he s misjudged the passion. he plays the tv game, and he went too far here. that rally didn t help, talking about primary-ing liz cheney. he created a sense of revenge. it wasn t a lie. i told you we had a lot to cover tonight, so with that, let s bring our experts. philip rucker, deputy national editor at the washington post. he just won another surprise, this one for public service, christine s coverage of january six. congratulations to you, phil. nbc news correspondent and moderator of washington week on pbs. and neal katyal, department of justice veteran and former acting solicitor general during the obama administration. he s argued dozens of cases before the u.s. supreme court. we have got our experts on this important night. phil, do you first. your paper is reporting that republicans are expecting voters to rollback inflation than they do about abortion,
said, what lindsey graham said actually was what anybody would have thought in history basically up to that point in time, right, until the trump era, that would be the natural reaction to think that this would have a sort of you know, it would backfire and that people would rally together, and joe biden would be good at it. he was still in that mode, and then obviously got in touch with trump, or somebody else, and realized, oh, we don t think that way anymore. so that i m going to have to override my conscience, and my common sense, and i m going to have to now completely change my story, and act like the democrats are insane for thinking that something horrible happened on january 6th. alice, here s more now from senator graham talking about donald trump at that rally on january 6th. misjudged passion, when he plays the tv game, and he went too far. that rally didn t help, talking
i said they re key races. that s because, well, the outcomes in these two deep red states could be harbingers of other gop races to come. why is that? because it might all come down to the power of one donald trump again. the question will be does the former president still have as tight a grip on his party when he s out of office and also post-insurrection, as did he before the events that led to his second impeachment? that seems to be the case with at least two top republican leaders. both were once caught on tape denouncing trump for what happened on january 6th. in fact, listen to this new au audio that just came out of senator lindsey graham right after the capitol attack. he s misjudged the passion. he plays the tv game and he went too far here. that rally didn t help, talking
husband and wife team who were effectively dropouts touring around the country. they were never quite in the spotlight. so how influential do you think they wear when it comes to january six? to january six? well, january six i think in a funny to january six? well, january six i think in a funny way to january six? well, january six i think in a funny way was - to january six? well, january six i think in a funny way was kind - to january six? well, january six i think in a funny way was kind of. to january six? well, january six i think in a funny way was kind of a j think in a funny way was kind of a combination of their decade long career in republican and fire rights politics in new york. they had gone on a bus to air holding rallies around the country in the weeks prior to january six, i think they were called march for tromp rallies and they were with other far right figures and they would set out all around the country and come back to dc for rallies and set out again. the
today our constitutional democracy is under attack. he called it a political coup, what happened january 6th, critical flashpoint, said it could foreshadow a new generation of violent political trauma if not addressed through the report. i think something that has been surprising to members of the coittee and democracy watchers in general is that 2020 and what happened during the insurrection an the stop the steal rally didn t necessarily quash these movements but are only encouraging them. and congresan adam schiff told us the likely sign a coup will finally succeed in a country is when it has previously failed. that s because extremists have time to sdy weaknesses in the government and make moves based on that. real quick, rick, i want to