very much. i enjoy seeing you and have a great rest of your night. thank you my friend. tonight, on the mehdi hasan show, the long descent into insurrection, january the 6th wasn t a one-off and nor the armed groups behind it have gone away. i will speak to a former one sixth committee investigator plus a year on with the war in ukraine, how much american support remains? especially when republicans are on the host too and new republican presidential candidate nikki haley is to try and of indian immigrants. exactly where does she stand on the issue of immigration? you might or might not good evening. i am mehdi hasan, on saturday, on saturday, the michigan republican party still looking their wounds from an embarrassing midterm defeat, selected a new state share. having seen the democrats back in november with a trifecta of power back in the state of the full legislature for the first time in four decades, we might think the gia and go for a more moderate leader
investigator plus a year on with the war in ukraine, how much american support remains? especially when republicans are on the host too and new republican presidential candidate nikki haley is to try and of indian immigrants. exactly where does she stand on the issue of immigration? you might or might not good evening. i am mehdi hasan, on saturday, on saturday, the michigan republican party still licking their wounds from an embarrassing midterm defeat, selected a new state share. having seen the democrats back in november with a trifecta of power back in the state of the full legislature for the first time in four decades, we might think the michigan gop and go for a more moderate leader. but, don t be silly, they just doubled down on crazy and instead they picked christina crimea as the party chair. trump secretary of state who despite a 14 point loss refused to concede, or maybe remember her as claiming demonic procession was real and could somehow be sexually t
just this week, after state repeals court rejected what she vowed to take the fight all the way but as much as we want to pretend these clowns are just out of some traveling circus, modern-day republican party is no laughing matter. behind the party, behind them is a dangerous violent and evolving fascist movement. yeah. let s go back to michigan. back in april of 2020, hundreds of rioters, some who were armed, storm the states capitol building demanding an end to coronavirus stay-at-home orders. later, members of a militia group conspire to kidnap the direction whiton there. so in many ways, what we saw play out in michigan in 2020 was a dry run for the attack on our nation s capital, less than a year later. because, despite what you may have heard january the 6th did not come out of nowhere, that is the point made in a stunning new piece from former january
behind them is a dangerous violent and evolving fascist movement. yeah. let s go back to michigan. back in april of 2020, hundreds of rioters, some who were armed, storm the states capitol building demanding an end to coronavirus stay-at-home orders. later, members of a militia group conspire to kidnap the states democratic governor direction whiton there. so in many ways, what we saw play out in michigan in 2020 was a dry run for the attack on our nation s capital, less than a year later. because, despite what you may have heard january the 6th did not come out of nowhere, that is the point made in a stunning new piece from former january 6th committee counsel jacob glick. like what describes the months of extremist activity that preceded the attack on the capital is closed, slow burn insurrection rather than a sudden call to arms. glick was part of a small team of