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Messiah. jesus to trump, but i havent. and im going to make sure that everything that i can do that my constituents rights will not be stripped from them because of what they believe in is a lie. trump lost the election. and they need to tell the people of this country the truth. and if they wont, im going to. >> and if they wont, im going to. i believe her. she is the dean of the texas state democratic caucus. her name is representative sanfronia dixon. she was elected in 1972. at the time she ...

Ideal place to insure that all americans participate and have a voice in their democratic process by voting. >> texas state representative thompson, an institution in the texas legislature and an unparalleled way. dean of the texas house of representatives and the democrats, representative thompson, its an honor to have you here. i know you and your colleagues have really put yourself out at great personal inconvenience to do what youre doing. thank you for helping us understand, and i hope thin...

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Occurred on january 6 never, ever happens again in the united states of america. >> are you prepared to subpoena the former president of the united states? >> i am prepared to subpoena anyone who is identified based on the facts and circumstances behind january 6. >> chairman thompson, thank you for being with us. bennie thompson of mississippi is the lead of the january 6 house select committee. i would like to bring in don bacon of nebraska. representative bacon, i want to start by thanking yo...

Favor by voting down the bipartisan commission that chairman thompson and ranking member katko negotiated. i didnt hear a lot of screamin that was wrong. its now on us to move forward with the commission and to just make sure that we seek the truth and we follow the facts. so thats what we plan to do. we have a quorum of the committee constituted. so were going to start having conversations and building staff. were not going to wait for kevin mccarthy to take the temperature of his conference be...

Capitol. so we have to fix it. we have a good team of members assembled already. as you know, liz cheney is one of the individuals who is on the committee. shes a wonderful member of congress. i look forward to working with her and my committee, the homeland security committee, its a bipartisan committee. we wanted more bipartisan committees in congress because we want to get it done. when crazy folk like those who showed up on january 6 -- they dont care whether you are republican or democrat o...

As governor greg abbott pushes conservative policies signing bills that made their way through the republican-led legislature. yesterday he defunded the entire state legislature as a way to punish democrats who staged a walkout over restrictive roting bill, his move impacting legislative staffers the most. this all coming after he vowed to continue to build trumps border wall. expanding gun rights, ban critical race theory in schools and one of the most restrictive abortion members in may. miss ...

Citizen, regardless of whether you are a democrat or a republican, independent, green party or so forth and so on. and to be able to talk about how important it was for us to be able to preserve the right to vote for every citizen was really refreshing. >> is you ever think you would see a black female vice president in your lifetime? >> no, i did not. but it is a delightful surprise. >> no doubt. all right. well, it was a pleasure for us to have you here with us. really appreciate it. happy jun...

A bill forming a commission to formally investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol that left five dead may clear the House of Representatives soon. House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern hosts a meeting to debate amendments for a bill that would stand up a commission to investigate the intelligence failures that lead to the January 6 attack and a $1.9 billion emergency security spending fund for the U.S. Capitol complex. (Screenshot via Courthouse News) WASHINGTON (CN) — Over the vocif...