and i think the most important thing we can do is set aside the impression that anyone story gives, and focus on the pattern. and the pattern here is that we are at a turning point in american history. and if we don t stand up, vote, call these people out in every turn, we could lose things that we thought would never, ever be at risk, including the right to vote, the right wing, the rule of law on the united states, and the kind of democracy that we grew up, believing it was our birthright. maya, the new york times reports that some members of the january six committee are discussing rewriting the insurrection act, which gives presidents the authority to deploy the military within the u.s., to respond to a rebellion. they re considering this because they envisioned a doomsday scenario, in which a rogue future president might try to use the military to
and the kind of democracy that we grew up, believing it was our birthright. maya, the new york times reports that some members of the january six committee are discussing rewriting the insurrection act, which gives presidents the authority to deploy the military within the u.s., to respond to a rebellion. they re considering this because they envisioned a doomsday scenario, in which a rogue future president might try to use the military to stoke, rather than put down an insurrection, or to abuse protesters. your thoughts on that? well, which we ve seen from president trump, and i think just to bring back david s important point here, that s a new normal. and the new normal is that there is no bottom. the things that we thought were boundaries, that both parties would hold on to, it is no longer the case. and we saw that was donald trump even before the insurrection. remember the fact when we had
we saw the power of this disinformation, and we saw the need for them to self regulate and they weren t doing it. politicians on both sides said, i m not gonna mess with them, those guys are pretty wedge, they can be helpful to me. so, i think that there is plenty of blame to go around here and i totally agree with you, i think the president obama should have been out there with this earlier, but it ties into the blind that maya made, it ties into the point from the last segment. we cannot have a discussion about this politely on thursday afternoon s and lovely academic settings, the disinformation that is being put out their ties to the desire to suppress textbook, ties to the lies of republican politicians, ties to the desire to suppress the vote. it s all part of an effort, to create a false reality in which these republicans can gain
yet, here is where we find ourselves. i think unfortunately, the sad reality that for the republican party, as a party, not every single person, but as an apparatus, it is decided to say, one power over the country. and that that has requires us to ask, how do you make sure there s some safeguards, when people are in control of these institutions? all right maya, panel, please stick around. we ve got a lot more to discuss. coming up, we re gonna discuss president obama joining the fight against disinformation. some are asking what took him so long? you know liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need? oh, like how i customized this scarf? wow, first time? check out this backpack i made for marco. oh yeah? well, check out this tux. oh, nice. that ll go perfect with these.
everybody to hear. and so, trump says okay, this is what i see. i seek a party to follow in line. you know, i think the real critical issue here is the issue you brought up in the first segment, the issue that maya brought up, the issue that fernand brought up, and that is, all of this is not about trump and mccarthy, with their lack of character, for this week s shocking story. all of this is about a systematic attempt to end democracy in the united states. these are people who don t want votes to count, if the votes are against trump, trump would have overthrown the election, if he could have. trump seeks to do that again in the future. those secretaries of state they want to elect will do that again in the future. mccarthy, if he is the speaker of the house, will support that in the future. and so, we re at a critical moment here.