he gets elected again? presidential tried to call a witness in our investigation. we will take any effort to and fluids witness testimony very seriously. good morning, it s saturday. july 16th, i am sam stein in from my friend ali velshi. bringing us pressure hour on another week of bombshell revelations from the january 6th elect committee. as the public hearing, the seventh so far focused on far-right extremist groups that participated in the insurrection. and also the direct and then direct correlation between those groups and several of the former presidents minions. they also give us the first look at video testimony given just days before from former white house counsel, pat cipollone. now patrick long was one of the most sought after and vital witnesses today. a person who is not only in the room but was a part of the conversation. offering a critical firsthand account of the final days of the former presidents desperate attempts to stay in power. included and pats
the person. ultimately, the legislation was passed. we are not talking about leaders. look at the base. if you pull democrats, they view january 6th as abhorrent, same as independents. they view it as an american, an attack on our capitol. nearly 60% of the republican base views it as an act of defending freedom. let s be clear that it is the base of the gop that is going in that direction. they always get more extremist, they don t get more reasonable. we are going to a dark place. it is scary to say that, but that is the reality. meredith, one threat that i think is underappreciated, but you picked up on it on your piece, we talk about gender. the woman who stood up against trump. you write, quote, at the heart of the group s formation is a belief. there are other cases points for washington d.c.. female political operatives carry different burdens than her male colleagues. i have a question for you, how
politics. the great lesson is in saving your democracy, you often have to join with people you den agree with ideologically to preserve your democratic republic or your democracy. that s why i urge my fellow democrats to understand and define her. when i say fascism, i m not being hyperbolic. this gop is autocratic plus violence. cbs polls show 56% of republicans look at january 6th as an act of defending freedom. i appreciate those i disagree with ideologically on substance who still are patriots. who still believe in this democratic republic we can join together on one front to save our republic from this gop, which is how democracies die. joe, how did this go wrong? i feel for a long time america did a good job of understanding that our fundamental agreement on the tenets of democracy are not in dispute. we could completely have different views across the political spectrum. you can believe in no minimum wage. can i believe in $25 an hour.