stabbed with flag poles. the importance of this is showing what happened behind the scenes versus what people are touting on television today. especially on fox news and other punditry, conservative sites where people say january 6th wasn t violent. we weren t worried about it. it wasn t serious. this evidence shows they all believed it was very violent, very serious, and that the president at the time, donald trump, really did nothing when they were crying for his help. carol, it s such an important point, and carlos, i want to have you react to that, and also the fact that in the immediate aftermath of the attack on the capitol, you did have a number of republican lawmakers pushing back on former president trump. lindsey graham, kevin mccarthy, and they changed their tune in the weeks and months following that. what does it say about how much of an impact the former
the court decides to do. whether to weigh in, to block donald trump, or to block the committee. well, we all have a very busy 2022 ahead. appreciate you all starting us off this afternoon with a great conversation. mike, leigh ann, carol and carlos, thank you. up next, the investigation into the insurrection is increasingly focussed on what former trump did and did not do as the attack unfolded. we re going to talk to former impeachment manager, congressman ted lou. that s next. plus covid confusion amid changing guidance on isolation and quarantining, some kids go back to school in person while others are once again starting this year virtually as covid surges across the country. you re watching meet the press daily . daily with rybelsus®. the majority of people taking rybelsus® lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7. rybelsus® isn t for people with type 1 diabetes.
memoli, leigh ann caldwell, also with us is the washington post carol lennog, and carlos kurbello. welcome to all of you. thank you for joining us this hour. mike, i want to start with you at the white house. a snowy white house. talk about this strategy inside the west wing. i know you ve been working your sources to try to restart talks on the president s agenda. and i guess the question is how high of an issue is voting rights against the backdrop of build back better all as we approach the anniversary of january 6th? well, i m going to start 2022 by quoting joe biden, quoting his father which is to say you want to see what he values? look at his budget or in this case, look at his schedule. i find it really interesting that the first presidential event at the white house of 2022 is about what they re calling the meat and poultry supply
get. so far, by the way, trump hasn t taken his tweet bait. that is interesting. although, congressman, i don t think there is any appetite really i mean, what is your assessment of the appetite within the republican party and republican primary voters for the determination the president is unfit for the office he holds? look, chris, we ve seen the statistics. about 90% of republicans support this president. our politics have become extremely tribal. and a lot of republicans are willing to overlook some of the president s obvious flaws. now, that s because things in the country are going relatively well. especially when it comes to the economy. if the economy starts collapsing, if this trade war further disrupts markets and 401(k)s start dropping then you can see that some of these candidates could get some tracks. are they going to win? probably not. but could they yeah cause problems for the
and that s right. and buchanan was there as well. that s where that damage came from. but it all happened the first thing to happen were the underlying economic realities in that moment. former congressman carlos kurbello and lynn sweet, thank you both for joining us. thank you, chris. ahead, is there an actual shift in the democratic leashed. there are new signs the democratic field could be narrowing down and tonight s thing one, thing two starts next. run with us on a john deere 1 series tractor. beacuse changing your attachments, should be as easy as.