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Folks that say the crazy things, you like misinformation is true and i will say this is white supremacy run amuck as it has in the country. how is it seeing those folks in the hallway? >> look, i dont come across those members you mentioned. >> good for you. >> at the end of the day, i would say it is a vitriolic and toxic atmosphere right now. i think its again in large part of the threats that existed january 6th that have metastasized since then. that has not abated at all, if anything, its g...

As a party. heres the deal. we won 2020 as a unified party. we look to 2022 as we do that, we need to stay unified. >> all right. the majority came out in droves to deliver the power of the federal government to democrats. there may not be a lot to show for it when it comes to policy coming out of congress. but we should remember whether what this country could have looked like under four more years of trump and keep in mind, could republicans regain control of congress, expect policy that will ...

Its all the more reason why the select committee on january 6th that work is important to getting to the truth as to what happened that day and ultimately making recommendations to the congress as to safeguards we can put into place over the course of the next year-and-a-half to ensure something like that never happens again. one thing we are working on right now by way of background is reforms to the electoral contact. which is a law that came into play during the course of the 2020 presidentia...

Congresswoman said a lot. i am really concerned about what might happen if the gop retakes the house and the senate. essentially, the january 6th commission could likely go. do you think at this point considering all the voting rights legislation that is kind of doa, the voter suppression rung rampant in this country, gerrymandering, redistricting, can the dems hold the house and the senate when were around the corner from mid-terms? >> i think we can and i think we will. but i do think you shou...

Future attempt to overturn an election? what can be done legally to prevent those efforts in the future, to protect future elections? >> well, pamela, i think thats really the ultimate question here. what can we do to make sure this doesnt happen again? its not going to be issuing another report. thats not going to ensure it doesnt happen again. if you look to what people do in criminal cases, what prosecutors do. we look for deterrents. what is going to deter someone from acting on behalf of a ...

Its the former presidents first trip since the 2020 election. hes back here in des moines. a number of folks have been waiting hours for him to speak. a lot of it has to do with getting the presidents endorsement. the 2022 mid-terms. and there is the question about 2024 and whether the president is going to run again. >> its an incredible job we did. and we have been given snow credit. but the people know. we got 76 million votes, the most in history and 12 million more than we did in 2016. repo...

Theyre throwing chewing gum and popcorn at the screen. why cant they be dragged in? why havent we held more people accountable? what will it look like the your average voter if three, four, five months from now theyre still stonewalling subpoenas? doesnt it make them look feckless and i tent? >> not only the biden administration but the very people whose lives were put at risk during that attack, right? this is the third time that democrats would have led efforts to hold trump and his cronies ac...

From this standpoint. does it really matter? if everybody else in the republican party is basically holding their how older until donald trump decides. it doesnt matter if he announces tomorrow or over christmas or in november of 2022 or 15 minutes before iowa caucuses. no one else. in party will move until him, correct? >> i think that sounds about right. no one has the gaul to step out of line when someone like trump is threatening you in the way that he does. lets keep in mind there is a lot ...

Quite frankly, i think most republicans will be cool with it. the democrats have to recognize that this guy brings out a loyalty on the part of republicans that will make anything possible from electoral violence to cheating at the polls. >> yeah. thats why i think that the single most important piece of legislation that democrats in congress need to move forward is voting rights. we already know that republicans with trump at the helm will do anything and everything they can to make sure people...

School boards often involve speech that is clearly protected by the first amendment. in recent months, we have seen the video of the school board meetings getting more interesting with people packing the meetings and making it clear theyre outraged with what the they see. republicans say the parents have a right to be there and embracing their right to free speech. as you mentioned in leesburg, conservatives are learning about ways to become more politically active, not less. that includes at sc...