you ll never take back our country with weakness. you have to show strength. january 6th was the line that can t be crossed. january 6th was an unconstitutional attempt led by the president of the united states to overturn an american election and re-install himself in power illegitimately. that s fallen nation territory. that s third world country territory. my family left cuba to avoid that fate. i i will not let it happen here. that s republican congressman anthony gonzalez of ohio, grandson of an immigrant he has a quintessentially american success story. a talented wide receiver who played three years for ohio state, five more in the nfl. and when injuries side lined him he got a business degree from
can t be crossed. january 6th was an unconstitutional attempt led by the president of the united states to overturn an american election and reinstall himself in power illegitimately. [ chants ] that s fallen nation territory, that s third world country territory. my family left cuba to avoid that fate. i will not let it happen here. that s republican congressman anthony gonzalez of ohio. i rise today in support of the cuban people grandson of an immigrant, he has a quintessentially american success story. a talented wide receiver who played three years for ohio state, five more in the nfl, and when injuries sidelined him, he got a business degree from stanford. all this before age 34 when gonzalez felt called to run for congress. i got into this because, look, my family came here from cuba, my father s family came here from cuba. we come from a country that has fallen.
state of arizona to trump. here is sort of by line from it or the bottom line here. exclusive emails obtained by rolling stone expose an attempt to recertify the state as a victory for trump and reveal top trump world figures were come police sit. we ve had a couple of members of trump s legal team come on ari melber s show and admit their plan was indeed to basically decertify certain states to try to send them back so they can put fake electors in instead of the real electors. what do you make of the openness with which these guys are admitting that that was the plan and do you think that there were crimes committed in doing that? let me first say that when we made the presentation at the second impeachment trial, it was clear to us that this wasn t just about the january 6th attack on the capitol. you had a lot of follow up actions and all of which were designed to keep the former president in power illegitimately.
united states seeks to establish a martyrdom for actually a criminal who lost her wife and the desecration on assault on american democracy. that these people would be heralded by a former president as heroic, as patriots, when they re the exact opposite is deeply alarming. but more so, is the concept that i think seems so alien to a lot of the democratic leadership in washington, is that this is an event that is continuing to unfold. it s playing out. it s about the next election, not so much about the last election anymore. biden won that election and was able to take power despite everything that trump did. everything that s happened since then is aimed at taking power illegitimately in the next election. and the next time you won t see a kevin mccarthy hesitate like he did in the hours after the violence. you won t see the secretaries
not so much about the last election anymore. biden won that election and was able to take power despite everything that trump did. everything that s happened since then is aimed at taking power illegitimately in the next election, in the next time you won t see a kevin mccarthy hesitate like he did in the hours after the violence. you won t see the secretaries of state hesitate like they did in the stage. they will be ready, they will be primed to take command and to take control. it s not a lot of people, but the downrange effects for all of us we need to wake up to and have a serious discussion about it in this country. and i hope the 16 committee will be the venue and the occasion to allow this to have that conversation which we very badly need to have. steve schmidt, thank you very much for joining us once again tonight.