection, the day that donald trump plan to overthrow 245 years of american democracy, we now know he demanded to talk to vice president mike pence. we know this thanks to testimony obtained by the january six committee,. at the time, trump wasnt getting the pressure campaign trying to bully pence into, as trump himself said overturn the election. when they finally spoke trump belittled his vice president, according to reports, telling him, you dont have the courage to make a hard decision. ...

Everyones gonna have to answer the question. are you for or against american democracy? cant be avoided indefinitely. but we are seeing even more people try to straddle that line. on friday, the days pence book out out against trump, the republican national committee decided to censure cheney and kinzinger for, quote, participating in a democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engage in legitimate political discourse. of course, they mean the democrats attempts to hold the january six riote...

Trump in the primary, there has been scuttle up to that a fact, he is refused to rule it out unlike other folks. and yesterday, a reporter asked him a simple question to choose aside, whos right, trump or mike pence? desantis refused to answer the question. >> where do you fall on the divide between pence and trump? >> im not -- ive -- ive. i had a great relationship working for -- i was actually governor for two years with the trump administration, i can tell you that we have a hell of a lot mo...

Interesting approach to have a novel approach to have a national republican committee take a position like that. so this is not a support or oppose this is just an observation that i thought that was novel and unique. honestly, that is an all-time great cowardly politician quote. it wasnt you, oh. ive seen more than a few in my day, and that is up there. the question is not gonna go away. not good enough, not gonna get away with that. im sorry. you can say that all you want, ron desantis, kevin ...

>> exactly, yes. i found that comparison to 2003 rather disturbing. there was such widespread opposition. and it was in what we think of as a functioning democracy. if that could not prevent a war, at least under false pretenses, then what can we expect of russia? >> yes. >> russia has an entire state owned propaganda machine working to enforce these false pretenses and to whip up war sentiment. i also want to say a couple of things that sanctions. the threat of sanctions is not working the way ...

>> we its incumbent upon everyone on the popular front to understand that they are part of it and that not letting donald trump get anywhere near the levers of powers as an essential part of the project in restoring american democracy. again, this is simple straightforward stuff, but i think that some people would like to not understand it. that means it would be good, for instance, for the country, for trump to be defeated in the republican primary, or someone whos on the side of american democ...

Insurrection, the day that donald trump plan to overthrow 245 years of american democracy, we now know he demanded to talk to vice president mike pence. we know this thanks to testimony obtained by the january six committee,. at the time, trump wasnt getting the pressure campaign trying to believe pence into, as trump himself said overturn the election. when they finally spoke trump a little to his vice president, according to reports, telling him, you dont have the courage to make a hard decisi...

Support donald trump if he ran for president 2024. basically, the position is, look, all support donny soprano. it is kind of a bad guy. we [inaudible] you have two -- republicans for years said you cannot negotiate with evil. that was true. and thats what theyre doing. they are negotiating with evil. you have to pick a side. we are right, theyre wrong. are you for democracy or against democracy? >> mona, your thought? >> i mean, the part where i constantly feel as if im in a twilight zone episo...

Republican party, it really cant beat trump side for practical and more reasons. although, more practically, honestly. practically, you just cant out trump trump. no one can be more sociopathic than him. thats his comparative advantage. just yesterday, the associate press reported that at one point on january 6th, trump was confused by staffers were excited as he was watching the unrest unfold. so hes sitting there, wondering, why isnt everyone else psyched about the violent riot i incited? guys...

Interesting approach to have a novel approach to have a national republican committee take a position like that. so this is not a support or oppose this is just an observation that i thought that was novel and unique. honestly, that is an all-time great cowardly politician quote. it wasnt new, huh. ive seen more than a few in my day, and that is up there. the question is not gonna go away. not good enough, not gonna get away with that. im sorry. you can say that all you want, ron desantis, kevin...