decision by texas governor greg abbott to bus thousands of migrants to new york and washington, d.c.. and the controversial ruling in florida that has abortion rights activists furious over the decision to block a perilous 16-year-old girl from getting an abortion, if i think she isn t mature enough to handle up. state senator lauren joins me live. lawmakers are calling on social media companies to address the increased threats to law enforcement after the fbi search of mar-a-lago almost two weeks ago. house oversight committee leaders sent a letter to eight tech firms, instead meta, truth social, and gab, just to name a few, urging him to take immediate action to address the surge in violent online threats. now, it s unclear if those companies have responded to those letters, as of right now. it comes just as of yesterday a republican candidate seeking a house seat in florida, luis miguel, had his twitter account permanently suspended after he tweeted that all floridians w
insurrection. do you see this as a turning point? it certainly was a turning point on january 6th. we watched the element of the far-right of the united states orchestrate what appears to be a coup. and the january six committee, of course, it s investigating this and bringing strong evidence forward. ultimately, it will be up to the courts to decide. but in american opinion, we have to pay attention to those who seek to subvert our democracy. we have worked hard, veterans have died for this democracy. we have all sacrificed to make a society, where everyone can move forward together. and there are those who are afraid of that for many different reasons. but violence is never the answer. and so, january six was significant. but i believe the response to mar-a-lago is also a historic point. for the first time, we are watching these authoritarian,
the threat from antifa, starting in the summer of 2020, when he talked about them as a terrorist organization, one thing i just went back and revisited recently is, on january 6th, the day before the insurrection, trump released several things about antifa. he tweeted about them and he released a memo urging the government to step up its efforts against antifa. this is when he s supposed to be packing up the white house to go to mar-a-lago but he s still focusing on antifa and i think he was trying to pump them up. there had been leftist and right wing protesters as recently as december 12th in d.c. and they had the expectation that would happen again. what was a turning point on january 6th is what didn t happen, a big campaign on the left, even a hashtag, don t take the bait. and no leftist protesters at all stayed up that day. showed up that day and the clashes they expected didn t happen and the national guard