The violence at the capitol on january 6th, 2021 was just the most visible part of Donald Trumps attempt to hold on to power. Tonight, we talk to those who witnessed the whole plot unfurl and tried to stop it. The lines this election was stolen from you, from me, from the country. If you ask how Many Republican congressmen believe donald trump was reelected, i would say maybe a couple. But 60 of our base does. Conspiracy theories that could have been mickey mouse. This is the craziest thing ive ever seen. And people just bought it. Lawsuits. They tried to not have your votes count. They did not want your vote to count. Potentially illegal Pressure Campaigns. I just want to find 11,780 votes. What he was asking for wasnt supported by the facts. Wasnt supported by the constitution. Extraordinary scheming. Lets talk about this. Just Breath Taking that you would have laid out such a clear game plan that so clearly violated the constitution. And all too many in the Republican Party we belie
to continue to pass the test going forward. when the colleague that to us, the guardrails held but barley and only because there were special individuals at great risk to themselves. professionally and personally who stood by the guardrails. people like the maricopa county board of supervisors. people like secretary of state raffensperger in georgia. people like commissioner al schmidt in philadelphia. do you think that ultimately, a do the of people, replaced them and the guardrail falls. it that s a threat. any time you drive on thely on and you see a guardrail that was hit, it held but it wouldn t withstand a second impact. coming up next, that second impact led by former president trump may be coming.
decision. there is no excuse for president trump s actions. while some republicans spoke in favor, the majority of house republicans sided with trump, refusing to vote for impeachment. the ayes are 232. the nays are 197. ten republicans breaking ranks but deny the vote to impeach him. i voted to impeach him. i think it is very clear, as has been public, that he provoked the violence that day. i felt like i had no choice in the matter. as conservative republicans, we are constitutionalists. we believe in the rule of law. were you surprised only ten republicans voted to impeach? there was a vote probably a couple days before the vote, maybe a day before the vote on impeachment where i thought we would have hit 25. i talked to 25 people. i look at throws people that were going to vote for impeachment and i recognize every one of them that ended up not voting that way themselves always mention ad concern for
refusing to vote for impeachment. the ayes are 232, the neys are 97. ten republicans did vote to impeach him, three of them you can you ve heard from tonight. i voted to impeach him because i think it s very clear, as has been public, that he provoked the violence that day. i felt like i had no choice in the matter. as conservative republicans, we are constitutionalists, we believe in the rule of law. were you surprised only ten republicans voted to impeach? it s a point probably days, maybe a day before the impeachment where i thought we d have hit 25, because i talked to 25 people, i look at the people voting for impeachment and i recognize every one of them that ended up not voting that way, they always mention a concern for what it meant for the re-election. congresswoman liz cheney
there were specific individuals at great risk to themselves professionally and personally who stood by those guardrails, people like the maricopa county board of supervisors, people like secretary of state rath perger in georgia, people like al schmitt in philadelphia, do you feel that ultimately a dozen of these people replaced by other people, trump people and the guardrails don t hold and democracy falls under? i think that s a real threat. anytime you re driving on a guardrail, you see one that s been hit, it wouldn t stand another impact. coming up next the that second impact led by former president trump may be coming. he may do or if he loses again, just try to steal it. not really from there.