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before i go, i want to read to you one of the texts between sean hannity and trump chief of staff mark meadows. it was released last week. on december 31st, hannity texts meadows, i do not see january 6 happening the way he, meaning trump, is being told. ayman, how is he saying that? if january 6 did play out the way trump had wanted, he hannity would be totally fine with it? also, he is a quote, unquote news anchor. imagine the backlash if one of ours had sent a text like that to a white house official? first of all, i think it s important, mehdi, to put aside this notion that fox news is a news channel anymore. in my opinion, it s the communications arm of both the republican party and quite honestly, you and i know this just from what we see overseas. if there is any news channel in the world that had the kind of collaboration and coordination between its quote, unquote news anchors and the white house and the people running this country, it would be considered state-run prop and
in the weeks leading up to january 6th. we ll see what happens. reporter: kayleigh mcenany said donald trump was fighting to stay in office. this president is a fighter. he s not giving up. he ll fight for the forgotten men and women. reporter: fight, fight, fight, that s the right wing tv narrative until insurrection day. it s not an understatement to say we re in a constitutional tinder box right now. these shows supply the firewood and the matches but behind the scenes, some claimed to fear a fire. multiple fox news hosts knew the president needed to act immediately. reporter: they keep sharing text messages that show how two faced some of these stars are. on december 31st, 2020, sean hannity wrote to mark meadows saying i do not see january 6th happening the way he is being
point. the other point i think about here is in the end this doesn t happen and i think it speaks to something that s at the core of what happened during that period, which, and i think it pertain to see the work that you re very focused on which is how do you fortify and strengthen guard rails of american liberal democracy and constitutional governance. there was this threat that people would quit. there was the specter of a saturday-night like massacre, we got this text from sean hannity and mark meadows around the same time, on december 31st, says we can t lose the entire white house council s office, i do not see january 6 happening the way he was told. i think this was pertaining to another part of the plot but ultimately, it seems to me a huge part of what happened was enough people in the white house around said we ll quit if you do this and the political blow back from that is what stop it d from happening as best as we tell. that s true, seems to be true of those bureaucrats
idea. on december 11th 2020, he wrote a message saying that if president biden were to assume the presidency it would be a bloody and desperate fight. we will have a fight. on december 25th, merry christmas, mr. rhodes wrote, i think congress will screw president trump over. the only chance he has is if we scare the issue out of them and torture them into doing the right thing. i don t think they will listen. on december 31st, happy new year, an arizona quicker force action team member mention everyone coming that has their own technical quick mint and knows how to use it. and a wink he face emojis. mr. rhodes replied, awesome. the arizona quick reaction force team member also said the group would have force and