that violence against the former vice president. tonight, committee members olaf comments on the growing danger. and harry litman on the difficulties of prosecuting. and sandra garza on trump s culpability in the death of her partner. officer brian sicknick, all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. one of the two republican members of the january six committee just offered a stark, personal warning about the threat of political violence in this country. a topic he knows a thing or two about. this threat that came in was mailed to my house. we got it a couple of days ago. it threatens to execute me, as well as my wife and five month old child. i have never seen or had anything like that. there are people, there is violence in the future. i m going to tell, you until we get a grip on telling people the truth, we cannot expect any differently. that is adam kinzinger, illinois. he has been in congress for more than a decade. the vast majority of
chris hayes. one of the two republican members of the january six committee just offered a stark, personal warning about the threat of political violence in this country. a topic he knows a thing or two about. this threat that came in was mailed to my house. we got it a couple of days ago. it threatens to execute me, as well as my wife and five month old child. i have never seen or had anything like that. there are people, there is violence in the future. i m going to tell, you until we get a grip on telling people the truth, we cannot expect any differently. that is adam kinzinger, illinois. he has been in congress for more than a decade. the vast majority of that time he has acted and voted like a conservative republican, which is what he is. he voted in line with donald trump s position, 90% of the time. but after the attempted coup on january six, kings inner was one of ten republicans who voted to impeach trump. and since then he has been essentially ex communicated
others. it is very much baked into how they are marketing these weapons and how politicians are reacting to it and trying to gain favor with. it but there are three models right here. i like to hunt clay pigeons, find whatever. and then there is a like, i protect my home. and then there is the like, i m using this tool for political violence. again, we have seen that and you know think of the thought experiment. you guys are about to come on set and i say hey, but just before you come on, we think it ll be a fun bit i will have an unloaded gun or no pointed at you while we debate. like wouldn t that be it is not a loaded gun, wouldn t that be like a funny bet? that would be the shortest segment in this world. but your response is like no, that would be sociopathic and i would leave. yeah, that level of use of the gun in that kind of way is part of a lot of political ads now. not just greitens. not just political ads, it is part of the culture of the republican party whi
it ll be a fun bit i will have an unloaded gun or no pointed at you while we debate. like wouldn t that be it is not a loaded gun, wouldn t that be like a funny bet? that would be the shortest segment in this world. but your response is like no, that would be sociopathic and i would leave. yeah, that level of use of the gun in that kind of way is part of a lot of political ads now. not just greitens. not just political ads, it is part of the culture of the maga wing of republican party which is the mainstay of the republican party. and that is where i think it comes back to kinzinger. i think it is an articulated there is a great piece back in 2021, called menace enters the republican mainstream. right. i think it just won a pulitzer five not mistaken. it was worthy of. it basically it was just about violent talk has tipped over into actual violence in ways big and small. school board members and public health officials have forced have leave their post this kind of
with the sink in a shower? ten times, right? not me. not me, of course? people are flushing toilets ten times, 15 times, as opposed to once. we won t talk about toilets, but you know that s ten, 15 but we don t talk about that. because i ve said this three or four times, they only subject they talk about his toilets. first of all, credit where, do that was a funny bet. second of all, flushing toilets ten, 15, times. not three times, not four times, ten or 15 times. you look at it and think, is the guy we ll? is something going on? should he get that checked out? what is he talking about? no one can figure out what trump was talking about. 15 times? today, we might have an answer. according to a new nugget by the new york times s haberman book, while president trump was in the office, stuff in the