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.@RashidaTlaib wants unity… through “expelling those members” of Congress who aided the Capitol siege. “If I even remotely tweeted any sympathy toward these domestic terrorists,” she says, “Proceedings would have already begun to remove me from office.”
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The way to national unity is to “defeat white nationalism just as we have sought to defeat any foreign enemy that has attacked our country in the past,” says @RepSwalwell. “Root it out, strip it to the studs.”
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Biden is set to be sworn in, tasked with comforting a suffering nation. Joining @mehdirhasan to discuss the transition are:
@RepSwalwell
@RepRashida
@esglaude
@selectedwisdom
@Fahrenthold
@JohnGHendy
Tune in at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV or live: youtube.com/5Qi-7xJXrg8
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What awaits President Trump after he vacates 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. tomorrow? @RepSwalwell, who is serving as an impeachment manager, joins @mehdirhasan to discuss. Catch the interview at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV or live: youtube.com/5Qi-7xJXrg8
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Tomorrow, Kamala Harris will become the first woman of color to be the vice president of the United States. @RepRashida joins @mehdirhasan to discuss the historic moment & the impeachment trial looming over Trump. Watch at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV & live: youtube.com/5Qi-7xJXrg8
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.@shireen818 takes Biden at his word that he'll pull the U.S. out of the Yemen "war that Obama and Biden began," and that America continues to prop up: "It's a U.S. war as much as it is a Saudi and a UAE war."
Can it end in the administration's first 100 days? "It must."
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Pompeo’s new designation of the Yemeni Houthis as terrorists is “clearly a misuse of the foreign terrorist designation,” says @sarahleah1. The Trump admin cited a Houthi airport bombing as proof, but by that metric, she says, “the Saudis should also be designated as terrorists.”
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If Trump pardons Capitol rioters, says @ProfMMurray, it may complicate his own defense: “The optics of it don't look great if the president's point is that he did not in fact incite an insurrection, if he has subsequently pardoned those who actually engaged in the insurrection.”
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“Ambition combined with a lack of principle is a toxic combination,” says @RepBrendanBoyle, paraphrasing Hamilton. “I think of that when I think of the likes of Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley.” He adds there need to be “consequences for all of those who went along with the big lie.”
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Four years later the Trump administration is nearly over. Joining @mehdirhasan to discuss the mood in the capital, intense inauguration security measures, and more are:
@CongBoyle
@ProfMMurray
@DTAnalytics
@ColJackJacobs
Tune in at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV
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Time is running out for the president to pardon people. Who will make the cut? @ProfMMurray joins @mehdirhasan to discuss the most likely candidates and the legacy Trump’s pardons will leave behind at 7 p.m. ET on @peacockTV
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Extremists inside police & military “is something our country absolutely must take seriously,” @keithellison says. The possible inside job at the Capitol must be investigated, “but the infiltration of legitimate law enforcement by extremists needs to be investigated as well.”
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“After last week’s riot, there’s been a lot of attention on senators like Hawley and Cruz for their remarks. But for far too long, far-right members of the House like Paul Gosar have somewhat sailed under the radar,” says @MehdiRHasan. “It’s past time to hold them to account.”
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Siblings of Rep. Paul Gosar say that "there is no relationship with him, and there won't be" based on his actions. “He has become a chronic liar, almost pathological, and then when you throw in the white nationalism and bigotry I have zero tolerance for that," says Tim Gosar.
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.@Mehdirhasan: "Al Qaeda after 9/11 was not as much of a threat to us, did not have the kind of advantages or strengths even that this domestic movement of Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, militia men, neo-Nazis, Qanon types, what I would call ‘MAGA terrorists’ that they have right now"
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What happens the next time an autocratic leader says he is not going to accept the outcome of an election and the U.S. ambassador in that country has to pick up the phone?
@aymanm asks Mehdi: “That call probably won’t even be answered.”
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@aymanm compares the Capitol insurrection to events he’s covered in the Middle East: "There's three things that I see similar to the Middle East in the past: demagoguery, disinformation, destitution."
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.@keithellison breaks down the difference in disposition when it comes to the police response against the Capitol insurrection vs. the police response to the protests that erupted in the wake of George Floyd's death.
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What would America's reaction be if the Capitol was attacked by thousands of angry Muslims rather than thousands of angry white people?
Attorney General @keithellison discusses the double standard stating, "there would have been a massive official and unofficial response."
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