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0 good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. it's january 6th. the anniversary of an insurrection that almost destroyed our democracy. today the white house and the nation commemorate the civilian and law enforcement heroes and the victims of that terrible day, even as the house chamber is no longer a literal battleground, it is now torn apart by political combat. a divide among republican factions creating a new crisis of government. on this date in 2021, lawmakers were wearing gas masks and taking cover as thousands stormed hallways fuelled by former president trump's false claims that the...

The tuesday group, you know, the governing majority they call themselves, rarely speak up for themselves, try to urge the party to go in a different direction. that's what i'm going to be looking for. the reality is republicans don't think we've had bad elections and that's the real rub here. republicans took away the 2016 election, you can ignore the middle, you can offend whoever you want, as long as you turn out enough base republicans. they interpreted that, again, as it's working for them, at least in the house it's working for them. they don't care who you offend. they don't care if the ...

To the left. so, for a lot of base republicans who are going to drive this election because it really comes out to turnout when it comes down to a runoff, they are backing walker because of his generic status. and i don't think the numbers tell us that that's a bad strategy. they're just hoping republicans outnumber democrats who might be weary from a couple weeks ago. >> biden said tonight walker doesn't deserve to be in the race. geoff duncan said he couldn't bring himself to vote for walker. what do you think the republican party should learn from how all this is playing out? >> this really...

January six hearing, very few base republicans are going to concede, while this is horrifying, we should've abandoned trump. but you are starting to hear some republicans whisper, maybe this does weaken him in the sense that it reminds people that he if he were to run again, we would be bringing all this into a general election, where is right now we have a lot of advantages focusing on a president who has a 33% approval in the new york times poll. >> right and i saw a quote from i think senator thune today was trying to waive trump off the announcing. he's running for reelection in the midter...

I am deeply humbled by them. ralph reid knows me well enough to know the introduction i prefer is a little bit shorter. i am a christian, a conservative, and a republican, in that order. and i am honored to stand before you today. >> well, there you go. joining me now, mark mckinnon, former adviser to george w. bush and john mccain. he is the executive producer of "the circus" and cnn political analyst, april ryan is here, white house correspondent for the grio. good evening, to both of you. boy, oh boy. >> hey, don. >> that is something to see. mark, pence refused to go along with trump in tr...