the elected officials who denounced trump and the handful of republicans like liz cheney who stood up to their party. being on the committee proved to be a political liability. congresswoman cheney and elaine luria, another january 6th member, lost their seats. member stephanie murphy and adam kinzinger didn t seek re-election. you have to wonder if they saw the writing on the wall. justice can come slowly or not as all as has been the case for teflon don his entire life. that might change come monday, and for committee member kinzinger leaving congress next month, it was all worth it. in his farewell speech this week, he made sure to call out what is possibly the greaterthet, those in congress who are plotting to destroy democracy from within. had i known standing up for truth would cost me my job, friendships, even my personal security, i would without hesitation do it all over again.
front and center in this conversation. and to your point about january 6th, jack smith, the special counsel, is actually subpoenaing records and wants to talk to the brad raffenspergers of the world and brian kemps. this is still happen, the more open insurrection that happened is now the subject of both a state and a federal investigation. what do you make of the fact that georgia became the center of the attempt to steal the election and these elected officials in your state are still on the hook to discuss it with special counsel and also with fani willis in the state of georgia? i m glad that georgia continues to be ground zero for the conversation about protecting democracy, but i think we have to widen the aperture of our lens. we have to pay attention not only to what s continuing with that investigation but we have to look at what s in front of the supreme court. the merril case which is being argued would eliminate section two of the voting rights act. that means in georgi
through midterm redistricting. we have to look at the moore decision which would give state legislators and the governors basically the impromater to change federal election laws without judicial review at the state level. when you read these things together, we have got to move our eyes beyond the spectacle that has been donald trump to the wider attack on our democracy and our ability to participate in elections. every one of those votes matter, every one of those voices matter. i have to tell you, you have been at this since 2014, you are the moses of getting georgians to be able to vote. you made it to the mountaintop and that didn t get to your goal of becoming governor, but you are owed a huge debt of gratitude for everything you have done to make it possible for millions, tens of millions of people to vote in this country, so i m giving you your flowers while you re here in front of me. but i want to talk about this book. you have written a children s book. the cover is beauti
disgraced former president donald trump. while nbc news reports the committee has yet to make a final decision, we know it s actively considering recommending charges for insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding of congress, and conspiracy. it all comes down to the final public hearing held by the committee on monday. where the committee will vote to adopt its final report and vote on referrals. the public will see the highly anticipated report two days after that. it has been quite the saga, january 6th. from the viral spectacle to a full-blown constitutional crisis. the assault on our democracy didn t end that day. it expanded. infecting everything from social media to congress itself. as republicans and the maga movement defended the man at the center of it all. and yet it also exposed the guardrails that exist to protect our democracy. the bipartisan committee that secured testimony mainly from trump s own former staffers and republican allies. the millions of americans
that s not true, she was with obama, so how does that work? i don t know, you do the math, but you get the point. she s been around forever. i m a right brain person, math is not really my bally wick, but let s do the other thing that speaker boehner talked about was this moment when democracy was in the balance and the poise that your mom, that the speaker showed. this is a great clip from your documentary, and this is cut one for my director. it doesn t seem to be safe. we have gotten a very bad report about the conditions of the house floor with defecation and all that kind of thing. okay, call us back. i worry about you being at the capitol, though. don t let anybody know where you are. match the earrings, match the mask, ate the slim jim and saved democracy. not bad.