I just think that ultimately we have a constitutional responsibility in the Senate to process these

articles. And I think in order to write the moral ship of this nation, you can't skip the accountability

phase for the president who tried over and over and over again, over the final days of his presidency,

to try to lead either a nonviolent or a violent insurrection against democracy.

Hello and welcome to the G0 World Podcast. Here you'll find extended versions of the

interviews from my show on public television. I'm Ian Bremmer, and this week, we're doing

something a bit different. I'll bring you two in-depth conversations with

members of Congress from different sides of the aisle in two separate episodes of the podcast.

First up, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on the January 6th Capitol attacks, why impeachment

is necessary and what President Biden can realistically get accomplished in his first 100 days.

Let's get to it.

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Senator Chris Murphy, so glad you're joining me.

Thanks for having me.

So let me start off back on December 11th, 2020, which seems like eons ago.

You actually said, I want to quote on the Senate floor,

the most serious attempt to overthrow our democracy in the history of our country is underway.

What made you so sure so early that this was more than just typical Trump theatrics?

You know, that speech felt out of place to a lot of people when I gave it. Nobody was really

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