it clear that his purpose in washington is messaging, not legislating is not only pushing the big lie, he s issuing a warning that would be better described as a threat while promoting false claims of election fraud at a local gop event, cawthorn raised the prospect that if republican candidates lose future elections, the answer might be for their supporters to get violent. he even suggested that if things don t work out at the ballot box the way republican voters want them to, even he might take up arms against his fellow americans. see for yourself. i ll tell you, anybody who tells you that joe biden was dutyfully elected is wrong. if our election systems continue to be rigged and continue to be stolen, it s going to lead to one place, and it s bloodshed, and i will tell you, as much as i am willing to defend our liberty at all costs, there s nothing that i would dread doing more than having to pick up arms against a fellow american. so cawthorn, who let s just reiterat
they marched with torches chanting jews will not replace us as they paraded through the campus of the university of virginia. it was eerily reminiscent of the torch light rallies held at nuremberg during the third reich. the following day they carried confederate flags and symbols of nazi genocide as they vowed to protect the statue of a treasonous confederate general and openly embraced donald trump as one of their own. in fact just months earlier, an organizer of the unite the right shouted hail trump, hail our people, and was greeted with nazi salutes and applause add a pro trump campaign rally. another organizer was a member of the proud boys which would later lead the siege of the u.s. capitol on january 6th. in other words, charlottesville, four years ago tonight, was a tinder box just waiting to ignite. inevitably, it did. in fact we witnessed some of the violence live on this very network when one of our guests, reverend tracy blackman, was whisked away for her own
type of balance and subjectivity. i m actually surprised this country and its leadership in that arena of olympic sports has been as quiet as it has in defense of her. anderson, appreciate your reporting. i m chris cuomo. welcome to prime time. we just celebrated the birth of our nation. we re all about being free. we are about independence and it s beautiful. it s a big part of what makes america beautiful. as an extension of that pride, there should be a nod to the profound sense of purpose that the american experiment requires. this is hard work. and in this country we have to learn to choose our hard now. it s hard to do things the right way, it s hard to do them the wrong way. look, the sha carri richardson story speaks to this. she broke the rule, she admits she broke the rule. isn t that the end of it? are all rules equal? who really loses here? is weed a performance-enhancing drug? i think it s something you got to think about and you have to pick your fights to tak
once grand old party. last night on the eve of her removal she delivered a memorable speech why she refuses to take a knee. this is not about policy. this is not about partisanship. this is about our duty as americans. remaining silent and ignoring the lie emboldens the liar. i will not participate in that. i will not sit back and watch in silence while others lead our party down a path that abandons the rule of law and joins the former president s crusade to undermine our democracy. it was easterly quiet in the chamber when cheney gave that speech, which is just one member in attendance, congressman ted buck of colorado. the other republican lawmakers cleared out, perhaps lacking the guts to hear her out and to face her the night before taking out the long knives. and then today as house republicans led by trump s chief marionette, our puppet kevin, prepared to oust her as chair of the house gop conference republicans proved themselves to be not just weak but also childi
embracing a foaming at the mouth brand of conservatism that includes worshipping the disgraced former president and dismantling democracy and forcing businesses, forcing them to operate on their terms that happened to include opening the doors to the pandemic with the worst of them associating the killer virus with freedom itself. they ve also launched a new national past time empowering anti-vaxxers and anti maskers to mop up and scream at, spit on and attack workers who have to mask up to work. they re not harassing teachers and health care professionals or moms walking their kids to school for masking up to prevent covid. a life does need variation. we now have abortion bounty hunt governor greg abbott of texas banning any entity in his state, including private businesses from mandating covid vaccinations for workers or customers. he s denouncing vaccine mandates as federal over reach while his covid loving side kick florida governor ron desantis is making good on his prom