coup. of course, some have tried. remember that bizarre moment, last fall, during the race for the governor of virginia, when attendees at a rally for republican statewide candidates pledged allegiance to a flag flown on january 6th at the capitol? i also want to invite kim from chesapeake, she is carrying an american flag, that was carried at the peaceful rally with donald j trump on january 6th. i ask you all to rise, and join us, as marc loyd leads us in the prayer. okay, that was creepy and weird, and now glenn youngkin did not attend the rally, although donald trump called in encouraging everyone who attended to vote for youngkin and other candidates. the following day youngkin issued a statement
we are right now, reverend, i think you are absolutely right. the the failure to pass voting rights is an existential crisis for the country. we need to get the voting rights legislation and h.r. 1 passed. the lesson that donald trump seems to have taken from the failed insurrection was next time if he couldn t get 11,000, you know, brad raffensperger in georgia to find 11,780 votes that don t exist, he seems determined to make sure there s someone in that position and others who will stuff the ballot box the way raffensperger refused. and that is a real risk to our democracy. no, that that is really something that we are focused on and we re going to stay on that and as well as some of the as you wrote in your book. i was lucky enough to get a copy from you and it s a very well-written book. let s, quickly, talk about the governor s race in virginia. just two days away. there have been reports of a flood of gop poll watchers that have descended across the commonwealth to exami
accomplishment. really, akin to the investment we made to the american people in the new deal so i think the votes are there. we needed unanimity even close to unanimity was not enough when you have a 50-50 senate but i think we re there so we are going to have good news to deliver to the country on tuesday. well, if they do, it is a huge social statement in terms of dealing with the social setting that we all deal with. it would be huge. probably new-deal level. and we need to do voting rights right around the same time. but let me go to another issue. court filings revealed this week that former-president trump tried, unsuccessfully, to block the january 6th committee s access to 700 pages of notes and correspondence from his aides and top advisers related to the capitol insurrection. your new book titled midnight in washington, how we almost
checked in. leading fears of voting intimidation. do you see some of this activism at the polls by the gop as an extension of trump s big lie? and what happened on january 6th. do you see any connections? i do. absolutely. you know, the big lie about the election that we can t trust elections to decide who should represent us anymore. that any time the republicans lose, it must be because the elections are rigged. that s a that s an argument that goes right at the heart of our democracy. if we can t rely on elections to decide who should govern, then it just paves the way for violence. we saw that on january 6th. and what they re doing around the country, what they re doing if they re sending people to intimidate folks at the polls in virginia is just more of the same. sadly, the republican party, under donald trump, has become an anti-democratic, anti-truth cult of the former president.
she s carrying an american flag that was carried at the peaceful rally with donald j. trump on january 6th. [ cheers and applause ] i ask you all i ask you all to rise and join us as mark lloyd leads us in the pledge. those are virginia republicans. virginia republicans at a rally this month pledging allegiance to a flag carried at the insurrection on january 6th. and if actual treason endorsed by the republican base isn t scary enough, at least a dozen republicans running for state offices this week were present during the mayhem on january 6th. but it s not just a possible collusion with rioters in the republican party. the gop once stood for the grand ole party but with characters