and i think the most important thing we can do is set aside the impression that anyone story gives, and focus on the pattern. and the pattern here is that we are at a turning point in american history. and if we don t stand up, vote, call these people out in every turn, we could lose things that we thought would never, ever be at risk, including the right to vote, the right wing, the rule of law on the united states, and the kind of democracy that we grew up, believing it was our birthright. maya, the new york times reports that some members of the january six committee are discussing rewriting the insurrection act, which gives presidents the authority to deploy the military within the u.s., to respond to a rebellion. they re considering this because they envisioned a doomsday scenario, in which a rogue future president might try to use the military to
and the kind of democracy that we grew up, believing it was our birthright. maya, the new york times reports that some members of the january six committee are discussing rewriting the insurrection act, which gives presidents the authority to deploy the military within the u.s., to respond to a rebellion. they re considering this because they envisioned a doomsday scenario, in which a rogue future president might try to use the military to stoke, rather than put down an insurrection, or to abuse protesters. your thoughts on that? well, which we ve seen from president trump, and i think just to bring back david s important point here, that s a new normal. and the new normal is that there is no bottom. the things that we thought were boundaries, that both parties would hold on to, it is no longer the case. and we saw that was donald trump even before the insurrection. remember the fact when we had
get immunity. he really has to give up something, and it has to be substantive. also tonight from the time, some members on the january six committee say they are considering rewriting the insurrection act. that s of course the 1807 law that gives the president pretty broad authority to deploy the military, within the u.s.. to respond to a rebellion. let me read for you how the times sums up the arguments. proponents envision a doomsday scenario in which a rogue future president might try to use the military to stoke, rather than put down, an insurrection. or to abuse protesters. but skeptics worry about depriving a president of the power to quickly deploy armed troops in the event of an uprising. i presidents did during the civil war, and the civil rights era. what s your take on this debate? i think this is all part of the long hangover from the four years of the trump administration. we know that former president trump used threatened to use the insurrection act to put down
let me read for you how the times sums up the arguments. proponents envision a doomsday scenario in which a rogue future president might try to use the military to stoke, rather than put down, an insurrection. or to abuse protesters. but skeptics worry about depriving a president of the power to quickly deploy armed troops in the event of an uprising. as presidents did during the civil war, and the civil rights era. what s your take on this debate? i think this is all part of the long hangover from the four years of the trump administration. we know that former president trump used threatened to use the insurrection act to put down some protesters in the wake of the george floyd protest in 2020. we know that the insurection act has been used multiple times throughout our history to deal with uprisings that but also to facilitate the exercise
was willing to go to stay in power, how extreme the guidance was that he was getting about how to abuse the power, the new york times has some new reporting that said the panel has begun preliminary discussions about a threshold to the 200-year-old insurrection act to prevent future abuse. and a rogue future president trying to use the military to stoke an insurrection rather than the intended use to stop one and after trump threatened to invoke the insurrection act and later advised privately and public will to use it to fight the election results. committee member raskin tells the guardian and reuters if the capitol attack was successful in stopping the certification of the win of biden he says trump was prepared