it seems like everything we learned from trump, everything we see, you said it the atlantic writes many of knows who oppose trump are frantically folk used on the danger of trump and his gone allies trying to teal 2022 and 2024. it is not without justification. these watchdogs risk missing the graver danger. some could win this fair and square. look, i think we mis we underestimated donald trump once too often in 2016 with disastrous consequences for the country. i used to tell a joke during the 2016 election that there was no way he was going to become the republican nominee because republicans weren t that crazy and democrats weren t that lucky. turns out they were that crazy and we weren t that lucky? yeah. we won t make that mistake again. i do think, though, as time goes by and it will become
during this period. one of the things that i really can t understand about my colleague is how do they believe they are going to explain this to their children and grandchildren one day, when they are asked, what did you do when that awful man was running the country? please tell me you did something to stand up to him. tell me you didn t go along with him. i don t know how they are going to answer. but i have the same faith that i heard myth romney express when he gave his verdict in that trial and said that he was a depositly religious man and he had children and grandchildren to answer to. i feel that keenly. i am very confident history will rebuke donald trump and everyone who stood with him. but we are not there yet. we are not there yet. and we are going to have to work to make sure that we are moving the country forward and we never go back to that kind of a presidency. i know the january 6th investigation is following the facts as did the impeachment trials but what is your t
david jolly froze on us. a.b., do you know? it s obvious that josh holly is courting a constituency for the passing of donald trump off of the political stage at some point and the young holly is hoping for a big political future as a presidential candidate so he has, you know, fist bumped to the inth direction and on and on. the problem is these republicans who are remaining silent or trying to pick a fight with the government that s looking into threats against people s lives and stalking and harassment and real endangerment are actually complicit that we have a growing threat of violence. look how far away the next
rights stuff is essential. and we need to get that done, too. but we can t put all of our eggs in that basket given that the congress is almost completely evenly divided. even as we try to get voting rights legislation passed we are working around the country to bring about stacey abrams-like efforts in every state to overcome every single hurdle. we will use litigation to fight these laws. we will go after corrupt officials if they do try to subvert and overturn an election. we will do everything necessary to protect our democracy because we love our democracy more than they wish to tear it down. that s why i know we are going to get through this. congressman adam schiff defending his optimism. he is sticking around. matt miller will be sticking around as well. when we come back, the congressman s inside account of donald trump s first impeachment trial. the stories of heroics, the warnings about what could happen if donald trump were to get away with clear, flagrant public
there are bills in 48 states. raffensperger has been primaried. as your comments made clear you are working on bringing your own party sogt. the democratic party isn t committed to saving the right to vote and undermining nullification bills, how can you be optimistic. the combination of the two bills we are going to pass and the american rescue plan will be the biggest investment in the american people since the new deal. that s really important to our democracy, too, to show that it can deliver and to meet the needs of prankly a lot of people that donald trump appealed to back in 2016 when he called them forgotten. because we are actually helping their lot, where donald trump simply made it worse. that s an important piece, that very positive agenda. but you are right, the voting