the rnc was considering suspending cheney don t want to be talk about this stuff, don t want to be talking about january 6, don t want to be defending the former president on january 6 or the insurrectionists. but they keep doing it and doing it in a pretty public way and now this censure of two of their own, what do you make of that? how can they say one thing so privately and think that it s a bad idea for their reelection and then outwardly do the opposite? reporter: well, that s still the power that former president donald trump holds on the party, kati. that is largely why the rnc decided to move forward with the censures because the former president is watching and this is what he wants. the audience of donald trump was probably more important than the
working to try to fix the electoral count act, but he s still not, you know, firmly saying, yeah, this was a clean, fair election. sol, so, everybody is saying so. that was not pence s message. so josh, which of these is the most concerning to you, the pardons offered by president trump, the censures, or the call to arms over these legal cases from the republican party, or is it the plot that we have learned more about to seize voting machines or plant fake electors? i mean, the list can go on and on. this is quite a buffet to choose from. i think, to me, the scariest part is you mentioned you called this, saying the quiet part out loud. but it s no longer the quiet part, right? when you keep saying it, it s just the loud part now. nobody s ever, like, oh, i can t believe john bon jovi is singing livin on a prayer out loud again. like, this is what he does. this is what they say. no one s ever like pat sajak is really giving the game away. there s no attempt to disguise it bec
making people less certain about the election and the gathering of fake electors who would sign forms. the lead-up to january 6th, all the rallies, they re saying this was all legitimate, all politics as normal, which clearly it wasn t. it was all part of an overarching process to keep trump in power. that is the really dangerous part here. kudos to pence for saying it so directly this time that he could not overturn the election. i m glad that we have senators working to try to fix the electoral count act, but he s still not, you know, firmly saying, yeah, this was a clean, fair election. the department of justice said so, everybody is saying so. that was not pence s message. so josh, which of these is the most concerning to you, the pardons offered by president trump, the censures, or the call to arms over these legal cases from the republican party, or is it the plot that we have learned
for some reason, he feel like time is running out. he engineered this crisis right now. all right. good to see both of you. thank you. the top republican in the senate blasting his own party over the jaw-dropping censures. then, trucks backed down for miles after blocking the key bridge in the u.s. and canada. why that could aus even more supply chain problems in the u.s. what a wonderful world bridge in the u.s. and canada.
insurrection. the center accused d kinzingerd ch ch cheney accused them of engaging in legitimate political discourse. joining us now is adam kinzinger, a member of the january 6th committee. you are a freshry censured congressman now. it s my bakers dozen of censures from local parties and the national. it feels great. it makes me feel sad because it says a lot for the party and it says a lot to call january 6th legitimate political discourse. it has made me double down on my intensity to get to this. it s really different when half of the party is focused on complete denial of the truth. you says it says a lot about the party. what does it say? it says they are unmoored