IN DEMOCRACY.
>> STRIKING AND STRONG, BUT IT
IS A DAY TO REALLY TAKE STOCK.
AND MANY DISCUSSIONS OVER THE
PAST FOUR PLUS YEARS ABOUT HOW
THIS WORKS AND WHEN DO PEOPLE
TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
THE FACT THAT WE ARE WATCHING
THIS HAPPEN IN THE HOUSE
LEADERSHIP CAUCUS AFTER JANUARY
6th AND NOT BEFORE, FOR ANYONE
THAT HAD ANY DOUBT OR DENIAL
ABOUT THIS JUST BEING QUOTE,
UNQUOTE WORDS OR QUOTE, UNQUOTE
THEATRICS.
IT IS NOT THEATRICS BECAUSE
PEOPLE DIED.
IT IS NOT THEATRICS BECAUSE THE
GOAL WAS TO PREVENT THE COUNTING
OF THOSE VOTES.
HAD THEY BEEN AT A LOGISTICAL
LEVEL, THERE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN
A VOTE COUNT ON THAT PARTICULAR
DAY.
IT MIGHT HAVE GONE TO THE NEXT
DAY.
YOU MIGHT HAVE CHALLENGERS
SAYING, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
HAD IT BEEN EARLIER IN THE
PROCESS, HAD IT BEEN NOVEMBER
AND NOT JANUARY, WE ALSO DON’T
KNOW WHERE THIS WOULD GO.
SO I HAVE SAID THIS IN MY
REPORTING BEFORE TO VIEWERS, BUT
TODAY IS A DAY THAT IT RATIFIES
AND FORTIFYS THE PROBLEM THERE.
AND CHANEY TALKS ABOUT THE FACT
THAT EVEN BEING SILENT, WHICH IS
LESS THAN WHAT McCARTHY IS
DOING, THEY ARE DOUBLING DOWN,
BUT SHE SAYS BEING SILENT IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> REMAINING SILENT AND IGNORING
THE LIE EMBOLDENS THE LIAR.
I WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
I WILL NOT SIT BACK AND WATCH IN
SILENCE WHILE OTHERS LEAD OUR
PARTY DOWN A PATH THAT ABANDONS
THE RULE OF LAW AND JOINS THE
FORMER PRESIDENT’S CRUSADE TO
UNDERMINE OUR DEMOCRACY.
>> MICHAEL, I TAKE THAT TO YOU
TO ANOTHER DIRECTION, WHICH IS
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SILENCE
OF THE TRADITIONAL STAKEHOLDERS
OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THE
SO-CALLED ADULTS, THE BUSINESS
LEADERS, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
OTHER REASONS FOR WORKING WITHIN
THAT PARTY, AS OPPOSED TO SAY
THE BIDEN AGENDA, WHICH
DEMOCRACY IS THEIR RIGHT, AND
HAD HOPED THAT JANUARY 6th AND
TRUMP WOULD GO AWAY.
IT IS NOT GOING AWAY IF IT IS
THE LITMUS TEST ABOVE ALL ELSE
INCLUDING TAX CUTS FOR WHO RUNS
THE PARTY.
>> NO, IT’S NOT.
AND, LOOK, ANY CONVERSATION
AROUND, YOU KNOW, POLICY AND,
YOU KNOW, DEMOCRATS AND
SOCIALISM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE
BIG TENT AND WE WANT THESE
POLICY AGENDAS TO BE ADDRESSED
IS ALL B.S.
WHAT WE HAVE WITNESSED SINCE
REALLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO THIS
TIME AND CERTAINLY IN NOVEMBER
AND DEFINITELY ON JANUARY 6th
AND WHAT WE SAW PLAY OUT TODAY
ON CAPITOL HILL WITH MEMBERS OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BASICALLY
SAYING, OH, THESE PEOPLE WHO
WERE INSURRECTIONISTS, THEY WERE
GOOD, LOYAL CITIZENS.
THEY WERE NO DIFFERENT THAN
PEOPLE COMING TO THE CAPITOL FOR
A TOUR.
YOU’RE JUST DAMN STUPID TO SAY
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND YOU ABANDONED EVERYTHING
THIS GUY OVER MY SHOULDER STOOD
FOR, THE SACRIFICE HE MADE TO
HOLD THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER.
YOU’RE NOW SITTING THERE
SHREDDING WITH STUPIDITY LIKE
THAT AND ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN
TODAY BY MEMBERS OF MY PARTY WHO
ABANDONED THE LINCOLN-ESQUE
IDEAL THAT THE CONSTITUTION
MATTERS AND THAT EVERY ELEMENT
OF THE CONSTITUTION, YES, EVEN
THOUGH LIZ IS A MEMBER OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY AND, YES, SHE
SAT IN LEADERSHIP, SHE DID NOT
ABANDON HER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
TO SPEAK HER MIND TRUTHFULLY AND
HONESTLY, PARTICULARLY IN THE
CONTEXT OF HER LEADERSHIP IN
THIS PARTY WHEN THE PARTY WANTED
TO GO OFF A CLIFF, SHE WAS THE
LONE VOICE AMONG A FEW OTHER
LONE VOICES LIKE MITT ROMNEY AND
ADAM KINZINGER SAYING, DUDE,
THAT’S A CLIFF.
DON’T GO THERE.
BUT THEY DID.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS NOW KIND OF
WE’RE GOING TO NOW -- AND THIS
IS OVER.
WE’RE GOING TO START GOVERNING
AND WE WANT TO ENGAGE THE
DEMOCRATS.
NO, THEY DON’T.
THE GRIFT, THE POWER GRAB IS
WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
LOOK AT HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING
TO BE RAISED OFF OF WHAT
HAPPENED TODAY.
YOU GOT TWO CONGRESS PEOPLE
RIGHT NOW TRAVELING THE COUNTRY
SCREAMING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE
BIG LIE IN GAETZ AND TAYLOR