for democracy. the country fell four short. a total of nine-republican senators, as you see there, nearly-one-tenth of all members of the senate didn t bother to show up and go on record against the legislation. only one of them, senator pat toomey, of pennsylvania, said that he would have voted in favor of the bill. but, again, it would not have mattered. the gop fix was in. senate-republican leader, mitch mcconnell, vehemently opposes the commission. and he spent yesterday lobbying fellow republicans to vote against the bill. as a personal favor to him. a personal favor? why would you need that? republican senators, falling in line behind him. and trump, who, also, opposes the investigation. majority leader chuck schumer called him out.
mobility for him when he gave that famous speech after the insurrection. and now, to see him organizing that we don t want to have the real facts that occurred because it might somehow damage donald trump is really, probably, one of the lowest if not the lowest moment in u.s.-civic affairs. it s mind boggling. i just would say, laura, george w. bush, 9/11 happened on his watch and a commission went forward. some people were going to blame george w. bush for not having our country ready or alert for a terror attack. but we go forward with this and trump would have been all right at the end of the line. but mitch mcconnell smelled politics and he refused to do the right thing. and our country s a lesser place, because of it. you know, it s crazy to think that people could use the idea the law of unintended consequences when with transparency. and oh, we don t want that to happen because, god forbid, people actually discover the truth. that was never the intention. and when the gop is
what does it mean, in that sense, when because you are you know you are going to hear some of these 35 republicans talk about, in the future, how important it is to back our men and women in blue. what what will you think, when you hear that? unbelievable, that they think like that. you know? it just if they had a child that was hurt, was killed on on a day like that. they would think very differently. or if they were hurt. i mean, they could have very well somebody could have been killed. one of the congressmen, one of the senators. but apparently, they just think, well, you know, we re safe because of the men in blue. but they don t think any further from that. what do you think? i mean, is gladys said it was a slap in the face, to to not have this commission created. i think, you know, it s all talk and no action. clearly, they re not backing blue. and yesterday, having officer
After delaying a vote that was slated to take place overnight Thursday, Republican senators are poised to block the creation of a panel to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol on Friday.
After delaying a vote that was slated to take place overnight Thursday, Republican senators are poised to block the creation of a panel to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol on Friday.