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Gerrymandering and elected officials who would not provide for access to our constitutional rights to vote and they are trying to subvert millions of peoples rights to vote. our democracy is at stake. i see what they are doing in terms of their move towards autoaccuratic government and the system that would not allow for the democratic democracy we all know so well. >> congressman lieu, we know the select committee hasn't ruled out a criminal referral against donald trump. what do you think are the next steps in the committee's investigation? >> let me say congresswoman lee is right that we ha...

It is sad because the republican party will exist but it lost credibility and it will take a while to get it back. >> christina, what can we expect from congress if republicans do indeed take control, and what happens on the second anniversary of the january 6th insurrection?, jonathan, is tha they play offense. democrats are the ones who play defense and want to constantly share the ball with republicans. whenever democrats get into power, they say, represented, what would you like to do, and that's in the spirit of democracy, sure, but we're not there anymore. if the democrats have a majorit...

Capitol, although that building was desecrated and although we saw a confederate flag march through it, it was democracy that was under attack and that remains under attack. the voting rights we're talking about, those need to be passed to protect democracy. and we need to make sure that we don't have a state legislature or a state partisan making the decision about what votes count. it has to continue to be something that protects our rights to vote and our rights to have our vote counted. >> they are intertwined, january 6th and voting rights. jill wine-banks, christina greer, juanita tolliv...

It's interested in talking to former vice president, mike pence. it has yet to formally request is voluntary cooperation. republican vice chair, liz cheney, acknowledge that the committee is examining donald trump's potential criminal exposure. another member of the capitol police is trying to hold trump accountable. yesterday, capitol police officer, breonna kirkland, filed a lawsuit against trump, arguing that his provocative words and actions leading up to and on january 6th, 2021, we're likely to incite and provoke violence in our they're's and did in fact incite and provoke violence direc...

Against the former president and his neighbors, and we won every single time, in order to protect and preserve, our democracy and respect of the will of the people. >> you know, the philadelphia inquirer this week asked five top republican candidates, for two new senate seat about the 2020 election. only one acknowledged biden won. and none would say if they would've certified pennsylvania's election results. talk about what is at stake in terms of electing a democrat. if it will stand for democracy. >> well, what's at stake here in pennsylvania, and across this country, is that we need leader...