>> laura: with the economy lagging, democrats know they can't win on their achievements. instead, they have embraced january 6th and they are using it as a bat to basically hit against the face of the republicans in order to then rig future elections. as "the federalist" nodes, they are tying the nuclear option on the filibuster and the passage of the voting bills to attempt to turn the one-year anniversary of the january 6th riot into a festival that's aimed at demonizing all republicans. joining me arkansas senator, tom cotton. i didn't see you at the cnn festivities last night. they had the whole statuary hall decked out. pelosi was pointing to various statues that would have agreed with her and so forth. how do we move forward given this dynamic they have created? >> well, laura, you are right,