Sen. Bernie Sanders | Republicans Try to Rewrite the History of the January 6th Insurrection: A Closer Look
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2021
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Seth takes a closer look at Republican leaders announcing their opposition to a commission to investigate the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol as the party intensifies its efforts to rewrite history.
Then, Sen. Bernie Sanders talks about the progressive nature of the Biden presidency and the Republican Party voting Rep. Liz Cheney out of leadership.
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| 0:00.0 | The House voted today on legislation to create an independent commission tasked with investigating |
| 0:07.1 | the January 6th attack on the Capitol while House Republicans are still claiming that there |
| 0:12.4 | was no January 6th this year. |
| 0:16.7 | From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late |
| 0:23.7 | Night with Seth Meyers. |
| 0:25.5 | In today's show, Seth Jats with Senator Bernie Sanders, but first, a closer look. |
| 0:32.5 | The Republican leaders have announced their opposition to a commission to investigate |
| 0:41.3 | the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol as the GOP intensifies its efforts to rewrite |
| 0:46.1 | the history of what happened for more on this its time for a closer look. |
| 0:53.7 | Many Republican officials have been desperate to create an alternate universe where Donald |
| 0:57.4 | Trump is a beloved former president who people miss and want back, which is insane for |
| 1:01.6 | many reasons. |
| 1:02.6 | For one, everyone's daily quality of life is better without an wake up in the morning |
| 1:07.2 | to 10 different news alerts on your phone that I'll say something along the lines of President |
| 1:11.6 | Trump accuses Eiffel Tower of spying on him, suggesting a golf ball can cure coronavirus. |
| 1:16.8 | The other reason it's absurd is the fact that Trump is our most unpopular president in |
| 1:21.3 | history of modern polling. |
| 1:24.3 | He never won the popular vote, lost by 7 million votes in 2020, never once cracked 50% |
| 1:27.6 | job approval, and now spends his time barging into weddings to rant about voter fraud. |
| 1:32.9 | It's the most embarrassing thing that could possibly happen at a wedding aside from your |
| 1:37.5 | mom making you slow dance with her while you're 13. |
| 1:40.2 | Mom, you're embarrassing me, honey, fix your tie. |
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