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If this is a legal and valid election, what were seeing so far is that democrats are so desperate theyre trying to remove president trump from the ballot. >> to be clear, i dont hear you committed to certifying the election results. will you only commit to -- >> if theyre constitutional. >> does that mean that if donald trump wins? >> if theyre constitutional. what we saw in 2020 was unconstitutional circumventing of the constitution. >> she parroted trump in rewriting history be repeating his c...

>> and congressman kinzinger, this comes as elise stefanik on the sunday shows, she is the republican conference chair, and shes now echoing the language that the former president is using when it comes to the january 6th defendants, the people who went to the capitol and rioted that day, describing them as hostages. this is what she said on "meet the press." >> i have concerned about the treatment of january 6th hostages. i have concerned, we have a role in congress of oversight over our treatm...

Hostages. i have concerns. we have a role in congress of oversight over our treatment of prisoners. and i believe that we are seeing that weaponization of the federal government against not just president trump but we are seeing it against conservatives. >> joining us now, someone who was there on january 6th, democratic congressman ruben gallego of arizona. hes a candidate for the u.s. senate in arizona in 2024. thank you very much for being here. so now, they are hostages. >> look, this is the...

The better of the response here to judge hendersons excellent question. what she is saying is do we have to worry in the future about various state and federal prosecutions and the weaponization of the criminal justice system? judge chutkan dealt with that in her opinion when trying to differentiate why criminal cases and not having criminal immunity makes sense if you dont have civil immunity, and structurally if you have a criminal case, you have to have a grand jury to indict, and its not up ...

Much in doubt, well see, sort of doing that jarring thing, and that was startling, and i think that part of the mood, as you say, that well be seeing in 2024 on the trail. i will say for elise stefanik is her super power is that she immediately goes to policy. not so much her super power as a republican thing, policy, policy, policy. the lovely democratic guest you had this morning was more politics and process. do you know what i mean? >> yes. >> theyre two different moods and two different imp...

I call them hostages. >> i have concerns about the treatment of january 6th hostages. i have concerns. we have a role in congress of oversight over our treatments of prisoners, and i believe that were seeing the weaponization of the federal government. >> those comments first from former president trump and then from republican congresswoman elise stefanik drawing intense backlash calling them hostages and not defendants in the january 6th cases. one of the officer whs who defed the capitol that...

He didnt win, but i want to get back to this key question. do you still think it was a tragic day? do you think that the people who stormed the capitol should be held responsible to the full extent of the law? >> i have concerns about the january 6th hostages. we have concerns of oversight and over our treatments of prisoners, and i believe were seeing the weaponization of the federal government not just against president trump, but were seeing it against conservatives and against catholics. tha...

Multiple front wars across the world. secretary of defense is sixth in command in the chain of command. its unacceptable for the american public and beyond the ability to even conceive the president of the united states would not know that the secretary of defense is out of commission for a week. >> harris: in "focus" new republican congresswoman kat cammack on florida on the subcommittee of the weaponization of the federal government. how about the snoozeization? was somebody asleep at the swit...

It makes me want to double down for this coming year to make sure they dont get into office. >> just to add to what you said about john mccain, he was making from fun of the fact that john mccain could not lift his arms and the reason he could not is because he was a navy flyer and was shot down over vietnam and then tortured for 5 1/2 years. that is why he could not lift his arms. while trump was avoiding the terry service. now elyse stefon it parroted the language of trump yesterday. take a li...

Release the j-6 hostages, joe. release them, joe. you can do it real easy, joe. >> and today prominent members of the republican party continue to parrot trumps incendiary rhetoric. >> i have concerns about the treatment of january 6th hostages. i have concerns. we have a role in congress of oversight over our treatment of prisoners and i believe that were seeing the weaponization of the federal government against not just president trump but were seeing it against conservatives, were seeing it ...