thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." you can always follow me on twitter and instagram @wolfblitzer, tweet the show @cnnsitroom. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. outfront next resisting biden's nominees especially the nominees of color. is it about more than just their policies? policies? plus, were they trying to hide it? why are we just finding out now that former president trump and melania trump got covid vaccines in january? and peddling trump's lies is bad for business. just ask the ceo of goya. let's go "outfront." good evening everyone i'm kate b bolduan in for erin burnett. there are growing questions tonight about why some of biden's nominees particularly those of color, are facing

fierce pushback from republicans. those nominees include deb holland, biden's pick to lead the interior department, neera tanden his nominee to head the office of budget and van ita gupta. in each case it is said republicans are trying to paint these women as extreme or a threat to the country, senator scott calling tanneden a radica liberal. >> i am troubled by many of representative holland's views, that many in my home state of wyoming would consider as radical. >> biden promised unity but this is a dangerous appointee at a dangerous time. >> dangerous they argue. former democratic senator from holland's home state of new mexico, they took issue with the radical label on holland writing in "usa today" this. that her record is in line with

main stream conservation priorities thus the exceptional criticism of representative holland and the threatened holds on her nomination must be motivated by something other than her record. whatever the reason, there is plenty of opposition which is of course nothing new in washington but what is new is a senator opposing every single major nominee a president puts forward. republican senator josh hawley has voted no on every one of biden's cabinet nominees, 11 so far the latest biden's pick for education secretary which was just a short time ago. even ted cruz has voted for at least one of biden's picks. and this is rich coming from hawley, who railed against his opponent then senator clair mccaskill in 2018 for obstructing trump. >> she has opposed this president on every single priority. she even voted against the first female cia director nominated by this president. >> you may ask how did hawley vote on the first female

treasury secretary nominated by biden or the nation's first black defense secretary. outfront now, cnn's manu raju. democrats opposed many of trump's major nominees but not to the level that josh hawley is. you just spoke with him. >> reporter: that's right. i did, kate. i asked him why in fact he has voted against all of biden's cabinet nominees. he insisted this is not a uniform position he is taking against every nominee. he said, quote, i take it one at a time. if there is someone i think will be good to missouri and i can defend with my voters i will vote for them. he did point to a deputy level defense secretary nominee whom he supported, but on all of the cabinet level nominees he has been no. of course, this is someone who potentially could be eyeing a possible challenge to joe biden in 2024. he has downplayed that possibility but he has also

aligned himself with donald trump even in the aftermath of january 6th and even to the runnup of january 6th he was the first republican senator to announce he would object to one of the state's electoral results from the state of pennsylvania. he has defended his actions since then but he also would not criticize donald trump yesterday after donald trump said the election was stolen and also trump contending that he actually won. i asked josh hawley moments ago whether you have any issues with donald trump's actions at all. he said he's been very consistent he said of the former president, he said he is going to say what he believes. i said don't you have any concerns what donald trump said? he said i don't give him advice. i'm not going to give you my emotional reactions to his quotes. so you're seeing how donald trump still has a hold over the party. and over some of the senators here on capitol hill. the question, too, for joe biden as he tries to fill his cabinet there are some indications that perhaps there is still a possibility of him getting neera

tanden confirmed as his budget director. the key senate vote in the senate, republican lisa murkowski, just met with neera tanden and emerged from that meeting undecided how she'll come down in her vote. could have the fate of determining whether joe biden's first nominee will go down. >> great reporting. thanks so much. outfront now democratic congressman ro khanna. congressman, it's josh hawley and it's more. why do you think president biden's nominees particularly of color are running into such resistance? do you think it could be just politics and not racism, or is it? >> there is definitely an element of racism here. there are ads being run demonizing president biden's appointees of color, pretending and lying about their records, saying they are defunding the police when they're not distorting it and that is appealing to people's fears. it is no coincidence that josh hawley is voting against every

nominee when he doesn't believe joe biden is a legitimate, elected president. he is fueling that sense of illegitimacy. >> some key nominees of color have been approved. you have lloyd austin as defense secretary, linda thomas greenfield as u.n. ambassador, alejandro mayorkas confirmed as the first latino secretary of homeland security. >> first let me give president biden an extraordinary amount of credit for appointing diverse individuals and breaking history and making history in some of these appointments. but here is the thing. if you're a person of color and you question in certain ways the status quo, if you raise the issue of police violence as venita gupta has, if you question policies that have been long standing and say we need more justice then the bar is very, very high. and you are subject to a

demonization and smear campaign. and that is unfortunate here. it shouldn't be that if you are a person of color you have to toe the line and you can't question policies and certainly your position should not be distorted. >> with neera tanden, she is opposed by one democratic senator as well, senator joe manchin citing her inappropriate tweets in the past. do you think racism plays a part with man chin? >> no, i don't think you can paint a broad brush. i've worked with senator manchin on issues. we disagree on issues. he welcomed me to the state of west virginia. we worked on creating tech jobs there. i believe senator manchin actually reaches out very broadly. that is not who i'm talking about. i'm talking about the special interest groups that have been launching ads demonizing people and are factually false. they need to be condemned.

>> on senator josh hawley opposing every nominee does it surprise you? >> no, it doesn't. if you really believe as josh hawley does that joe biden isn't the duly elected president of the united states and that is what he is telling his base he is obviously not going to confirm anyone. >> definite polly playing foot isie with that and has for a long time for sure. >> the problem is not that he isn't confirming anyone but to my knowledge he still hasn't come out and said joe biden was legitimately elected to be president of the united states and he is my commander-in-chief. i would be happy with that. if he just says those two sentences he would do this country incredible good. >> thanks for coming on. >> thank you. >> seems the bar is low on what does well for the country these dachlts outfront with me now is gloria borger. what do you think of what ro khanna is saying right there about the role that he believes race is playing in terms of the resistance against nominees especially women? >> well, it is hard to get into people's heads in the republican

party right now because they are just opposed to joe biden one way or another. and you also know as he pointed out that joe biden has appointed the most diverse cabinet in history, so a lot of the people they oppose are going to be people of color. but here is one thing that really sticks in my craw, kate. when they come out and say that all of these people are somehow unqualified i take you to donald trump's cabinet. let me just read a few names to you. betsy devos unqualified as secretary of education. ben carson, a former surgeon, knew nothing about housing and urban development. rick perry, the head of the department of energy who wanted to get rid of the department of energy. >> he was surprised what the job of secretary of energy entailed. >> that's right. so all of these republicans now railing not only about policy.

they are allowed to say we disagree with mr. becerra on medicare for all or abortion rights but when they say people are unqualified take a look at the people you voted for during the trump administration. they were so unqualified that half the time president trump never put people up for confirmation again and kept them as acting because he knew they couldn't get confirmed. so, you know, take a look in the mirror, folks. you confirmed a lot of people who shouldn't have been in those jobs. kind of ridiculous. >> it absolutely is. you lay it out well. what game is josh hawley playing? >> he is a mini me, trying to be donald trump, newer, younger, thinner, whatever. and i think he doesn't want to get trump angry. he wants his support. he is running for president. he's too clever by half. you know, i don't know what his game is but i think lots of people will end up seeing

through it. but right now, you know, this is where he wants himself, right, in donald trump's camp. and believing that he can appeal to donald trump's voters and that's where he'll stick and this is how he believes he is going to distinguish himself. >> good to see you, gloria. >> good to see you, kate. >> programming note. linda thomas greenfield joe biden's new u.n. ambassador will be a guest with don lemon 10:00 p.m. tonight. outfront for us next a former republican congressman saying that his party needs to treat trump like the u.s. treated the soviets in the cold war -- isolate him, contain him, and stop pandering to him. plus, former president trump and melania both vaccinated against covid at the white house back in january. why are we only finding out about this now? governor andrew cuomo's second accuser rips into him for his so-called apology and urges more women to come forward. whatever you have at home, knorr sides

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tonight former u.n. ambassador nikki haley showering her former boss donald trump with compliments after trump's revenge seeking speech at cpac. she tweeted this afterward. strong speech by president trump about the winning policies of his administration and what the party needs to unite behind moving forward. the liberal media wants a gop civil war. not going to happen. remember, that speech was also full of straight up lies and trump still pushing the stolen election lie throughout it.

this also is the same nikki haley who was just turned down by trump for a meeting at mar-a-lago last month a rejection after a big profile on her was published in politico and she told tim alberta on the record this in the days after the insurrection. she said, quote, i don't think he is going to be in the picture. i don't think he can. he's fallen so far. she also said, he went down a path he shouldn't have and we shouldn't have followed him. and we shouldn't have listened to him. and we can't let that ever happen again. haley says we can't let that happen ever again yet said this on fox news about democrats wanting to hold trump accountable for the deadly riot. >> they're going to turn around and bring about impeachment, yet they say they're for unity. i mean, they beat him up before he got into office. they're beating him up after he leaves office. i mean, at some point give the man a break. i mean, move on. >> outfront with me now matthew

dowd the chief strategist for the bush-cheney campaign in 2004. good to see you, matthew. whip lash is something that you often must get used to in politics but with nikki haley this is becoming a special case. >> it is incredibly -- we ran against john kerry and one of the things we ran against him on was being a flip flopper but john kerry looks like the mountain of stability compared to what nikki haley has been doing. she shifts around more than a prius driving across the macinac bridge in a 50-mile-per-hour wind. one thing i think we can say she is consistent about that i think this reveals is that she fits right in because it shows that her lack, complete lack of any sort of principles that define her that she can stay and be the center of her core which you want leaders to be, have a center of principles that you know is solid in their core. she is very consistent in that. she is very much comfortable in an unprincipled party in the

course of this. >> look, the thing about it is haley was pretty clear eyed about donald trump and the damage that he's done and his responsibility for january 6th. i mean, on top of what she told tim alberta, again, on the record in hours and hours of interviews that he sat down with her and discussed she also said according to cnn's reporting, i want to read it, to members of the rnc in the days just -- in the day just after the insurrection she said that he was badly wrong with his words yesterday and it wasn't just his words. it was his actions since the election. and will be judged harshly by history. i'm wondering now looking at all of this in full view is this proof of trump's strength in the party that haley somehow missed? >> well, i think it is proof that haley doesn't recognize what the republican party is. the republican party created donald trump. donald trump didn't create the

republican party today. the reason why he became the republican nominee is because that is who the republican party is. he enjoys 90% favorability rating among republican voters. they like where he is positioned against what he -- they think is something wrong in america, modern america. the interesting thing that i don't -- i think she has completely missed is what unites trump voters in the base of the republican party today isn't policy or a set of issues because they are divergent. it used to be part of the republican party is for fiscal responsibility and part of the republican party was for free trade and part of the republican party was for standing up for law and order but what really unites them, kate, is this complete hate of a diverse america. and america as it exists today in the 21st century. i don't think republicans who are in moments taking a stand against donald trump recognize what the modern republican party

fundamentally is. i said earlier today on twitter the republican party did have a civil war and the confederacy won. i don't think they've come to terms with that. >> former republican congressman francis rooney said today that the party needs to treat trump like the u.s. treated the soviets in the cold war. isolate him. contain him. and stop pandering to him. i feel like i know the answer after what you've just said but can the party do that right now? >> i think treating him like the soviet union shouldn't be a big step. i think again he is missing the point. i think he still thinks of the republican party as the business people, chamber of commerce, country club, republican party. and as jeb bush, marco rubio, lindsey graham and all of the

other candidates found out in 2016 that is not what the republican party is today. so, yeah. he should be isolated, treated as a scourge or pyrariah never be talked to again and left in mar-a-lago but the republican party, they want him and seem to have moved on very quickly from the insurrection that happened january 6th which is amazing, where people died and tried to stop the vote very similar to 1860 and 1861 but the republicans who think they are a principled don't know the modern republican party. >> fascinating. good to see you. thank you for coming on. >> thank you. out front next a third vaccine is out and available but the cdc director warning this country is at risk of erasing the recent gains against the pandemic. why? plus a second woman accusing new york governor cuomo of

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trump and melania both vaccinated at the white house back in january but we are just learning about it now and, clearly, he didn't do it in public like, basically, every other top official from mike pence to alex azar to anthony fauci. despite that, there is good news on the vaccine front tonight. johnson & johnson's one dose vaccine has started to ship out. the first doses could be administered as early as tomorrow. nick watt is out front. >> the first doses of johnson & johnson's vaccine have shipped. three vaccines are now out there in the mix. >> this is all very, very good news. you know, all three vaccines are safe and highly effective at preventing what we care about most and that is very serious illness and death. >> plus johnson & johnson's is single dose and does not need deep freeze storage. >> we'll have 20 million in march and a hundred million by june and hopefully by the summer contributing a lot to

vaccinating all of the united states. >> but issues remain. >> scheduling remains for far too many people too frustrating and we need to make it better. >> reporter: from today teachers in connecticut, mississippi, and louisiana are eligible for vaccination. educators now on the list in 31 states and washington, d.c. not yet in massachusetts where today roller rinks and theaters can reopen at half capacity. >> it is a good step in the right direction. that's for sure. >> reporter: but let's hold off on the high fives. >> it is really risky to say it's over. we're on the way out. let's pull back. just look historically at the late winter/early spring of 2020, of the summer of 2020 when we started to pull back prematurely we saw the rebound. >> reporter: average new case counts have been falling sharply for weeks, but -- >> the recent declines appear to be stalling. please hear me clearly. at this level of cases with

variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard earned ground we have gained. >> reporter: on average around 2,000 americans are still dying from this disease every day. >> get vaccinated. get the first vaccine available to you. protect yourself, your family, and your community from covid-19. >> reporter: kate, today is 11 weeks exactly since the first american got a dose of vaccine. here is where we are, roughly 100 million doses have been distributed across the country. about 10% of the adult population of america has been double dosed, fully vaccinated. this johnson & johnson single dose should change the landscape. kate? >> absolutely. nick, thank you. outfront with me now dr. jonathan reiner who advised the white house medical team under president george w. bush. dr. reiner, good to see you again. the fact that if we could just start with the fact that donald

trump and melania trump both received vaccines back in january and the country is only hearing about it right now. you couple that with recent polling showing republicans more than democrats are resisting the vaccine, there was a poll out just last week from the kaiser family foundation that found 75% of democrats have already received the vaccine or will compared to 41% of republicans and those who say they definitely will not get it, only 2% were democrats. 28% were republicans. what is your reaction? >> right. in a similar fashion to the politicization of masks we've seen the same thing now to a little bit of a lesser degree but nonetheless there with the vaccines. another poll by the gallup organization last week asked people if a vaccine was available for them right now would they take it? and 91% of democrats said yes. 51% of republicans said yes. so we must close that gap. what an opportunity for the most

respected republican, the former president of the united states, to make a big statement, to be publicly seen getting vaccinated. yet he did not do that. why would he not do that? >> it gives him a chance to brag. two of these were approved under his watch. >> right. take a victory lap. so why wouldn't the former president do that? it is either something like he didn't want to estrange the vaccine denier population of his base or something completely insane which is he didn't want to roll up his sleeve in public. the net result is incredibly destructive. we saw what happened when he cast doubt on the utility of masks last year. without the president's very visible ascent to vaccines it has just a devastating result on the acceptance of vaccines in

people who doubt it right now. >> we are also coming on the one-year mark of this pandemic and on this day march first last year the pandemic was starting to spiral out of control more than we even knew. on this very day vice president mike pence said president trump was instructing him to say this about the pandemic. >> his charge to me is, to remind the american people that the risk is low, to assure the american people that we're ready. >> just really struck by that. what goes through your mind when you hear that, we are ready? >> right. so what we know from the reporting of people like bob woodward is that they knew that the risk was high and we also know that they knew that we weren't ready. that we had no ppe. one reason they were advising the public a year ago to stop buying masks because we didn't have a reserve of surgical

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new tonight the second woman who accused democratic governor andrew cuomo of sexual harassment is rejecting his apology and encouraging other women to come forward now. charlotte bennett is saying in a statement tonight that andrew cuomo, quote, has refused to acknowledge or take responsibility for his predatory behavior, she says. >> welcome all. >> reporter: new york governor andrew cuomo facing new scrutiny tonight after a second former staffer has come forward alleging sexual harassment. charlotte bennett a former executive assistant and health policy adviser telling the "new york times" over the weekend that the governor asked her

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>> that statement was unfortunate in my opinion. there is a very big difference between saying to someone i'm sorry if you're offended by what i did and saying i'm sorry for what i did. >> cuomo also saying in a statement he never inappropriately touched or propositioned anyone be denying the allegation of another former aid lindsey boylan who wrote cuomo had kissed her on the lips after a one-on-one briefing. bo boylan and bennett have not discussed their allegations with cnn. new york's attorney general and new york's chief judge select an independent attorney to investigate claims against him. james rejected the proposal saying she needed subpoena power. the governor's office relented saying they would turn over a referral allowing it. james' office confirmed they received the referral monday afternoon. lawmakers on both sides critical of the investigative process today a democratic state senator

introduced a bill to change the law so that the governor does not have to refer an investigation in order for the attorney general to start one. >> when you think about it when the governor is being the person investigated asking the governor for a referral is, you know, doesn't make sense at all. i think what shocked members of the public that that is the system we have. >> reporter: senate majority leader chuck schumer and house speaker nancy pelosi released statements on the importance of an independent investigation, pelosi calling the allegations serious and credible. all this as cuomo still faces allegations of mishandling the covid-19 crisis in new york's long term care facilities currently under scrutiny by the fbi and the u.s. -- and, kate, in that statement that cuomo's second accuser put out today she also encouraged other people who might be out there like herself to come forward saying, quote, for anyone who needs to hear this know that i am holding a

place for you, too. the governor continuing to defend his administration's handling of all of this saying that he will also continue to cooperate with investigators. kate? >> thank you. i want to bring in right now the albany bureau chief for the "new york times" who broke the story. do you think based on what charlotte is saying in her statement tonight that there are more shoes to drop, more allegations to come? >> well, i think that is obviously something myself and other reporters will be looking into in the days and weeks to come. certainly the two allegations that have come out already have created the impression that there might be more people out there. i think generally with sexual harassment oftentimes it is not a single case but multiple cases. we don't have credible reports on those yet. i think certainly those are going to be lines of inquiry

going forward for days and weeks to come to be sure. >> governor cuomo isn't disputing any of the facts of the account laid out by charlotte. so i'm kind of left to wonder if the facts are not really in dispute is this likely to get any better from the governor, for the governor from here on out? >> certainly he did not dispute the story we ran on saturday night, did not go through it point by point, basically said this was misunderstood, that he was a mentor to charlotte not pursuing her sexually. then of course put out this other statement last night where he yao he elaborated -- he elaborated on be the idea he kids around the office, etcetera. i don't think either of those will satisfy critics or answer all of the questions still outstanding which will be the subject of this investigation going forward. that investigation could have some teeth. with subpoena power you can draw down documents. you can compel testimony. you can get recordings if there

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in history. >> this didn't seem like an armed insurrection to me. >> joining me now cnn's senior political analyst john avlon. >> hey, kate. >> hey there. disinformation like this led to january 6th. what does trying to paint january 6th as something softer than a violent attack do now? is it something like -- is something like this the way they're talking about it just to assure it is going to happen again? >> it is an attempt to rewrite history. it is nothing less than that. we have indelible evidence of an attack on our capitol. five people died the worst attack on our capitol since the war of 1812. having watched it all unfold and having information from the protesters who turned into rioters who said they were there because donald trump sent them they believed, it is an attempt to simply create a fantasy tale and a sign of a political party that is veering into a cult and very dangerous ways and yes it

does open the door to further problems down the road because if you deny reality once you open the door a second time as voltaire once said the person who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. >> coming from major voices that support donald trump, that donald trump supporters listen to, just one example claiming that it couldn't be trump supporters who took over the capitol. >> yes. >> it had to be antifa. listen. >> there were probably some undercover antifa that dressed as trump people. >> likely not all trump supporters. >> i think a lot of it is antifa folks. >> the fbi said it wasn't antifa. people who stormed the capitol themselves say it was not antifa. it was them. all of this is on video. do they think if they just say it enough it will be so? >> yes. who are you going to believe, kate, them or your lying eyes? i mean, this is the fundamental problem, though. this lie, we can track its

growth in right wing media. from the day of the attack on talk radio via twitter echoed by congressmen -- the president president himself suggesting it to congressman mccarthy who had to shut it down. we know that is a lie. yet it persists because people can't confront the uncomfortable truth. why? because they're culpable. because at the end of the day there is nothing less conservative than a violent mob attacking the capitol. and that is what they wrought. >> you know, our trump supporters and talking to supporters of trump who also believe in the qanon conspiracy, he spoke to some of them recently who for the most part all believe trump did not lose the election and they are now looking to myanmar where there is deadly military coup and they

hope that happens here in the united states. listen to this. >> what's going on in myanmar? the government took over and redoing the election. >> would you like to see that here? >> yes. >> you know why? the election was stolen from us. >> i'm seeing this, john, and even after january 6th, is the worst of the worst, it looks like things are getting worse, not better. >> i don't know they are getting worse, but it's clear we've got a problem in the hard core base of the republican party that's willing to believe unreality and look to violence as a recourse. they are identifying with the military coup. let's not forget donald trump's national security advisor essential recalled for that and it indicates this isn't about ideas. it's not about partisan politics. it's incredibly dangerous because it will try to persist. we haven't had an attempt to overturn an election or call for a coup by people that wrap themselves in the american flag

and call themselves patriots. wake up to what it is. dangerous. >> i'm most stuck with republicans that continue to try to chip away at little pieces of the real history of what happened on january 6th, small pieces that add up to a big picture problem and they know better but continue. >> they do. >> good to see you, john, thank you. "outfront" next, backlash after the ceo of goya comes to trump's delusional defense. medicare prescriptions...s r ...no sweat. so you can get back to the thing you'd rather be doing. ♪

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tonight, goya's ceo is under fire after pushing donald trump's election lie at cpa krc calling trump the real president. pushing the bogus claims of election fraud. jason carroll is "outfront". >> reporter: after pledging to keep political views private, the ceo is making fast election claims. >> the real, legitimate and

still actual president of the united states, donald j. trump. >> reporter: this echoes his unfounded election claim during this tv appearance in january two weeks after the capitol insurrection. >> mission accomplished by the social media, big tech, big media and big government for ushering in the dawn of a new world order. this great reset with an unverified election. >> reporter: that caused goya's board to silence the ceo voting to sensor him. a person familiar with the board's actions that includes his family members called his comments insulting and dangerous and said that he can no longer speak to the media without the board's permission. the source also tells cnn he has hurt goya's bottom line irisk te

company. at the time he told "the new york post" independently i've made the decision to lower the temperature and walk away from speaking about politics and religion. welcome news to this consumer who said he had stopped buying goya products given the ceo's past politically charged comments. >> when certain corporate readers support an ex president who basically green lighted white nationalism, racism, sexism, homophobia, we should expect him to pay the consequences. >> reporter: he came under fire late last july after he praised donald trump after a white house visit. >> we're all truly blessed at the same time to have a leader like president trump. >> reporter: those comments prompted a backlash from buyers, harsh tags like goya away where

supporters of the president fought back. ivanka trump posting a picture with a can of beans even. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez is among a number of latino leaders critical of him saying his words then and now have consequences. >> it's a great disappointment whether you are immigrant, whether you are one or two generations from puerto rico like my family. it's a great shame. >> reporter: it's unclear if his comments have hurt sales, goya a privately owned company doesn't disclose earnings. hispanic consumers make up a significant chunk of buying power in the united states, $1.7 trillion in 2019. that's 11% of the country. the president of one of the oldest latino civil rights organizations offered this advice to this ceo. >> tone down the rhetoric. you're entitled to support whoever you want but when you

put out false information and lies to the community, there are consequences and there will be ramifications for your product. >> reporter: jason carroll, cnn, new york. >> jason, thank you very much and thank you so much for joining us tonight. i'm kate bolduan. "ac 360" starts right now. good evening. we begin tonight with two big lies about a dangerous boost over the weekend that only increased the threat this week to the capitol. the familiar one that the 2020 pres presidential election was somehow rigged and the lie claimed by people who should and probably do know better what we saw on january 6th. what you're seeing there and what they saw firsthand was actually not what it seemed, that somehow these trump supporters, qanon followers and followers of far right militant groups were not responsible for the insurrection and hidden forces actually were. neither that lie nor the foundational election lie have any facts at all to support

them. in fact, i