Vice Chair Liz Cheney revealed that multiple Republican members of Congress
asked for presidential pardons after January 6.
You went on Twitter and directly asked Republican Congressman Gates,
Hobart and Green if they were the ones who asked for pardons.
Do you have a reason to believe that they were?
>> Well we do know that Congresswoman Lauren Boebert in the middle of all of
that footage that we saw yesterday of people kind of coming into the Capitol
was actively tweeting the speaker's location.
Was tweeting evocative really provocative statements like this is 17 today in 1776.
And it very much I believe indicates a side here.
And when you don't know which of your colleagues were part of
a potential conspiracy, then we need to find out.
>> And so AOC is putting the pressure on some of these representatives that she's
been tangling with on social media to come out and
just be honest, did you request a pardon?
Now this is important for a lot of different reasons.
One is if a bunch of these people requesting pardons, it kind of telegraphs
that they knew they were doing something at least plausibly illegal.
And so AOC had a back and forth with Lauren Boebert where Lauren Boebert had
talked about 1980 for the book, a book that she has totally read every word.
>> She has not read that book.
>> She has read it.
>> [LAUGH] >> Anyway, it's not even a long book.
And it's really simple writing style.
George Orwell is not the most complicated author.
There's no way she read it though.
Anyway, exactly and that's a classic.
AOC tweeted too hey, quick question Boebert.
Did you ask for a pardon after tweeting the speakers location on January 6?
You and the KKK Caucus have been really quiet about it today and given how much
you all have to say, I'm not sure why no one's responding to this simple question.
So she's asking what is objectively a simple question,
did you request a presidential pardon?
She has been saying this is a simple question.
Boebert responded saying, okay Sandy,
I don't know why they think calling her Sandy is an insult.
I really don't.
But $5 a gallon gas, 3+ million illegals crossing our southern border.
No baby formula, inflation higher than it's been in both of our lifetimes,
is this what you want to talk about?
Your policies are failing America and you're gonna lose the house come November,
kissy face.
So she referenced all those things and put a kissy face.
One thing you'll note she didn't do is answer the extremely simple question,
did you request a presidential pardon?
If you didn't, it's super simple to say and it's,
this is even more suspicious than it might seem because you need to factor this in.
These people are all massive liars.
They could just lie about it, but they're not.
They're not answering the question and they're not lying.
For them to not lie,
there definitely has to be evidence they're worried about coming forward.
So anyway, I want to go back to just a little bit more of AOC talking about how
simple it would be to respond to this question.
>> Believe that every member of Congress should be able to answer that question.
I'm happy to answer this question.
I know that Representative Gerry Connolly, Representative Chellie Pingree,
we are more than willing to offer that we did not seek a pardon from the White House
either before or after January 6th.
Or frankly at any point in time.
And I believe that it's a very simple question that every single member of
Congress should be able to answer.
>> Well people like Scott Perry they're denying it.
You just don't believe them?
>> I love that answer.
So he's the only person,
Scott Perry's the only person that the January 6 Hearing Committee members have
specifically identified as one who asked for a pardon.
He says he didn't but they say they have the evidence.
They have said that other people did but they haven't said who yet.
And I get that like they want to roll out the information in the most enticing way
possible.
But like that's kind of a big bomb to drop and then not define it.
If you have text messages, if you have phone transcripts, if you have that stuff,
maybe get around to letting us know because as we've said,
it's really consequential.
If these people knew that what they were doing was potentially illegal,
we need to know that.
It's kind of important in getting us to the DOJ actually doing something.
>> They were excited John.
Lauren Boebert was shouting 1776 while people stormed the Capitol.
They were- >> She thought that was a prequel to 1984
by the way.
>> Yeah, she [LAUGH] >> She didn't read that either.
>> You got jokes today.
It's gonna come out and you're right.
If they ask for a pardon, why'd you do it?
Why'd you ask?
We got to know why?
And the reason they call her Sandy is to challenge her
pride about her Latina because that was her nickname when she was younger.
And so they go, now you're Alexandria, now you're, but you are Sandy.
So they wanted, they do that.
They tried to attack who she is.
Like she's not an authentic Latina.
Anyway, so that's why they do that.
It's ridiculous.
But- >> I think it's also minimizing.
It's supposed to make her seem more like just a girl or something I think.
>> It's like when they took that video of her dancing, when she was like,
first of all made her look great.
She was like 20 in college.
>> They look amazing.
>> It's like what, [LAUGH] that's gonna attack her.
>> I wish I had a video like that in my past for people to leak, but
regrettably I don't.
So well.
>> Yeah, and we're gonna see it come out John and
there's record of these pardon requests.
And any time the right brings up illegal babies, [LAUGH] that any
time they bring up illegal babies, you gotta go like forget it.
>> So like can I just say this is maybe on the side.
I hate when people do that and I get it.
Maybe I've done it at some point.
Like don't talk about this, there's other stuff happening.
But like okay then by that logic, why are you guys talking?
Why are you guys focusing on drag story time?
After all- >> Yeah.
>> There's $5 a gallon gas,
3+ million illegals crossing our southern border.
No baby formula,
then why are you talking about drag storytime?
Clearly we can talk about a lot of different things.
You know why?
Because the country is a hellscape.
There's a lot of crisis to talk about and we do have a 24/7 news cycle.
So I think we can fit in a lot of concerns.
That's what I would say.
>> They've never learned what a logical fallacy is.
So they are gonna be able to have an- >> Exactly.
>> Appropriate argument or debate.
>> Yeah.
And by the way, so I will also say, I don't suspect that any of these
representatives are gonna be in any trouble.
I mean, the January 6th committee won't even talk to them.
They won't even bring them in like Matt Gates also is one of those that
AOC pointed out might have asked for a pardon.
He's not answering that either.
>> I mean did Lauren Haubert bring a gun to the Capitol?
>> Yeah, she did but I don't know that she did like on January 6 or
anything like that.
>> No, I don't oppose that, who knows?
I don't know.
But she thinks it's okay.
>> Yeah, she can. >> Those are consequences.
>> These are the people that get elected and she'll probably get re-elected.
>> She will, yeah cuz she's got her AR15 at home.
People are scared to not vote for her.
>> Yeah.
Anyway, I'm glad to have AOC taking it to them and raising the profile of these
issues because again, it's not just about these representatives.
As we said, all of what's going on in this whole week,
there's a few things that theoretically could come from it.
One is just getting people to focus on this topic once again.
And there are some Democrats that I think are doing it and
are really like it's just about affecting the midterms.
The right says that that's what this whole thing is about.
I think they're wrong.
But there are some people for whom that's what this is about,
is trying to influence the midterms.
But for other people including AOC,
she did a on the pre show today on our YouTube channel, I talked about this.
She did an Instagram live where she was talking about her fears that were like
slow walking to fascism and a lot of people don't get it.
>> Yeah. >> And raising the profile.
>> The world is watching John dealing with this January 6 event,
the insurrection, the world is watching.
If we don't do anything about it, if we don't punish anyone for it,
what does that say to us?
And what does it say to the world about our country?
>> Yeah.
Not good things.
>> No. >> [LAUGH]
>> Not good things.
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