A very good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Welcome to alex witt reports. Developing at this hour, some new reaction to the rnc Censuring Congresswoman liz cheney and congressman Adam Kinzinger for their role in the house probe of january 6th. That resolution receiving some major backlash for referring to attack as, quote, legitimate political discourse. Fellow 1 6 Committee Member jaime raskin just telling me what struck him the most about that move. Theyre licensing Political Violence in america. Theyre essentially embracing insurrection and coup as a mode of taking power in the country, and one thing that was particularly alarming to me about it was that it wasnt even clear that donald trump was the one pushing them to do this. Theyve so internalized the Command Structure of the new Republican Party under donald trump as a cult leader that they just do his will without even being told. It comes as former Vp Mike Pence delivered his Harshest Rebuke yet of
Hey, everybody, im yasmin vossoughian. If you are just joining us, welcome. If you are still with us, thanks for sticking around. Wrong and unamerican. That is how mike pence is now characterizing his former boss in a takedown from ticket mates that weve never seen, really, in american politics. The former Vice President finally saying, enough is enough when it comes to donald trump. President trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election. The presidency belongs to the American People, and the American People alone. And frankly, there is no idea more unamerican than the notion that any one person could choose the american president. In a moment, im going to talk to olivia troye, former top aide to pence about why hes choosing this moment to break with the former president. The republican infighting does not stop there, though. It includes the gop censure of the two Republican House members who refuse to bow to trump when it comes to january 6th. As the party tries to recast t
Hey, everybody, im yasmin vossoughian. If you are just joining us, welcome. If you are still with us, thanks for sticking around. Wrong and unamerican. That is how mike pence is now characterizing his former boss in a takedown from ticket mates that weve never seen, really, in american politics. The former Vice President finally saying, enough is enough when it comes to donald trump. President trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election. The presidency belongs to the American People, and the American People alone. And frankly, there is no idea more unamerican than the notion that any one person could choose the american president. In a moment, im going to talk to olivia troye, former top aide to pence about why hes choosing this moment to break with the former president. The republican infighting does not stop there, though. It includes the gop censure of the two Republican House members who refuse to bow to trump when it comes to january 6th. As the party tries to recast t
Democratic efforts to destroy President Trump more than they support winning back republican support in 2022, end quote. At this surreal headline in todays paper, the party of lincoln and reagan now formally and publicly holds the position that the deadly mob of people trying to overthrow the u. S. Government consisted of, quote, ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse. In case you missed that. The official position of the rnc now is that legitimate political discourse is what happened on january 6th. A day in which resulted in the deaths of at least five Police Officers and multiple insurrectionists including one who was shot and died while attempting to forcibly breach a barricaded area of the capitol building. According to the rnc, legitimate political discourse now includes publicly chanting a desire to hang the former Vice President mike pence. It also includes bringing a preconstructed gallows along. Ive never seen a gallows in my life, not in america. The rnc
Democratic efforts to destroy President Trump more than they support winning back republican support in 2022, end quote. At this surreal headline in todays paper, the party of lincoln and reagan now formally and publicly holds the position that the deadly mob of people trying to overthrow the u. S. Government consisted of, quote, ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse. In case you missed that. The official position of the rnc now is that legitimate political discourse is what happened on january 6th. A day in which resulted in the deaths of at least five Police Officers and multiple insurrectionists including one who was shot and died while attempting to forcibly breach a barricaded area of the capitol building. According to the rnc, legitimate political discourse now includes publicly chanting a desire to hang the former Vice President mike pence. It also includes bringing a preconstructed gallows along. Ive never seen a gallows in my life, not in america. The rnc