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ways, a riot, an attempted coup, an insurrection. congressman andrew chynna deese, a republican from georgia, called the events of that day, believe it or not, quote, a normal tourist visit. the boston globe s renee graham says that the language we use to discuss that day does matter. she claims there is no ambiguity concerning what went down in d.c. quote, what exploded one year ago thursday was not a riot, it was an insurrection. joining me to discuss it, the author of that piece, renee graham, associated editor for the boston globe. hunter walker, a reporter for the uprising and was inside the capitol on january 6th and joyce vance, a former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst. renee, starting with you. i want to actually read another part of the piece that you wrote. you write, quote, lessening the insurrection is flinging open the doors to authoritarianism and ushering in the death of all we claim to hold dear.
since trump supporters stormed the u.s. capitol and what unfolded in washington that day has been described as number of ways, a riot, an attempted coup, an insurrection. congressman andrew clyde, a republican from georgia, called the events of that day, believe it or not, quote, a normal tourist visit. the boston globe s renee graham says that the language we use to discuss that day does matter. she claims there is no ambiguity concerning what went down in d.c. quote, what exploded one year ago thursday was not a riot, it was an insurrection. joining me to discuss it, the author of that piece, renee graham, associated editor for the boston globe. hunter walker, a reporter for the uprising and was inside the capitol on january 6th and joyce vance, a former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst. renee, starting with you. i want to actually read another part of the piece that you wrote. you write, quote, lessening the insurrection is flinging open the doors to authoritarianism and us
congress needs to move quickly to pass a bill on all the areas where there is strong bipartisan agreement. and the boston globe s editorial board put out a piece. if they simply can t work out disagreements, they should have an agreement a decision must be made one way or another. meaning not delay bide filibuster. i think in this area, because it is not the same sort of clear partisan divide you ve seen in other areas, such as voting rights, that certainly this is a place republicans can step up and say we need to pass something and we should not late filibuster stay in the way of that. they were able to move past the fillbuster to raise the debt sealing. this certainly is just as, if not even more important in this area. certainly partisan division
to the table who are willing to vote for this. so we will be looking to see exactly what is in it and fell disclosure, the boston globe s editorial has been clear we endorse the qualified immunity and better than eliminating from the police department something that senator scott has previously called on for. we will see what support that says, it will tell us what support they will get more broadly. yeah, no. it s an important point. you know, in some ways, it s surprising because democrats have been, as you point out, very firm in this qualified immunity question. so as we say, the devil s in the details which is why we don t have very many because sometimes they get out and they can kill a negotiation like this. still, there is a lot of other things in this. there are, you know, talks about no-knock warrants, whether chokeholds should be banned, et cetera. i mean, are there any other red