Republicans facing backlash after impeachment vote

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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The North Carolina GOP censured Sen. Richard Burr after he voted to convict former President Trump. 16 other Republicans are facing similar backlash. Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced plans for a “9/11-type commission” to investigate the Capitol attack. Independent Senator Bernie Sanders joins AC360 to discuss the clear divide in the GOP and his thoughts on the commission. Plus, the CDC recently released new guidelines for reopening schools including five key mitigation strategies: wearing masks, physical distancing, handwashing, maintaining clean facilities and contact tracing. CNN has learned that about 89% of children under 18 live in a county considered a “red zone” with high levels of Covid-19 transmission. Dr. Paul Offit is the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He joins Anderson Cooper to react to the new CDC guidelines and whether or not he thinks the country is “turning the corner.” Airdate: February 15, 2021 Guests: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) Vermont Dr. Paul Offit To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And good evening.
0:01.0	There is breaking news.
0:02.0	Nighthouse speaker Nancy Pelosi briefing House Democrats on plans to establish an outside,
0:06.9	presumably non-Portison 9-11-style commission to investigate the causes of the January 6
0:11.6	attack on the Capitol.
0:13.5	Talk more about that shortly, including how that meshes with the new president's desire
0:17.3	not to litigate the incident any further in the Senate.
0:20.8	First though, how his motivation for putting the impeachment trial behind him differs from
0:24.5	that of Republicans who also want to close the book on it.
0:27.8	For starters, President Biden wants to focus on COVID relief legislation and specific
0:31.9	and more generally on reestablishing a sense of continuity with the way presidents traditionally
0:36.8	operate.
0:37.8	He spent the weekend at Camp David with his grandchildren, who gave him this cap.
0:43.0	There and at the White House, he keeps a regular schedule.
0:45.5	No cable news benders or late night tweets, no morning executive time spent watching even
0:50.4	more TV.
0:51.8	The president's daily brief is a daily brief once again.
0:55.6	On the weekend, he goes to Sunday Mass.
0:58.0	This picture of presidential normalities, both the reflection of who President Biden
1:02.2	is, as well as you what he clearly wants to project politically at this moment.
1:07.4	By contrast, this is the image the Republican Party has chosen for itself this president's
1:11.6	day.
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