dominated, driven, and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. that is a threat to this country. maga republicans do not respect the constitution, believe in the rule of the law, recognize the will of the people. they refused to accept the results of a free election and promote authoritarian leaders. they fanned the flames of political violence. they are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. they look at the mob that stormed that united states capitol on january 6th, be brutally attacking law enforcement, not as insurrectionists. they placed a dagger the throat of our democracy, but they look at them as patriots. they see their maga failure to stop a fees peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election as preparation for the 2022 in 2024 elections. and now america must choose to move forward or to move backwards, to build a future obsessed about the past, to be a nation of hope and un
republicans represent an extremism that threatens the foundations of our republic. there is no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. that is a threat to this country. maga republicans do not respect the constitution, believe in the rule of the law, or recognize the will of the people. they refused to accept the results of a free election and promote authoritarian leaders. they fanned the flames of political violence. they are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. they look at the mob that stormed that united states capitol on january 6th, brutally attacking law enforcement, not as insurrectionists. who placed a dagger the throat of our democracy, but they look at them as patriots. they see their maga failure to stop a peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election, as preparation for the 2022 and 2024 elections. and
extremismes that threatens the very foundation of our republic. there s no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. and that is a threat to this country. maga republicans do not respect the constitution. they do not believe in the rule of law. they do not recognize the will of the people. they refuse to accept the results of a free election. and promote authoritarian leadersor and flame the threatsf violence and a threat to our personal right, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law torque the very soul of this country. they look at the mob that stormed the united states capitol on january 6th, rudely attacking law enforcement, not as insurrection nists but place a dagger at the throat of our democracy and they look at them as patriots and see the maga failure to stop a peaceful transfer of power after the election as preparation for the 2022 and fo2024 elections, and now, america must choose
possibility of pardoning rioters, the justice department continues to bring charges. the lawyer for the right wing paramilitary group the oath keepers was indicted on three felony counts of obstructing an official proceeding and obstructing justice. several members of that group were previously charged with seditious conspiracy or an effort to overthrow the government. it will go on trial at the end of this month. the efforts to seek accountability for what happened inside the white house continue to move forward. tomorrow trump white house lawyers pat philbin and pat cipollone are expected to testify before a grand jury is part of the investigation into the attack. meanwhile the january six committee continues its own investigation. tonight it sent a letter to newt greenwich asking him to voluntarily testify before the committee. their letter to gingrich is full of new allegations about what the white house is planning, both before and after the capitol attack. the committee claims th
charlie dent is a former republican congressman from pennsylvania and a cnn political commentator. good to see you. and david swerdlick is a cnn political commentator and staff editor for the new york times opinion. good to see you as well. so perhaps equally dangerous to trump s words of pardoning rioters is either any silence or tepid response coming from republicans. these republicans did speak on the matter today. here are senator susan collins, governor sununu and lindsey graham. i do not think that the president should have president trump should have made that pledge to do pardons. we should let the judicial process proceed. look, the folks that were part of the riots, the assault on the u.s. capitol, have to be held accountable. there s a rule of law. i don t care whether you were part of the burning cities in antifa in 2020, storming the capitol in 2021, everybody needs to be held fairly accountable