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Our duty, in 2022 and beyond, then ages still to come will say we, all of us here, we kept the faith. we preserved democracy. we heeded our words. we heeded not our worst instincts but our better angels. we proved that for all its imperfections, america is still the beacon to the world, an ideal to be realized, a promise to be kept. theres nothing more important. nothing more sacred. nothing more american. thats our soul. thats who we truly are. and thats who we must always be. i have no doubt, ...

We havent ever been in this position before. we havent had a former president who refuses to acknowledge the results. we didnt have an insurrection in the past. we are really facing a massive threat to our democratic principles, small d and wlarj d democratic principles. so i we might, you know, see a different movement because when you look at, say, the decision of the supreme court with the womans right to choose, that doesnt just affect democrats. that affects women and men across the country...

And so the guarantee clause is basically telling the united states if states are no longer democratically governed, small d, the united states must do something about it. thats why i continue to be very outspoken. i know that the democrats have got a hot of things done, but they should not end this term without also protecting democracy in states. and if they need any guidance as to why, id say read the guarantee in the constitution that you took an oath to uphold. >> let me read it and i want t...

>> yes. i agree with that. really, that is why i say that we are going to have to have a new terminology for the gop. it doesnt resemble its old self. indeed, one of the biggest metrics of that is that anybody who wants to get ahead in their party now has to be more and more radical. think about mehmet oz. he used to be for done reform. in his campaign ad, he had to be shooting and saying that the second amendment is about opposing chronicle government. theres even rhonda scientists. in november...

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And threats, and the violence that are inherent in the trump republican movement today against everyone, from the individuals themselves in high office to folks like shea and ruby, who were revealed to have been intimidated and threatened. these are people who you never wouldve heard their names, you never would have known who they were, they were anonymous state election workers and volunteers who, when they didnt do what the trump organisation wanted, became the target of death threats and a s...

Resolution, reaffirming the houses unequivocal support for nato founded on democratic principle. i was shocked to see that 63 of your house republican colleagues voted against that, voted against something that calls for supporting small d democratic values. whats going on with this big chunk of your party? >> yeah, that would be a question for them, jake. i dont understand the vote. i obviously cast the opposite vote to support nato. the nato alliance is critically important. you know, i will t...

Fierce primary battle. shes not alone. how do they try to chart out a different course for the republican party? >> i have nothing admiration for liz cheney. i agree with her on almost nothing, but you cant think of any interest she has in what shes doing other than principle. its very difficult to see how her political career is going to survive, but she just doesnt care. shes doing what she has to do, which i think is to put the choice forward to her party in the starkest and clearest terms an...

Anti-democratic decision. understand, the filibuster itself is an anti-democratic or un-democratic rule. the notion that the majority does not rule. it can be controlled by a minority. bypassing the filibuster rule happens all of the time in the senate and happened a couple of weeks ago. >> right. with the debt ceiling. >> with the debt ceiling. they do it all the time. they carve out exceptions. and what better exception than to have a functioning democracy. >> right. to be clear when you say d...

Plus since the january 6th attack on the united states capitol, the most important so far has been the arrest of this man. meet stewart rhodes the founder of the far right militia the oath keepers, a former army paratrooper who was honorably discharged after he was injured in a night parachuting accident. he then worked for libertarian congressman ron paul and went to yale law school. so far what would seem to be a kind of main stream conservative. according to the southern policy law center its...