january 6th will forever leave a dark stain on the fabric of this country. it was an attack on our democracy and it still has seen little to be done to hold those accountable. according to a new abc poll, an overwhelming majority, 72% of americans, believe the people involved in the attack on the capitol were threatening democracy. i worry where we are headed as a nation if we don t change course and hold those accountable for their actions on january 6th, including the former president, who americans mostly agree is at least partially to blame. meanwhile, as the house select committee is investigating the attack on the capitol, which they plan to have public hearings this year, donald trump is threatening to hold a news conference at his mar-a-lago resort on thursday seeking to co-op the day and rewrite history. conversely congressman jamal brown is urging president bush to use his executive authority to recognize january 6th as a national day of healing. this goes beyond on
fresh start. no, i m not talking about sending any new years resolutions, but where we are in the nation. we could use a different approach. a year ago this week, many of us watched in horror as donald trump supporters stormed the capital to try to overturn the 2020 election. january 6 will forever leave a dark stain on the fabric of this country. it was an attack on our democracy, and it still has seen little to be done to hold those accountable. according to new abc poll, overwhelming majority, 72% of americans, believe the people involved in the attack on the capitol were threatening democracy. i worry where we are headed as a nation if we don t change course and hold those accountable for their action on january 6, including the former president who americans mostly agree is at least partially to blame. meanwhile, as the house select committee is investigating the attack on the capital which they plan to have public hearings this year, donald trump is threatening to hold
Succeed doesn t mean there will be a second one and donald trump holding a media event on the anniversary of the insurrection is problematic because if we had an intelligence community that thought this was important, i thought we would have halled the members in, who had confrontations, conversations with insurrectionists and yet all who encouraged the insurrection, are free right now and i m asking myself why? let me ask about a similar topic, susan. when we look at the mid-term elections, we mention congresswoman from georgia, congresswoman marjorie taylor green s suspension from twitter earlier in the show. what are your thoughts about the impact she and others like her have on the republican party and do you think her banishment from twitter will have effect?
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Co-host of democracy-ish podcast. thank you for joining me this new year. susan, let s start with the one-year mark of the capitol attack this thursday. former president trump is planning to hold a media event where he will no doubt try to spend his own narrative about what happened that day and continue to perpetuate his big lie about the 2020 election. is this helpful to a republican party that seems poised to do well in the upcoming midterm elections this year? good evening, rev. happy new year to you. as far as donald trump s address he calls it a news conference. it probably won t be meaning he will not take questions from reporters and my guess it will be one of his typical rants. he has not been getting the crowds he was used to or he had when president. he is becoming less effective in