i love it. again, 11 hours from now. i get a couple days off until my next show. but i am so glad to be on with you. thank you so much, michael. great to see you. you, too, laura. thank you. bye-bye. this is don lemon tonight. i m laura coates, in for don lemon. senate republicans voting to block the creation of a bipartisan commission. a commission, to investigate the insurrection at the capitol on january 6th. a riot, in which five people died. now, the final vote, 54-35. under that final vote, 54-35. six republicans breaking ranks and joining with democrats. but it wasn t enough. two democrats didn t vote. but still, it would not have made a difference, because 60-yes votes were needed. ten republicans had to stand up
and, you know, the other thing about the commission, laura, is that republicans, you hear this from from representatives and their supporters. as you mentioned, in the report, oh, it was just a peaceful protest. it wasn t that big a deal. or that it was completely a liberal setup. that it was a bunch of antifa protestors that were actually doing all this. well, if you had a real commission, you could you could determine whether or not those facts that all those trump supporters believe and affirm it. so, if you actually believe that that s what happened, and and and reflect what what you say your constituents believe. you could prove it or disprove it by having a commission. wish we had more time. sure, real quick. you know, the thing i worry about is the future, not the past. you had matt gaetz out, yesterday, saying the second amendment was important in case we have to take up arms against the government. you have republicans, who are actually provoking future events. a
here is part of their exclusive interview with cnn s jake tapper. sandra, let me just start with you. what was your reaction, when you saw the vote today? that that the senate republicans, with six exceptions, voted to block the creation of this commission? well, i was very disappointed, obviously. i was very optimistic and hopeful, yesterday. but for, you know, obviously, you know, some of them, i was not surprised, that voted no. but still, clinging to that hope based on our passionate pleas to them. but i think, you know, it it speaks volumes to how they really feel. not only about the events of that day, but they are also speaking volumes to their constituents. you know, and how much they really care. because it s not just our pleas about how we felt about brian
manchin, now, finally, has the evidence that he needs that republicans are never going to negotiate. they re never going to compromise. they are never going to work in a bipartisan fashion. if you can t get a single vote on covid and can t get a vote on this, i think the filibuster may be pretty shortlived. at least, i think that would be the right democratic strategy, at this point. but it s really striking, to me, that republicans who called for 33 committee hearings on benghazi. where more people were killed more u.s. citizens were killed in benghazi, and they refuse to call a committee. and i think, strategically, it doesn t make sense to me because the original proposition republicans opposed because they didn t have equal numbers on the commission. they didn t have subpoena power. so they asked for all that. they got it. and they said, actually, no, we don t support that either. so now, they are probably going to get the select committee. i think pelosi should go ahead and do t
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