delegations, the democrats had 22. pennsylvania was divided. even had they lost the at large rep from wyoming, liz cheney, they still would have had 26 votes. they would have run it like the republican convention, declared donald trump the winner of the presidency for the next four years, and they might have followed at that point disgraced former national security adviser michael flynn s advice to invoke the insurrection act and declare something like martial law to put down the insurrection chaos they had unleashed against us. this country owes you a debt of gratitude in your relentless pursuit of what happened that terrible day. let s move to the film, love and the constitution, i know you followed the congressman over what, a three-year period over january 6th. what inspired you to make this documentary in the first place? i started filming on july 4th
expected to be telling, covering congressman raskin. tell us how you came to be there with your camera when this happened. well, originally, when jamie and donald trump actually both started their first terms in office in january 2017, and that is when jamie became my congressman, and pretty much from day one, jamie started being a trump god fly and i thought i would really like to make a film about jamie and trump. and it took him many months to agree to do it. and then, i started filming, july 4th of 2018. and i thought it would be about a one-year project. until july 2018 not a one-year project. and madeleine, what was it like as a filmmaker and a friend to be there for something so
there with your camera when this happened. well, originally, when jamie and donald trump actually both started their first terms in office in january 2017, and that is when jamie became my congressman, and pretty much from day one, jamie started being a trump god fly and i thought i would really like to make a film about jamie and trump. and it took him many months to agree to do it. and then, i started filming, july 4th of 2018. and i thought it would be about a one-year project. until july 2018 not a one-year project. and madeleine, what was it like as a filmmaker and a friend to be there for something so intimate and tragic? yeah, i mean, of course none