Extremists in the ranks of the military. Weve got a lot to cover for you this hour. Joining me now is cnns senior political analyst Kirsten Powers and former top aide to Paul Ryan Brendan buck. Good to see both of you. Thanks for joining. Brendan, you first. The gop really is in complete disarray, some pushing these bogus lies about the insurrection, telling us not to believe what we saw with our own eyes. Only a few republicans really are standing up against them. Meantime, theyre opposing covid relief. What message do you think this sends to the american people, brendan . Well, i think theyre searching for that. And i think thats one of the reasons covid bill is so popular right now. Its one of the more popular bills major bills ive seen come through. I think republicans woke up a little late to messaging on it and thats got them behind the 8 ball. Look, theres a lot to argue the bill about and i think that theres a good argument that we spent about 4 trillion on covid so dpar and if
Military. Weve got a lot to cover for you this hour. Joining me now is cnns senior political analyst Kirsten Powers and former top aide to Paul Ryan Brendan buck. Good to see both of you. Thanks for joining. Brendan, you first. The gop really is in complete disarray, some pushing these bogus lies about the insurrection, telling us not to believe what we saw with our own eyes. Only a few republicans really are standing up against them. Meantime, theyre opposing covid relief. What message do you think this sends to the american people, brendan . Well, i think theyre searching for that. And i think thats one of the reasons why the covid bill is so popular right now. Its one of the more popular bills major bills ive seen come through. I think republicans woke up a little late to messaging on it and thats got them behind the 8 ball. Look, theres a lot to argue the bill about and i think that theres a good argument that we spent about 4 trillion on covid so far and if you want to make the ar
Week with the senate expected to follow shortly thereafter, along with direct checks, paid leave, additional unemployment insurance, the bill includes a transformative monthly child tax credit, and Minimum Wage Increase, both expected to help with millions of children and adults out of poverty. Theres overwhelming public support for the legislation, even 60 of republicans back the bill. Thats outside the sausage making factory of washington. Inside the beltway, elected republicans who clearly are uncomfortable with the prospect that biden might get something done, well, theyre desperate to launch a Counter Attack against the democratic president , attacking any old thing will do. Also talking about republicans. The go to is the same as usual, pick out women, people of color, and just go off. So several republicans have decided to target bidens Cabinet Nominees of color like debra haaland. And Xavier Becerra, and neera tanden, the nominee for omb. Haaland got a boost from joe manchin to
Are now tied to far right extremists like White Supremacists and recounting the Warning Signs that were there before the insurrection. The threat of White Nationalist violence has been weaponized. The 2016 election of President Donald Trump gave them a tribal chieftain they can all rally behind. The fbi chooses not to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of White Supremacists and far right violence. The failure to prepare for the january 6 attack on the capitol is an indictment of the Counterterrorism Intelligence Enterprise built since 9 11. We can see future attacks that make Oklahoma City bombing pale in comparison. You can see the Intelligence Experts there zooming in, like you might for any other pandemic era discussion, but it was of course deadly serious as they tried to implore the congress to really take this all the way, to do what past administrations sometimes havent. For their part, republicans used their time today to divert from that topic to periods when Racial
Bringing you the news. Its ridiculous. But before you judge these people, take a moment and feel some compassion and figure how they might be feeling right about now. Imagine if you had spent 30 years making a good living as a car mechanic, and all of a sudden, gm invents an engine that anyone can fix at home with a screwdriver. Youd be upset. Thats how cnn feels about the internet. Its exposing their scam. Naturally, they are a little irrational about it. Millions of americans claim to conspiracy theories. This is all evidence of radicalization. And thats not easy to say. Its not an easy word to use. But its way past time to talk about this honestly. No one should tiptoe past this predicament. Disinformation Networks Like qanon are causing people to lose touch with reality. Tucker Disinformation Networks . That doesnt sound like a misleading social media post. It sounds like a terror cell. And it sounds that way on purpose. The thing about disinformation, they are telling us, it is no