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In that effort. the conspirators also obstructed a lawful government function by pressuring the vice president to violate his duty to count the electoral certificates presented by certain states. the apparent objective of these efforts was to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and declared donald trump the winner. in this way, the conspiracy aimed to obstruct and interfere with the proper functioning of the united states government. so, again, tonight, lets be clear about thi...

Trickery, misrepresentation, to hinder a lawful government function. that is what happened here as well. they were trying to get people in particular, mike pence, not to do the job that was required of them regarding the constitution, and the electoral count. >> george conway, as always, a pleasure. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> that is all in on this one, the rachel maddow show with ali velshi starts right now. chris good evening and thank you, we will see you tomorrow. thank you to you...

A lot of times, im in the limelight. they make this government function. and they help people in ways big and small. and from the outside, sometimes people dont understand just how grueling this is and how many sacrifices people make. because those of us who are in front of the cameras oftentimes get the credit. but its a lot of people who are devoted, day in, day out, to making this country better that matter, and a lot of them are represented here. and thats not just in the west wing, by the w...

A lot of times in the limelight they make this government function and they help people in ways big and small. and from the outside sometimes people dont understand just how grueling this is. and how many sacrifices people make because those of us who are in front of the cameras oftentimes get the credit. but its a lot of people who are devoted day in and day out to making this country better that matter. a lot of them are represented here. and thats not just in the west wing, by the way. its al...

Learn more. they need to learn the entirety of the conduct to determine whether its criminal or not and to determine if its criminal where it falls within the parameters of crime, something that barb and i have spent a lot of time talking about is whether or not theres the possibility of prosecution of some group of individuals for a conspiracy to disrupt the functioning of government. that would be akin to the kind of conspiracy that robert mueller charged against russian trolls and internet fo...

Disrupt the functioning of government. that would be akin to the kind of conspiracy that robert mueller charged against russian trolls and internet folks in the course of the mueller investigation. that same sort of disruption of government function would be sort of the nexus of the investigation here. of course, theres no telling how far it could go. >> you know, barbara, in a "the washington post" op-ed, three retired generals are saying the military must prepare now for a 2024 insurrection. a...

Statute talking about conspiracy to commit sedition. all of this lines up. put together to stop a constitutional act from moving forward. and by the way, this conspiracy to commit sedition is even for the stopping of the passing of a bill, a regular bill, the stopping of any government function, but here theres an attempt to impede congress from doing perhaps the most important thing they do which is ensuring the peaceful transition of power from one democratically elected white house to another...

Every other state you have a rising in latino youth. thats why when you talk about the freedom to vote act, why that would be so important. it creates a national voter registration day. it allows people to be a part of the system immediately. i love what i do, tiffany, we register voters at scale. we register them at the margins. this should be a government function. the moment you turn 18-years-old, the moment you should be automatically registered to vote. then the parties can compete for your...

Government shutdown if that were to happen, especially since president biden ran on the fact that he can make government function again after what he calls a dysfunctional administration, the last administration. this goes against everything they stand for. but i will say, democrats have the -- i guess the higher ground here in the sense that theyre accurate when they say this is not about future spending, this is about all the past spending that was accumulated during the trump administration, ...

Violating the first amendment by deplatforming trump. and the first amendment doesnt apply to these social media companies. in other words, you dont have a right against these companies the way you have the right against the government not to have them cut you off. and, for example, i mean here, cnn, if i say something that somebody doesnt like and they say, hes a terrible guest, its cnns first amendment right to take me off the air because cnn is not the government. if the government said, no, ...