>>> THIS SUNDAY, THE FATE OF AN
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION TO
INVESTIGATE THE CAPITOL
INSURRECTION RESTS IN THE
SENATE.
AFTER THE HOUSE VOTED TO APPROVE
A JANUARY 6th COMMISSION LAST
WEEK WITH 35 REPUBLICANS BREAK
BREAKING RANKS TO VOTE YES, THE
BILL COULD MAKE IT TO THE SENATE
FLOOR IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
A HANDFUL OF SENATE REPUBLICANS
HAVE EXPRESSED OPENNESS TO A
COMMISSION, BUT A GROWING NUMBER
HAVE ALREADY FLAT OUT SAID NO.
PARTICULARLY AFTER WATCHING
THEIR MINORITY LEADER DO THIS
180.
>> THERES NO QUESTION, NONE,
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
PRACTICALLY AND MORALLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVOKING THE
EVENTS OF THE DAY.
AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, I
HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO OPPOSE
THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS SLANTED AND
UNBALANCED PROPOSAL FOR ANOTHER
COMMISSION TO STUDY THE EVENTS
OF JANUARY THE 6th, JOINING ME
NOW, CONGRESSWOMAN MADELEINE
DEAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA, AN
IMPEACHMENT MANAGER IN TRUMPS
SECOND IMPEACHMENT AND BONNIE
WATSON COLEMAN.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO "THE
SUNDAY SHOW."
I WANT TO PLAY THIS SOUND FROM
SENATOR RON JOHNSON ON WHAT HE
HAD TO SAY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
ON JANUARY 6th AND GET YOUR
REACTION ON THE OTHER SIDE.
>> THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS,
EVEN CALLING IT AN INSURRECTION,
IT WASNT.
I CONDEMN THE BREACH.
I CONDEMN THE VIOLENCE.
BUT TO SAY THERE WERE THOUSANDS
OF ARMED INSURRECTIONISTS
BREACHING THE CAPITOL, INTENT ON
OVERTHROWING THE GOVERNMENT IS
SIMPLY FALSE NARRATIVE.
BY AND LARGE IT WAS PEACEFUL
PROTESTS, EXCEPT FOR -- THERE
WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
BASICALLY AGITATORS THAT WHIPPED
THE CROWD, AND BREACHED THE
CAPITOL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THATS REALLY THE
TRUTH OF WHATS HAPPENING HERE.
>> CONGRESSWOMAN DEAN, YOU GO
FIRST.
YOUR REACTION TO THE SENATOR.
>> ITS JUST STUNNING.
FIRST OF ALL, GOOD TO BE WITH
YOU, JONATHAN, AND GREAT TO BE
WITH YOU, BONNIE.
HAPPY SUNDAY TO YOU.
ITS JUST STUNNING.
THESE BACKFLIPS, THE GYMNASTICS
THAT SOME REPUBLICANS SO TIGHTLY
TETHERED TO FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP ARE PERFORMING JUST SHOW
THEIR ABSENCE OF CREDIBILITY.
OF COURSE THIS WAS NO TUESDAY
TOUR.
THIS WAS NO PEACEFUL PROTEST.
I WAS IN THE CAPITOL THAT DAY.
I HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT, ALONG
WITH OTHERS, IN A GAS MASK, AS
THE CHAMBER DOORS WERE POUNDED
ON AND PIERCED.
THIS -- THINK OF THE ATTACK ON
THE POLICE.
OF COURSE, THE VIDEO SHOWS THE
TRUTH THAT THIS WAS THE GREATEST
ATTACK BY AMERICANS ON AMERICA
ON THE SEAT OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
SO WHY THESE FOLKS ARE DOING
THIS, I THINK IT IS A PERVERSE
TETHERING TO THE FORMER
PRESIDENT AND A BELIEF THAT
MAYBE SOMEHOW, IF WE TRY TO
FORGET ABOUT ALL OF THIS,
THEYLL STAY IN POWER.
>> CONGRESSWOMAN DEAN, THERES A
VERY ACTUALLY STARTLING PHOTO OF
YOU IN THAT GAS MASK UP IN THE
HOUSE GALLERY.
CONGRESSWOMAN COLEMAN, YOU WERE
THERE THAT DAY.
YOUR REACTION TO SENATOR
JOHNSON.
>> I TELL YOU, I WENT TO THE
CAPITOL THINKING IT WAS THE
SAFEST PLACE TO BE BECAUSE I WAS
EVACUATED FROM BOTH MY APARTMENT
AND MY OFFICE BUILDING BECAUSE
IT WAS SO CLOSE TO THE RNC.
SO I WAS REALLY CONFUSED WHEN I
WAS WALKING DOWN THE CORRIDOR
AND I ENCOUNTERED ONE OF THE
POLICE OFFICERS WHO SAID, YOU
DONT WANT TO GO DOWN THERE
BECAUSE THEYRE COMING IN.
THEYRE COMING IN.
IM LIKE, I KNOW THAT THERES
DEMONSTRATIONS.
I KNOW THAT.
I SAW THAT OUTSIDE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEYRE COMING
IN.
IM JUST TRYING TO GO DOWN HERE
TO THE OFFICE DOWN THE CORNER
HERE.
AND AS I WAS TURNING THE CORNER
TO GO DOWN ANOTHER CORRIDOR, I
COULD SEE COLORFUL IMAGES AND
WHAT APPEARED TO BE TUSTLING
BETWEEN BLUE UNIFORMS AND PEOPLE
IN VERY COLORFUL AND VERY LOUD.
SO I WENT INTO ONE OF THE
ATTENDING PHYSICIANS OFFICES
AND WE LOCKED IN.
WE COULD HEAR THEM CHANTING,
USA, USA, USA AND WE COULD HEAR
THE TUSTLING, BUT WE DIDNT KNOW
THE EXTENT OF IT.
>> CONGRESSWOMAN COLEMAN, AFTER
YOU HAD TO HUNKER DOWN WITH
OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, YOU
CAME DOWN WITH THE CORONAVIRUS,
WITH COVID-19.
HOW ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?
>> I AM RECOVERED.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME.
I HAD ALREADY HAD ONE OF MY --
THE FIRST SHOT OF MY VACCINE.
I IMMEDIATELY WAS INFORMED TO
GET THE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES
INFUSION, AND SO I WAITED OUT
EVERYTHING AND THEN GOT MY
SECOND SHOT.
I AM FINE, THANK GOD.
>> THAT IS GOOD TO HEAR.
CONGRESSWOMAN DEAN, YOU TALKED
EARLIER ABOUT THE FACT THAT
REPUBLICANS ARE TETHERED TO
DONALD TRUMP.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, DO YOU
BELIEVE THAT THEY TRULY BELIEVE
THAT WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY
6th WAS JUST A NORMAL TOURIST
DAY?
DO THEY BELIEVE THE LIES THEY
ARE TELLING?
>> I DONT THINK THEY DO.
YOU JUST TAKE A LOOK AND YOU
SHOWED SOME OF MITCH McCONNELLS
WORDS ON THE FLOOR FOLLOWING THE
IMPEACHMENT VERDICT WHERE HE
VOTED NOT GUILTY AND THEN SAID
THE PRESIDENT IS MORALLY AND
PRACTICALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
INSURRECTION.
MR. McCARTHY HAD A MOMENT OF
CLARITY.
I THINK YOUVE SEEN THOSE WORDS
OVER AND OVER AGAIN ON THE HOUSE
FLOOR PULLING FOR INGCALLING FOR
TO STOP THE RIOT, TO STOP THE
INSURRECTION.
THEY DONT BELIEVE IT.
THEY BELIEVE IT IS THEIR PATHWAY
TO STAYING IN POWER OR GAINING
GREATER POWER.
BUT LOOK AT THE VIDEO THAT YOU
ARE SHOWING.
THE CAPITOL POLICE, A PROTECTIVE
FORCE, SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES
THAT DAY.
WHY WOULDNT EVERY SINGLE MEMBER
OF CONGRESS SAY WE HAVE TO FIND
OUT THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES
SUR
SURROUNDING WHAT HAPPENED, IF
FOR NO GREATER REASON THAN WE
PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING IN THE
FUTURE.
THEY ARE AFRAID OF SOMETHING.
MR. McCARTHY AND MR. McCONNELL
ARE AFRAID OF THE TRUTH.
>> CONGRESSWOMAN COLEMAN, IF THE
SENATE DOESNT PASS THE
COMMISSION, DOESNT APPROVE THE
COMMISSION, DO YOU THINK THAT
SPEAKER PELOSI SHOULD SET UP A
HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE TO KEEP
GOING AND INVESTIGATING WHAT
HAPPENED JANUARY 6th.
>> JONATHAN, IF THE SENATE --
FIRST OF ALL, I DONT BELIEVE
THE SENATE IS GOING TO FAIL TO
PASS THIS.
I DONT THINK THAT THESE
SENATORS CAN GO BACK HOME AND
FACE THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND SAY,
WE DONT CARE ABOUT OUR SAFETY.
WE DONT CARE ABOUT OUR
PROTECTING THE CITADEL OF OUR
DEMOCRACY, AND WE DONT CARE
ABOUT PROTECTING YOU ALL WHO
MIGHT WANT TO COME VISIT.
SO IM GOING TO BE HOPEFUL AND
IM NOT GOING TO SPEAK TO THE
UNIVERSE THAT THE SENATE WILL
NOT FIND A WAY TO PASS THIS.
I THINK ITS INCUMBENT UPON THE
MAJORITY LEADER IN THE SENATE TO
FIGURE THAT PATHWAY OUT AND TO
DO IT.
IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE THAT THE
REPUBLICANS WILL NOT CONFRONT
THE TRUTH HERE.
IT WAS BEFORE EVERYONES EYES TO
SEE AND EVERYONES PART TO REACT
TO.
WE HAVE BEEN AFFRONTED.
WE HAVE BEEN -- WE HAVE
EXPERIENCED A MORAL INJURY.
BUT MORE THAN THAT, WE
EXPERIENCED AN ATTACK ON OUR
DEMOCRACY AND WE KNOW HOW
FRAGILE IT IS NOW.
SO LETS STOP POLITICIZING THIS.
LETS DO WHAT THEY DID WITH THE
9/11 COMMISSION.
LET THE FACTS, LET THE EVIDENCE
SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
LET IT UNCOVER WHY THIS
HAPPENED, HOW THIS HAPPENED AND
WHAT HAPPENED AGAIN WITH THE
GAPS IN SHARING INFORMATION THAT
HAD IT BEEN SHARED AND ACTED