were coming in to make a citizens arrest. hearing number four, the attack on the capitol. mika, we ve been talking about it this week, it s been a theme of violence in american politics. one side promoting violence, that is, of course, the trump wing of the republican party, where there s a consequence starting in 2015 where donald trump in 2016 was saying beat up protesters. i remember the time when they used to go out an a stretcher. right. if you beat them up, i ll pay for your defense. praising a member of a republican member of congress. for being up a reporter for asking a question about health care policy. talking about violence, having violent imagery. this leads to one threat after another threat after another threat. to ultimately an attempt to overturn the election. the hearing was marked by testimony of threats of violence and in some cases actual violence. and against elected officials who refused to help donald trump overturn the 2020 election. and aga
who refused to help donald trump overturn the 2020 election. and against election workers innocently targeted in the former president s big lie. the hearing examined what was described as trump s personal and direct role in the scheme. the committee demonstrated how trump and his team leaned on state officials to throw out biden votes, find trump votes, or to replace biden electors with fake trump ones. you can believe this? it s like a movie. rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel, former chief of staff mark meadows, senator ron johnson and congressman andy biggs were also mentioned as helping in the effort, when state officials refused to go along with the big lie, they testified that their families and communities were targeted. it was really compelling testimony. mika, it was throughout the day
these women s reputations, and by the way, trump throws in a hustler. a disregard for their safety, a disregard for their lives. and unlike the arizona speaker of the house, unlike the secretary of state of georgia, unlike people like mika and myself who face threats, unlike everybody that s faced threats and had to get security because of donald trump, these are private citizens. the only thing these private citizens did was serve their country in the time of a pandemic. it s just contemptible and detestable. joe, this is why i don t give any profiles encouraged to randy bowman. because if you re a trump support, if you re a radical maga supporter, donald trump has been doing this since he ran for office. he s been encouraging violence
violate the constitution. and so when you have somebody testifying against donald trump who will says it is the tenet of my faith that the constitution is divinely inspired. my most basic foundational belief for me to do this is foreign to my very being. that s not a progressive from the upper west side. that s somebody, the heart of maga land, who believes, as donald trump believes and many trumpists believe, but they won t cross the line and do illegal action. i think how compelling is that, again, for trump s own audience? it is incredibly compelling. and it highlights the inherent tension that existed in maga land for the last six years. which is, you have some people
tries to avoid questions from the reporters after the committee revealed new information about his involvement in trump s fake elector scheme. plus, we ll be joined by congressman adam schiff who led the questioning yesterday, we ll get this take on the hearing and what s ahead for the committee. what s next. as we go to break, another moment from arizona house speaker rusty bowers where he shared a an entry in his personal journey amid trump s pressure campaign. it is painful to have friends who have been such a republic to me turn on me with such rancor. i may in the eyes of men not hold correct opinions or act according to their vision or convictions, but i do not take this current situation in a light manner, a fearful manner or a vengeful manner. i do not want to be a winner by