Where is American Democracy Headed?
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🗓️ 5 January 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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| 1:00.0 | The day after the insurrection last January, pundits and politicians predicted that this unprecedented breach of the capital would be the pivot point that brought American democracy back from the brink. |
| 1:11.6 | But with a country consumed by a pandemic, chronic inequality, and polarized political parties, |
| 1:16.6 | little seems to have changed in the last year. |
| 1:18.6 | As the nation begins to reflect on the one-year anniversary of the insurrection, |
| 1:22.6 | we'll talk to Representative Adam Schiff, journalist Zach Beecham, |
| 1:25.6 | and historian Kelly Carter Jackson |
| 1:27.8 | about where the American experiment is headed. That's next after this news. |
| 1:51.2 | This is Forum. I'm Ariana Prail in for Mina Kim. Tomorrow marks one year since the insurrection on the nation's capital. On Thursday, President Biden and Vice President Harris will |
| 1:56.1 | address the nation. Congress will take a moment of silence and deliver member testimony. And today here at |
| 2:01.9 | Forum, we'll consider where our nation is headed and hear from listeners about your thoughts on the |
| 2:06.6 | state of our union. Joining me now to share some of his thoughts and updates on the House Committee's |
| 2:11.3 | investigation into the events of January 6th is Congressman Adam Schiff, Democrat representing |
| 2:16.6 | California's 28th District in Los Angeles County. |
| 2:19.3 | He's chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and member of the select committee investigating the January 6th insurrection. |
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