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US police, military confront enemy within after Capitol riot AFP 1/14/2021 AFP © Olivier DOULIERY Police hold back supporters of US President Donald Trump as they gather outside the US Capitol's Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC They swore to serve and protect. But, a week after extremists stormed the US Capitol, police departments and military branches across America are investigating reports some of their own formed part of the mob. From Ashli Babbitt, the Air Force veteran shot dead as she tried to force her way toward the House chamber, to retired Air Forc...

Concerns. i would certainly hope so. but, i mean, look, this is a man who very recently said in defense of donald trump that grabbing a woman's genitalia wasn't sexual assault. this is someone who's voted against fair pay for women. this is someone who's against gay marriage and has tried to seek a constitutional amendment to prohibit same-sex marriages. i mean, i think he's a dangerous pick. >> thematics that folks do not want to talk about in 2017 certainly. so that outside of whether he can run the department itself, all of those questions to be asked this week. vida johnson, thank you so m...

And there's really nothing in his record since that would show he's changed at all, unfortunately. we've seen him, you know, have opposition to the voting rights act. he called that an intrusive piece of legislation. we have seen him -- >> what do you think he might do here, vida? let's talk about voting rights. >> sure. >> that was clearly a schematic in 2010 in the midterm elections, talking about it in the lead up to 2012, 2016 not so much necessarily. one of the headlines brought up -- i really meant 2014 a second ago, what do you think he might do visa vis this large debate that's happeni...