Insurrection. declaring the january 6th attack legitimate political discourse. tonight, congressman jamie raskin, former rnc chair michael steele, and former penn state olivia troye. then, what we know about the latest secret speech by a supreme court justice not a political event, and the latest unbelievable evidence that the biden economic boom is continuing to take off. somebody correct me if i am wrong here, because i have never seen anything like this. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, former vice president mike pence, perhaps known best for four years of abject fealty to donald trump, issued a remarkable rebuke of his former boss s attempted coup. the coup attempt of course, hinged on mike pence himself. on january 6th, it was pence who was supposed to disqualify the elector, essentially you know rod league from seven states that biden won, and
Violence and tries to undermine faith in elections is anti-american and anti-democratic. hold republicans accountable when they rationalize violence and denigrate the importance of elections. take them to task as anti-work and anti-family for opposing necessities such as subsidized child care for working parents or paid family leave to take care of parents. that s how democrats can achieve consensus, if not unity, cast themselves as defenders of american values and put republicans on defense. in iowa this weekend, we saw a possible foreshadowing of the presidential campaign of 2024 with donald trump holding a rally in iowa campaigning for at minimum, attention. he was also campaigning to maintain his control over the republican party, which was vividly demonstrated by the abject fealty of the oldest