Good evening and welcome to politicsnation. Tonights lead, a nation divided, struggling to stand. Today marks one month since an angry insurrectionist mob stormed the u. S. Capitol. The broken glass and busted doors is been repaired. The political fractures remain. A few republicans voted to revogs the Committee Assignments of georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene, a freshman lawmaker who has traffics in the same Conspiracy Theories and racist tropes that drove the january 6th rioters. Greene has shown support for executing Speaker Nancy Pelosi and has behaved so towards her coworkers that one asked to have her office moved away from greene. When given the chance to deal with greene privately ended up giving her a standing ovation. Neck Week Senate Republicans will get their own chance to show they learned something from the events of january 6th when they begin the second Impeachment Trial for former president donald trump. Ill keep my expectations low. President joe biden to h
Welcome back Kamala Harris to the great state of michigan. I remember the night before joe bidens primary victory, when we were all here together in detroit, proud to be standing together on the eve of a big day michigan, and how life has changed since then. Lets take one minute and show some gratitude to the detroit youth choir, who just entertained us, who is phenomenal. [applause] every one of us knows this is one of the most important elections of our lifetime, if not the most important. As my father would tell us, its also one of the most important elections in our nations history. Covid19 has shown us who is in office can be life or death. Who is in office determines ask whether or not weve got leaders who focus on or themselves. And their own agendas. We know this with Ruth Bader Ginsburg passing this past friday. Heartbreaking. But we also know that this is a moment where we see how much elections matter. They matter to us and our ability to show up at work and be safe. They ma
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Detroit, where democratic Vice President ial candidate is getting ready to speak to voters your rights. Youre watching live coverage on cspan 3. We are all here to when can welcome Kamala Harris i remember the night before joe bidens primary victory, when we were all here together in detroit. How to be standing together on the eve of a big day here in michigan. And how life has changed since then lets take one minute and show some gratitude to the detroit youth choir who just entertained us who is phenomenal. Every one of us knows this is one of the most important elections of our lifetime, if not the most important. As my father would tell us its also one of the most important elections in our nations history. Covid19 has shown us who is in office can be life or death. Who is in office determines depends if we have leaders who are focused on the people or themselves. And their own agendas. We know this with Ruth Bader Ginsburg passing this past friday. Heartbreaking. But we also know,
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