so the you are going to continue to hear that. whether or not there is going to be any big things that the administration is going to be able to do, is likely we are going to continue to see that, they say they are hoping to lead a more same time dissuading people from coming as you are talking about the president today, as he was walking around, said they need more resources and talking about border patrol in offices down there. so they also talk about threading this needle between being more humanitarian and the trump administration, finding ways for folks to be able to come here, but at the same time knowing that, or saying that all mass as folks come, trying to keep that from happening, because there aren t enough resources and this country has not dealt with the immigration process as it should for a long time. you will say there is a concern now for folks on the left that border policies will be not as progressive or humanitarian as
unintended consequences. so, yes, lots of concern there, i think, about her safety. but that hasn t swayed her. you saw her defiance to the january 6th rioters as well. you know, nancy pelosi is somebody with a pretty like her politics or not, somebody with a pretty stiff spine. and yes, there will be geopolitical repercussions from this, during her visit and afterwards. but, you know, i think in her mind, standing up for our democratic ally in taiwan is worth it. susan, do you think this is all bad for the biden administration? what i mean by that is, they say the military thinks it s a bad idea for nancy pelosi to go. she says i m going anyway. they re on the record dissuading her, but then the u.s. also sends this message of nancy pelosi being able to go and being the highest ranking official who has gone.
testifying if he thinks his scheme isn t going to work. a quick follow-up, a closed door testimony and perhaps a video clip or two afterward s? bannon said in his letter that he would be prepared to speak publicly, or it was his preference, but there is no way the select committee is going to let him testify at a public hearing public hearing before not first bringing him in for a closed door deposition. bannon s people have indicated to me that is an option they ll consider. they re looking at complying with the document part of the request. i think he ll talk to them behind closed doors first before any public hearing. ever the showman, there is concern he d try to hijack the proceedings. hugo, give us a preview of tomorrow s hearings. the committee is back after a week off. the focus tomorrow, the trump world s connections to the oath keepers, proud boys, and alike. it is going to be a little more broader than that. you are going to basically see the select committee focus o
who are promoting the big lie, and those who really don t, but it has become massively mainstream. if you look at the hearings that are currently going on, on capitol hill into what happened around the january 6, 2021 storming of the us capitol, what we see is that the american electorate is completely bifurcated by this conspiracy theory which really has qanon as a huge element. and the question of what happened in the 2020 election has essentially ceased to be one that is empirically answerable in american politics. it has become an entirely political question, and no facts seem capable of dissuading people who believe this conspiracy theory of the falseness of it. irene, this is a vast disinformation campaign, if you like. what is it about it that has meant so many people have taken it up?
is that the idea that america is controlled by a malevolent force, a deep state that has subverted its democracy, is now mainstream political opinion. there is a massive battle going on inside the republican party between those who believe this big lie, those who are promoting the big lie, and those who really don t, but it has become massively mainstream. if you look at the hearings that are currently going on on capitol hill into what happened around the january 6 storming of the us capitol, what we see is that the american electorate is completely bifurcated by this conspiracy theory which really has qanon as a huge element. questions of what happened in the 2020 election has essentially ceased to be one that is empirically answerable and become an entirely political question, and no facts seem capable of dissuading people who believe this conspiracy theory of the falseness of it. irena, this is a vast disinformation campaign, if you like. what is it about it that has