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Kevin mccarthy, the leader of republicans has been leading that chamber. >> let's stop on that, anna palmer. she became a really important witness in the impeachment trial. over in the senate she released a statement and really i think was one of the first to put her name to what she understood kevin mccarthy had communicated about during the insurrection. so much of what liz cheney has communicated about kevin mccarthy's importance as a witness. and list cheney has gone so far as to say he should be subpoenaed, if he doesn't testify it is about those communications that took place while the i...

Essence of the rule of launch it means nothing if it means that after congress votes and says look we really need this evidence and you say huh-uh, i'm afraid i am not going to give it to you. that's destruction of the rule of law. we have seen the same in many different areas. what bothers me to the core -- i am not a particularly partisan person. what bothers me to the core is that the republican party has become the enemy of the rule of law. when i went to law school that was not the case. the republican party stood up for it many times now on instance after instance it is not about truth, ...

Means. let's remember that donald trump incited violence that led to the death of police officers. law enforcement officials who were clearly still suffering from their injuries and their trauma. >> and it's still stunning when you think this is the party of law and order. >> but it's not. >> the republicans decided they're going to look the other way. no, and -- and you know, the steve bannon thing, we've gotten a little bit numbed, maybe, no all of this, but this is really an extraordinary vote that republicans in congress voted 202-9 not to hold steve bannon in contempt. so, you know, which...

You know, he seems quite proud of himself in that recording. if he doesn't have anything to hide, then he shouldn't have any trouble coming and telling us his side of this story. but he's behaving as if he is somebody who wants to hide the truth. >> i want to show you something that your fellow committee member, adam kinzinger, said about what the republican posture and sort of pr is in terms of security. >> don't let my side use the security posture as the strawman argument in this. the reality is that is the equivalent of blaming the victim of a crime for the crime. and while it is important...

So, congress must show steel here. they must show resolve. they must show to all witnesses that they are not messing around. they will leave no stone unturned, and that steve bannon and the rest of the cretins around trump are not above the law. this was an act of violence against all of us, against our nation, and getting to the bottom of it is as important a duty as we've seen in our lifetimes. >> steve, we've talked a lot about the nine republicans who voted with the democrats but how about the 202 republicans who voted against their own authorities? >> well, there's no mystery here. what w...