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one of the many threads running through the tapestry of the hearings is the indifference, at best, to violence committed in his name and inclouding the now notoriou tweet about then vice president pence. do you remember seeing the tweet about the vice president did not have the courage to do what needed to be done? i do. hot was your reaction when you saw this tweet? as a staffer that works to always represent the administration to the best of my ability, and to showcase the good things that he had done for the country, i remember feeling frustrated, disappointed, and really it felt personal. i was really sad. as an american i was disgusted. it was unpatriotic. unamerican. we were watching the capitol building get defaced over a lie. with me now washington post associated editor, bob a woodwardand former white house nixon counsel, john dean. bob woodward, we should notice is more recently the co author of peril and buernstein of chasing history. and a ne ....
Although i knew enough about what mr. giuliani and his associates were pushing during this period, i didn t think it was something appropriate for-white house chief of staff to attend or to consider involvement in. i made that clear to mr. meadow es. throughout the afternoon, he mentioned a few more times going up to the willard hotel that evening and then eventually dropped the subject the night of the fifth and said he would dial in instead. carl bernstein remains with us. joining him, cornish and casey hunt. jaime, you ve done a lot of reporting about this war room at the willard hotel. what s so significant about this? meadows calling in to them? let me go back to what white house chief of staff needs to be leaving the white house the night before and we now know everyone knows that there s ....
Chief of staff mark meadow es s book. in it, he he accounts a conversation he had with the former president where he called on people to march on the capitol and quote fight like hell. meadows wrote when he got off stauj, president trump let me know he had been speaking metaphorically about the walk to the capitol. he knew, as well as anyone, that we couldn t organize a trip like that on such short notice. it was clear the whole time that he didn t actually intend to walk down pennsylvania avenue with the crowd. not sure it was clear to the crowd. joining us now, cnn contributor and former nixon white house counsel, john dean. and cnn senior political commentator and former senior adviser to president obama, david axelrod. david, uh, in the days leadling up to the rally, the former president telling his aides he wanted to march to the capitol with supporters but he was told secret service would be unable to protect him. that s according to maggie haberman in the new york times. i als ....