The support of both chambers of the United States Congress in supporting NATO's eastern flank is vital in the light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and of overtures made towards the Putin regime from some western European countries, defense minister Kalle Laanet (Reform).
On this week’s episode of Playbook Deep Dive, co-author Ryan Lizza chats with Arizona Congressman Ruben Gallego, a Marine veteran and rumored primary challenger to Senator Kyrsten Sinema in 2024. Gallego has an unsparing take on challenging Sinema, Jan. 6 and why Democrats need to lead more.
say eff. what do you say to them? i say that s how democracies die. if you have members of political parties who ignore an attack, we ve never before been in a situation where the president himself provoked a violent assault on this capitol building. when you sit in statuary hall, you realize how sacred this place is. any american who would enable or look the other way or dismiss what happened or refuse to do their duty to get to the bottom of it i think is failing to live up to their oath of office and to their duties as a citizen of this great nation. chairman thompson, the justice department has charged more than 700 of the insurrectionists with various crimes. 30 have been sentenced, i believe, to the present. there are a lot of people in your party, congressman gallego,
justice department has charged more than 700 of the insurrectionists with various crimes. 30 have been sentenced, i believe, to prison. there are a lot of people in your party, congressman gallego, for instance, who was just here moments ago, who think the justice department is not doing enough, not moving quickly enough, and none of the organizers have been charged, none of the people that organized the buses and the planes of people coming here to do what ended up happening. what do you say to that? well, i would say part of our investigation, we re looking into the organizers, the financiers, as well as some of the security people around january 6th. that s part of our body of work. we re not coordinating what we do with the justice department. two independent investigations. but jake, the real dilemma is this insurrection played out in full view. it wasn t like someone doing a
trillion. i do not understand we govern that leaves, children, seniors, women, people of color behind. why aren t we dealing with the climate crisis aggressively, dealing with housing, education. i don t understand why we, people of color, people who have been suffering our entire lives continue to have to wait for things to be scaled back? why is this the case? we have to continue dr. king s legacy. don t just celebrate on his birthday and acknowledge him. his legacy is about a radical redistribution of political and economic power. economic power means proper investments in historically negate communities red line communities. if we can red line communities, we can invest in 2022, get our economy moving, not just for some. congressman gallego, i am serious, certainly black voters are instrumental in putting