'A Dagger At The Throat Of Democracy': President Biden Decries Election Lies

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🗓️ 6 January 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

In a speech from the Capitol one year after the building was attacked, President Biden warned that the United States could become a nation that "accepts political violence as a norm" and allows "partisan election officials to overturn the legally expressed will of the people" if Donald Trump's supporters in the Republican party continue to bolster his election lies.

This episode: demographics and culture correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben, congressional reporter Claudia Grisales, and White House correspondent Scott Detrow.

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0:00.0	We are going to the Capitol, and we are going to try and give, and we are going to try
0:14.0	and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.
0:20.2	It is January 6th 2022.
0:22.3	The time now is 206 P.M.
0:24.7	Oh, up on the steps of the backside of the Capitol.
0:29.5	We're seeing protesters overcome the police.
0:32.9	The police are now running back into the Capitol building.
0:36.5	We have shears from the protesters that are watching behind the scenes.
0:40.5	This is incredible.
0:42.9	And at this time, one year ago, Capitol Police were evacuating Congress
0:47.1	as Trump supporters shattered the first windows as they stormed the U.S. Capitol.
0:52.1	We're in, we're in. Let's go.
0:59.1	It's the NPR Politics Podcast.
1:05.5	I'm Danielle Kurtz-Layden.
1:06.5	I cover demographics and culture.
1:08.5	I'm Claudia DiSales.
1:09.5	I cover Congress.
1:10.5	And I'm Scott Detreau.
1:11.5	I cover the White House.
1:12.7	And one year ago, at this time, we and so many other people in the country
1:17.7	were watching and hearing this scene unfold on Capitol Hill.
1:21.9	Scott Detreau, you and our teammates were supposed to be taping this podcast at that time.
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