the reidout with joy reid starts now. tonight on the reidout look, the role of the congress and the role of the vice president on that day is to open and count electoral votes, no more, no less. i will always believe by god s grace i did my duty that day. but there was more to it than that. there s new reporting that mike pence seriously considered shirking that solemn duty and skipping the january 6th electoral vote certification. also tonight, russia extends the detention of american journalist evan girsh kovich and is seeking to prosecutor another journalist. plus, honoring the life of former first lady rosalynn carter, a tribute service is attended by all the living first ladies. and three presidents including her beloved husband of 77 years. former president jimmy carter. but we begin tonight with new reporting about january 6th that may help explain a lingering mystery in the lead-up to that day. just one day before then vice president mike pence was t
arrested for expressing dissent, criticising the war. in a country of 140 million people. sure. but are you saying that every russian, in your view, has an obligation to dissent, therefore risk arrest. therefore risk arrest? that, in your view, there is a right to judge every russian on that basis? how about those who can do so in london, in berlin, in paris, in new york and elsewhere? i don t see mass protests. i haven t seen them. how about the cultural elites who are so worried about so called cancel culture against russian culture? how about them saying, protesting and saying do not use the images of alexander pushkin in occupied cities, and do not make that poet into a symbol of death and destruction and occupation? where are these voices that speak about this war being absolutely criminal? you re a historian.
difficult to believe that it hasn t penetrated russia about the war crimes that have been committed by the troops. more than 300,000 draft dodgers left the russian federation. i haven t seen them protesting in peaceful cities of western europe to which they left. 20,000 russians have been arrested for expressing dissent, criticizing the war. in a country of 140 million people. sure. but are you saying that every russian, in your view, has an obligation to dissent, therefore risk arrest. that, in your view, there is a right to judge every russian on that basis? how about those who can do so in london, in berlin, in paris, in new york and elsewhere? i don t see mass protests. i haven t seen them. how about the cultural elites who are so worried about so called cancel culture
information that its very difficult to believe that it hasn t penetrated russia about the war crimes that have been committed by the troops. more than 300,000 draft dodgers left the russian federation. i haven t seen them protesting in peaceful cities of western europe to which they left. 20,000 russians have been arrested for expressing dissent, criticizing the war. in a country of 40 million people. sure. but are you saying that every russian, in your view, has an obligation to dissent, therefore risk arrest. that, in your view, there is a right to judge every russian on that basis? how about those who can do so in london, in berlin, in paris, in new york and elsewhere? i don t see mass protests. i haven t seen them. how about the cultural elites who are so worried about so called cancel culture against russian culture? how about them saying, protesting and saying do not use the images of alexander pushkin in occupied cities, and do not
protesting in peaceful cities of western europe to which they left. 20,000 russians have been arrested for expressing dissent, criticizing the war. in a country of 140 million people. sure. but are you saying that every russian, in your view, has an obligation to dissent, therefore risk arrest. that, in your view, there is a right to judge every russian on that basis? how about those who can do so in london, in berlin, in paris, in new york and elsewhere? i don t see mass protests. i haven t seen them. how about the cultural elites who are so worried about so called cancel culture against russian culture? how about them saying, protesting and saying do not use the images of alexander pushkin in occupied cities, and do not make that poet into a symbol of death and destruction and occupation? where are these voices that speak about this war being absolutely criminal?