overthrow the government of the united states. is he right? is everything except the breaking windows and trashing congressional offices and beating up cops? is everything except that cool? try again, welcome to, it that was fine? today, attorney general merrick garland gave his much anticipated speech on what the justice department has done and is doing in response to the trump lead attack on the election this time last year. merrick garland said that we at the department of justice will do everything in our power to defend american democracy and the american people, and defend our institutions from attack and protect those who serve the public from threats of violence and from violence. we will protect the cornerstone of our democracy. the right of every eligible citizen to cast the vote, that counts. and that s great to hear. on that point, about threats of violence to public officials, he spent a lot of his speech, about half, talking about
republican senators and members of congress and it absolutely would have worked if it weren t for that pesky riot. that was such a distraction from their real effort to overthrow the government of the united states. is he right? is everything except the breaking windows and trashing congressional offices and beating up cops, is everything except that cool? try again, welcome to it, that was fine? today attorney general merrick garland gave his much-anticipated speech on what the justice department has done and is doing in response to the trump-led attack on the election this time last year. mr. garland today said we at the department of justice will do everything in our power to defend the american people and american democracy. we will defend our democratic institutions from attack. we will protect those who serve the public from violence and threats of violence. we will protect the cornerstone of our democracy: the right of every eligible citizen to cast a vote that counts.
that was a little blooper, that was a little messy overboil on the stove that they didn t intend. he s making the public rounds now saying the coup attempt to throw out the election results and thereby keep trump in power, it was for real. he says it involved a hundred republican senators and members of congress and it absolutely would have worked if it weren t for that pesky riot. that was such a distraction from their real effort to overthrow the government of the united states. is he right? is everything except the breaking windows and trashing congressional offices and beating up cops, is everything except that cool? try again, welcome to it, that was fine? today attorney general merrick garland gave his much-anticipated speech on what the justice department has done and is doing in response to the trump-led attack on the election this time last year. mr. garland today said we at the department of justice will do
0 speaking with him. it has been once again, as usual, now he s the man of the center of the question of what can or cannot be done in washington. but the biden administration can or cannot get past. we ll be speaking with senator schumer, live in just a moment. today of course is january 5th, a year ago today in the great state of georgia, georgia voters elected to new u.s. senators, democrat jon ossoff and democrat raphael warnock. they were runoff elections for both of georgia s u.s. senate seat one year ago today. at the democrats won both of those races. now, georgia electing to democrats to their two u.s. senate seats. that is how we got senate majority leader chuck schumer. that is what flipped control of the u.s. senator from republican control to democratic control. that is what made it possible for the biden administration in its first year to an act all the legislation that they have passed in the past year. including covid relief, the big infrastructure bill, and all the re