illini saint the resolution will be forthcoming and specifically centura public and representative andrew clyde of georgia, jody heise georgia and paul of arizona for the remarks at a house oversight and reform committee hearing on wednesday downplaying and making false claims about the violent attacks on the u.s. capital. explain. >> congressman sissel amy says he's introducing this forthcoming resolutioninng and t will likely expect that a lot of democrats will sign on to this but democrats have previously introduced resolutions earlier this year right after january 62 censure congressman mel brooks for making false claimse of election fraud ahead of january 6. so, those resolutions have not gone anywhere because they have been wary of going as far as and very few members have ever been censured in the house of history. democrat leader is very leery of making the step in establishing this president. however, right after a few weeks ago republicans forced a procedural vote on centering congressman maxine waters over comments she made while on a protest ahead of the george floyd conviction -- v

gop congressman andrew clyde compared the capitol riot to a, quote, normal tourist visit.a photograph surfacing showing him barricading himself from rioters getting into the house chambers. here are his comments at a wednesday hearing. >> this hearing is called the capitol insurrection. let's be honest with the american people. it was not an insurrection and we cannot call it that and be truthful. the cambridge english dictionary defines an insurrection as, and i quote, an organized attempt by a group of people to defeat their government and take control of their country, usually by violence. and then from the century dictionary, the act of governmental restraints, specifically the armed resistance of a number of persons to the power of the state. as one of the members who stayed in the capitol and on the house floor who, with other republican colleagues, helped barricade the door until almost 3:00 p.m. that day from the mob who tried to enter u i can tell you the house floor was never breached and it was not an insurrection. this is the truth. there was an undisciplined m

this past november, andrew clyde won the vote. but what do people think about his comments?s shows congressman clyde helping to barricade the door to keep people out of the chambers. does that look like a tourist visit? >> no. >> reporter: a tourist visit from hell. but you see him helping to barricade the door, does it look like he's telling the truth? >> i think you're right on that. >> reporter: this is congressman clyde. his mouth open, he's either yelling or scared or both. we can't tell for sure. now he's saying, though, that there was no insurrection. it was like a normal tourist visit. you voted for him. does that disappoint you? >> absolutely. yeah. but, you know, everybody -- as far as humanity goes, people are constantly counterintuitive. >> reporter: you think he's not being honest and honorable? >> i would say anybody in politics is apt to do the same thing. >> i haven't the slightest idea why politicians say what they say. >> reporter: but you agree he's a little misleading with how he said it? >> he shouldn't say that. >> reporter: that it's a tourist visit? >

andrew clyde from georgia going through and you look at this video.ok like a normal-tourist visit. this does not look like people who are just staying within the lines between the -- the velvet ropes there that -- that are in statuary hall. i mean, you -- again, you can go online and look at the justice department website. and you can read the charges that these four men face. and, you know, there is a lot of other documents that -- that outline, don, just what the hell that these -- that these -- that these officers were going through, that afternoon. >> yeah. the quote that should be there is, did we take the door back? did we take the door back? is what he said. so can you give us the latest, please, on the four people charged in attacking fanone? >> yeah. albuquerque, he is the guy that pulled fanone into -- into the crowd. david rodriguez, who tased fanone. thomas, who robbed him of his -- of his badge and his radio. and kyle young, who is the one who tried to take his service weapon. all of them, have been arrested. they are facing a number of c

. >> thanks captioning sponsored by cbs >> republican congressman andrew clyde talked about the deadly6th. >> there was no insurrection, and to call it an insurrection, in my opinion, is a bold-faced lie. watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walked through statuary hall showed people in orderly fashion taking videos and pictures. if you didn't know the tv footage was a video from januard actually think it was a normal tourist visit. >> are you looking for a family vacation steeped in american history? then book a congressman clyde capitol tour today. you and a mob of your friends can explore capitol hill. scale the scenic bar

. >>> let's go now to the fallout over congressman andrew clyde's remarks that january 6th attack was like a, quote, normal tourist visit. reporters including our leigh ann caldwell, caught up with the congressman after an event honoring fallen police officers yesterday to try to give him a chance to explain. here is his original remark from wednesday's house oversight committee meeting followed by our attempt to get an explanation. >> as one of the members who stayed in the capitol and on the house floor, who, with other republican colleagues helped barricade the door until almost 3:00 p.m. that day from the mob who tried to enter, i can tell you, the house floor was never breached and it was not an insurrection. this is the truth, there was an undisciplined mob, there were some rioters and some who committed acts of vandalism, but let me be clear, there was no insurrection and to call it an insurrection in my opinion is a bold-face lie. watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walked through statuary hall, showed people taking pictures. if you didn't know the foo

again, that was andrew clyde, an leaked official, who doesn't know the difference between terrorism and tourism. maybe he mispronounced it, i don't know. [ laughter ] here in california, caitlyn jenner is running for governor. last night, we shared a clip from cnn in which caitlyn, who i guess doesn't want to admit she voted for trump, told dana bash of cnn that she didn't vote in the election last year. she said she played golf instead. well, turns out, they checked, she did vote. voting is a matter of public record, "politico" dug it up and she voted. what a weird thing to lie about. to say that you didn't vote when you did. [ laughter ] caitlyn was reportedly embarrassed about the lie, she tried to hide in a women's bathroom, but no republicans would let her in. [ cheers and applause ] very sad. tiktok, the social media platform all the kids love so much, they're testing out a program that will allow companies to recruit potential employees. which is weird. can you imagine trying to get a job through tiktok? >> hi. i'm doug lawson. i've worked in the aerospace industry for the last 1

some republicans, like georgia congressman andrew clyde, are whitewashing the events of january 6 entirely. >> to call it an insurrection, in my opinion, is a bold-faced lie. >> reporter: but this picture shows clyde helping police barricade the doors of the house chamber as rioters tried to break in. and tonight, this letter is getting a lot of attention here on capitol hill. its author says it represents the views of 40-50 rank and file capitol police officers, and it is scathing, saying in part, "it is inconceivable that some members we protect would downplay the events of januaryhe members we protect would 6." it also blasts g.o.p. leadership for not supporting the 1/6 commission. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, kris van cleave, thank you. well, tonight there's new legal trouble for former president trump. new york's attorney general has now joined the criminal investigation of mr. trump's family business. cbs' jericka duncan has all the new details. >> reporter: donald trump's business empire and political future is in more jeopardy tonight. new york attorney general letitia james say

meanwhile some republicans like andrew clyde of georgia continue to down play what happened that day. >> it was no insurrection and to call it an insurrection in my opinion is a bold faced lie. >> reporter: speaker nancy pelosi took issue with clyde's remarks. >> it was beyond denial it fell into the range of sick. >> reporter: in response to the major's arrests the marine corps said today there is no place in the force for racial hatred or e force for rac extremism, and vowed to assist investigators if called upon. the major could face decades behind bars if he is convicted. norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. well, tonight joel greenberg, the former florida official and accused sex trafficker at the center of the investigation into republican congressman matt gaetz is expected to plead guilty next monday. it was reported last month that greenberg has been cooperating with federal investigators telling them that gaetz had given multiple women money and gifts in exchange for sex. gaetz insists he is innocent. and there is still much more news ahead on tonight's cbs evening ne

it was just days ago when republican congressman andrew clyde of georgia compared the insurrection to a tourist video. >> if you didn't know the tv footage was a video from january the 6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit. >> reporter: but now, this image has resurfaced. that same congressman trying to barricade the doors to stop the mob from breaking in. >> all right, so, let's get right to rachel scott up on the hill tonight. we know lawmakers voting this eening. the house with enough votes to pass this, but in the senate, we know it will need 60 votes. so, rachel, as you always do, give us a reality check. is that likely. >> reporter: some of the same republicans who voted to convict former president donald trump in the senate say they are open to the idea of a commission, but they want to see some changes first, so, the bottom line here tonight, it is going to be an uphill challenge for democrats to get at least ten republicans onboard. david? >> rachel scott on the hill for us again tonight. thank you, rachel. >>> the pressure mounting, meanwhile, from pres

andrew clyde.e appeared in the interview withstand by a description he made yesterday in a hearing of the deadly january 6 insurrection as no insurrection at all. yesterday he also likened an attack on which five people lost the lives and 140 capitol police officers suffered injuries including concussions, chemical wounds and stab wounds as just another day of normal what he called tourist traffic at the nation's capitol. because that man congressman clyde challenged us in the sound bite we just played for you to listen to the whole comments we'll do just that and play them again. watch. >> there was no insurrection and to call it an insurrection in my opinion is a bald faced lie. warming the tv footage of that entered the capitol and walked think statuary hall showed people between the stan chons and ropes taking videos and ropes why if you didn't know the footage was from january 6 you would think that it was a normal tourist visit. >> let us count the ways we can fact check this again today. yes

the house held a hearing investigating the attacks, several republicans including representative andrew clyde of georgia downplayed what happened. >> there was no insurrection, and to call it an insurrection in my opinion is a bold-faced lie. if you didn't know the tv footage was a video from january 6 you would think it was a normal tourist visi yamiche: kwlide's comments are of course -- cleed's -- clyde's comments are course false and flfs aiolent insurrection on january 6ut the g.o.p. accepting reality has consequences. house republicans booted representative liz cheney from her leadership post for calling out false claims about the election. ahead of her removal, cheney took a defiant last stand against the former president. >> millions of americans have been misled by the fmer president. they have heard only his words but not the truth as he continues to undermine our democratic process sowing seeds of doubt about whether democracy really works at all. this is not about policy. this is not about partisanship. this is about our duty as americans. remaining silent and ignoring the lie emb

you will hear from carolyn maloney of new york and georgia republican congressman andrew clyde. >> we know who provoked this attack. that is why 17 house and senate republicans joined all congressional democrats in the bipartisan effort to impeach and convict for, and i quote, inciting violence against the government of the united states. to quote senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, " there is no question, none, the president trunk is practically and morally responsible for proroguing the events that day. but the failures of january 6 go beyond the grave and lies and provocations of one man. the federal government was unprepared for this insurrection. even though it was planned, in plain sight. on social media. for the world to see. >> is one of the members who stayed in the capital and on the house floor who when other republican colleagues helped barricade the door until almost 3 p.m. that day from the mob tried to enter, i can tell you, the house floor was never breached and it was not an insurrection. this is the truth. there was an undisciplined mob. there were some writers a

capitol, which is the way representative andrew clyde today described what he says happened on january 6th. i mean, what you see in that video, don, is from the beginning you hear the word saying we got one, we got one. and according to the court documents, and through charges against four men who are charged with assaulting officer michael fanone it matches up with what you see in that video. including one man who is seen grabbing him. also another man who you see, again, the fbi has grabbed parts of this video to present in court to show that there's one of them who robbed him of his badge, of his radio, another one who was trying to get to his gun. and said words to the effect of," let's grab his gun and kill him with it". there's another man who according to the prosecutors used, fanone's own taser to tase him. towards the end you can see this is one of the more difficult parts of the video because you know he is essentially passed out, he has lost consciousness and is being dragged in by his buddies, by his partner who is telling him let's go duck hunting, trying to figure out how

. >> republican congressman andrew clyde talked about the deadly violence on january 6. >> there was no insurrection and to call it an insurrection in my opinion is a bold faced lie. watching those who entered the capitol and walking through a hall showed people in an orderly fashion and taking pictures. if you didn't know it was a video from january 6 you would think it was a normal tourist visit. >> it's who you believe, me or your lying eyes. >> i am not sure what video he was looking at. the video i saw shows an attack on the united states capitol and on our value. to present it as anything else does a disservice to those capitol police officers who died in the line of duty, those who have tried to put the capitol back in condition where it can be visited by american people again. that rhetoric does us no good. quite frankly, in the long run, i think it hurts republican politics. but to make those comments to me, it must be a different video he is looking at. because the video i and every other american has seen is shocking and deeply troubling. >> and leanne caldwell. an event t

in stark contrast to the insurrection denying gop members like andrew clyde who likened the riots to of the caucus, congresswoman jayapal. we saw the video of you as the rioters tried to take over the congress. how do you respond to the gop likening that to tourists? >> it's insanity that my republican colleagues refuse to accept what happened january 6th and worse than that are trying to rewrite history. we have to remember that police officers were killed that day, mike pence was -- he was chased down, people trying to hang mike pence, calling for him to be hanged, trying to kill nancy pelosi, and hundreds of insurrectionists have been charged already with federal crimes for what happened on january 6th. my belief is that these republicans who refuse to accept what happened january 6th or continue to try to rewrite history are actually a serious national security threat to our democracy. because if we don't get to the bottom of what happened on january 6th, if we don't hold accountable those involved, then our democracy will suffer, and that is a very, very serious thing we're look

i know that andrew clyde said january 6th seemed like a tourist visit. and ron johnson questioning, how many firearms were there? how many shots were fired? what are we learning? >> reporter: let's start with the case of christopher albertson, he's pleaded not guilty to possessing a firearm. he's the only person charged with having a gun in his possession that day. but i've seen so many cases where makeshift weapons, riot shields, hockey sticks, baseball bats. one maryland defendant wielding a metal bat. >> and what other hearings are we watching for today? >> reporter: looking at the case of john wright, from canton, ohio. a few moments ago, a judge ordered he wear a gps tracker until his next hearing. the feds say he posted that he would fight the blue on the 6th, make war that day. and indicated he was going to keep an eye on the underground escape tunnels on the hill. also cases moving towards plea agreements, matthew miller, accused of scaling the wall, moving closer to a plea agreement. and the bustle couple from virginia, accused of posting on soc

. >> thanks captioning sponsored by cbs >> republican congressman andrew clyde talked about the deadly violence on january 6th. >> there was no insurrection, and to call it an insurrection, in my opinion, is a bold-faced lie. watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walked through statuary hall showed people in orderly fashion taking videos and pictures. if you didn't know the tv footage was a video from januard actually think it was a normal tourist visit. >> are you looking for a family vacation steeped in american history? then book a congressman clyde capitol tour today. you and a mob of your friends can explore capitol hill. scale the scenic barricades. meet a real capitol police officer -- in the face! test your skill in the log toss! see our costume characters. enjoy our rotunda floor toilets, and don't forget to visit the gift shop. plus, when you're done with the capitol. enjoy a complimentary stay in our five-bar hotel. congressman clyde's capitol tours -- fun for the whole militia! >> announcer: it's "a late show" with stephen colbert. today getting back

and just to hear what was the name of that representative, andrew clyde from georgia going through.e a normal tourist visit, does not look like people who are just staying within the lines between the velvet ropes there that are in statuary hall. again, you can go online and look at the justice department website and you can read the charges these four men faced. and, you know, there's a lot of other documents that outline, don, just what the hell that these officers were going through that afternoon. >> the quote that should be there is did we take the door back? did we take the door back is what he said. can you give us the latest, please, on the four people charged in attacking fanone? >> albuquerque, he's the guy who pulled fanone into the crowd, david rodriguez who tased fanone. th thomas hasidik and all of them have fwin arrested, facing a number of charges, felonies. and don, they're all still in jail awaiting further proceedings in court. >> thank you, evan. thank you, chief. chief, it's good to have you on where we can talk about the good that officers do. again, we have so

republican like congressman andrew clyde. >> if you did not know the event on january 6th, you would think it is a normal day of tourists. >> on the day of the incident, he was blocking the door of the chambers from what he called "tourist." here is clyde on the far left pressed up against the wall and appeared to be screaming as security guards pulling their guns as he now claims that people could be confused as tourists. this is incredible. did you think not anybody is going to see this video. the fbi releasing new videos and you can see trump supporters attacking police officers and throwing expletives at them. >> capitol police released statements reading, "we, members, expressing the disappointment with the recent comments from both chambers minority leaders expressing no need for action for january 6th." >> we have these new videos of police being attacked by trump supporters. mccarthy or mcconnell, i don't know, do they not care? >> it has been a rough couple of years for men and women in blue. the republican conference wanted to not only say thank you but we want to be apart

paul gosar issued that lengthy full-t full-throated we actual li just heard from andrew clyde.e said this was not an insurrection at all. he said it was an undisciplined mob, and they stayed in an orderly fashion inside the capitol just taking videos and pictures. that's a far cry from what we saw unfold. all of this is amplifying calls from several members of the committee to press for a bipartisan commission to investigate january 6th. things got particularly fiery when democrats questioned act the former acting defense secretary chris miller's response time, and then called out miller for seeming to backtrack on previous comments that former president trump's comments are on what led to the capitol attack. >> there were 8,000 badged and credentials police officers on duty. >> and you weren't there. and you were awol. you were awol. mr. secretary. you were awol. >> that's completely inaccurate. that's completely inaccurate. >> assist you want before, you have responsibility for everything. something goes wrong, quote/unquote, i own it completely, 110%. sir, you partially own

andrew clyde said if you look at the video of the attackers carefully walking between the velvet ropest reminded him of a normal visit. they may have accidentallyd che powerful independent voice representing traditional republicans. what she did for actions of the day of the attack are no different than what the two men above her in the party said themselves. take a look. >> they tried to hunt down the speaker of the house. they chanted about murdering. they had been fed wild falsehoods by the most powerful man on earth. >> a former president who provoked a violent attack on this capitol in an effort to steal the election has resumed his aggressive effort to convince americans it was stolen from him. >>k by mob rioters. >> millions of americans have been misled by the former president. >> president trump is practically and morally responsible. >> joe biden will be sworn in as president of the united states in one week because he won the election. >> i want to congratulate president-elect joe biden. >> the election is over. that is the rule of law. that is our constitutional process. >>

so is georgia congressman and man whose smile is clinically depressed, andrew clyde. last week, clyde said this about capitol rioters: >> watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walked through statuary hall, showed people in an orderly fashion staying between the stanchions and ropes, taking videos and pictures. you know, if you didn't know the tv footage was a video from january the 6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit. >> stephen: oky... but now a couple pictures on january 6 have surfaced. one shows the congressman barricading the door of the house chamber, and another shows his terrified reaction. but that could still be a picture of a tour guide. ( as panicked tour guide ) "the gift shop's that way! buy a magnet for your grandma! we're walking, and we're walking." nowhere have republicans held on to the big lie more fervently than the great state of arizona, where state senate republicans hired a firm called cyber ninjas to do a non-official audit of maricopa county. among other things, the cyber ninjas conducted a fore

gop congressman andrew clyde compared the capitol riot to a, quote, normal tourist visit during a house my opinion, is a bold-face lie. watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walk through statuary hall showed people in ordinarily fashion taking pictures and videos. if you didn't know the tv footage was a video from january 6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit. >> well, congressman clyde has a funny way of greeting tourists because that picture was him barricading himself and other lawmakers behind furniture to prevent the violent trump tourists from getting into the house chambers. >> i just wonder here, he knows that he helped with that furniture to put it in front of the door to protect himself. he knows people saw him. he just expects that the rest of the country was not paying attention or that they're going to accept that maybe they were just coming to get their t-shirts signed? >> that's the crazy thing about all this revisionist history. we all saw it. we lived through it. if you open the directionary definition to insurrection, violen

deadly insurrection at the capitol, the deadly insurrection that republicans like congressman andrew clyde shamefully, shamefully trying to whitewash. >> there was no insurrection and to call it an insurrection in my opinion is a bold faced lie. if you didn't know the teeny footage was a video from -- you would think it's a normal tourist visit. >> this guy, really? kevin mccarthy dodging questions about that today. >> these numbers say that the insurrection was like a capitol tour. one of them is here with you. i'm curious what you feel about that when clearly, you know, people died during the insurrection. >> what happened on the 6th was atrocious. nobody -- when i look at the rioters that came in, those people should be held accountable to the rule of law, and that's exactly what's happening. >> what about the members that are saying this? >> and when cnn's manu raju asked again about it, he claimed, quote, i don't know what he said. remember when they all claimed that they didn't read the former president's tweets, the former guy's tweets? they want to talk about anything but the assau

i would like to play a clip from congressman andrew clyde.he footage was a video from january 6th, you would think it was a normal tourist visit. >> dickerson: that is true of some of the footage, but there is also a great deal of the other kind of footage, some of which was released this week of the rioters celebrating hurting a policeman. you looked at this situation on the 6th. how would you characterize what the police had to face on that day? >> they had to face this dangerous, violent mob that fought them, tried to kill them. look, the capitol police have taken two -- three killed in action. two on that day, one directly and one indirectly from suicide and subsequent attack that killed the capitol police. this is a tough mission. the capitol has to be protected 365. what i'm afraid of, john, is when i hear statements like that, is that we haveositi. and that scares me. they've gone from being a minority party to an opposition party. and to borrow the words from nancy reagan, just say no. this is serious business. it is about their secur

. >> reporter: andrew clyde was among those congressmen who attempted to paint over the problems on january despite video like this from the body cam of a front line d.c. police officer showing the moment he was attacked by pro-trump rioters. congressman clyde refused to take back his claims during an event honoring police officers this morning. >> think about what you just said. you didn't take what i said in context at all. >> so can you explain it? >> reporter: this all comes against the backdrop of the gop booth liz cheney from leadership in part because republicans were angry she kept speaking out about donald trump's lies about the election. >> we all have been put here in this moment by history and history is going to judge us. >> reporter: despite her demotion cheney has no plans to fade into the background. her likely replacement, representative elise stefanik is a staunch defender of trump, but cheney promised to do everything she can to prevent the former president from being the party's nominee in 2024 and even opened the door to him being criminally charged. >> any president wh

. >> last week we told you about congressman andrew clyde, turns out he was on the floor of the house pretty worried, standing behind a guy with a gun as rioters tried to break into the chamber. it's time for a tour of the truth. if we can't even agree on what happened on january 6th, if we can't establish the facts how are we going to stop this from ever happening again? that was the question put to the 9/11 commission, which taught us a lot about the gaps in our security, about the way information needs to be shared so that we could prevent another horrific day like that one. why did trump and some in the republican leadership want to run from the truth? is it because they're too busy looking for that get away car to avoid the hard questions? mitch, please, if you listen closely i think you can hear the screeching of the tires. here to discuss this timothy snyder. his books include the road to unfreedom, russia, europe, america. you made the point the big lie never could have sustained itself solely without the trump. i've observed that myself it's not just trump. it's the people at

. >> i want to revisit what georgia congressman andrew clyde said about the insurrection on wednesdayentered the capitol and walked through statutory hall showed people in an orderly fashion staying between the stanchions and ropes taking videos and pictures. if you didn't know the tv footage was a video from january the 6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit. >> a normal tourist visit? that's clyde. here's what he was doing during the january 6th attack. he's seen in that photo, right there, helping barricade the door. so those are two different, big, s wide perspectives there from one person. he was barricading the door and now we just heard him saying, they were just tourists. congressman, what do you think is driving this type of revisionist history from republicans? you talk about cult of personality. i heard you in your first answer there. has this become a litmus test, especially for house republicans? >> i think a lot of people have really lost all foundation of principle in their devotion to trump and their desire to cultivate trump's base. for that guy t

no, january 6th was not a normal tourist visit as georgia republican lawmakers andrew clyde falsely claimshe knows this, he knows better because he have images of him from that very day helping to barricade the doors of the house gallery to keep out the violent mob. no, january 6th was not normal. it was the single worst attack on our nation's capitol since the war of 1812. the january 6th attack left five people dead. it left more than 140 others injured. an attack that said lawmakers and former vice president mike pence running for their lives. an attack carried out largely by trump supporters, and encouraged by trump and his allies. >> we fight like hell. if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. >> let's have trial by combat. >> and it's important to remember that this was all because they did not like the result of a free and fair election that was not impacted by widespread voter fraud. no facts, no evidence supporting otherwise, nothing. and that has been backed up by multiple recounts and audits and court rulings and yet even today 56% of republicans

. >> that was representative andrew clyde just 24 hours ago. he and other republicans tried to rewrite history claiming the rioters were peaceful patriots even though many brought weapons, dozens assaulted officers. hundreds have been charged with federal crimes. on the left side of your screen you'll see their comments. on the right the context that contradicts their claims. >> there was no insurrection and to call it an insurrection, in my opinion, is a bold-faced lie. watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walked through statuary hall showed people in an orderly fashion staying between the stanchions and ropes taking videos and pictures. if you didn't know the tv footage was a video from january 6, you'd think it was a normal tourist visit. >> outright propaganda and lies are being used to unleash the national security state against law-abiding u.s. citizens, especially trump voters. as a result the doj is harassing peaceful patriots across the country. >> it was trump supporters who lost their lives that day. not trump

congressman andrew clyde, a republican, compared capitol rioters to tourists.a photo has surfaced that shows him beararricading a door on january 6th. he can't think this is a normal day for congress. we asked his constituents about this. >> i haven't the slightest idea why politicians say what they say. >> but you agree that maybe he is a little misleading? >> he shouldn't say that. >> that's horse baloney. that's not true. >> so you disagree with your congressman? >> yeah. >> and you voted for him? >> yeah. unfortunately. >> so, look, that's a sampling. it's not like we can say that's a poll. and he may have his support but what do you think about some people who did say -- who say they voted for him. they don't like what he said. >> i think it's a great opportunity if that district, which is a red district, even after redistricting to find somebody serious who wants to be a good conservative republican but will not embarrass their district like that. >> trump republican allies are now seeking a kind of arizona-style audit in other swing states. is this georg

is it kind of reminds me of andrew clyde's description of the january 6th insurrectionists as ports. it tells us there arecovered up with mr. greene. it's three words, consciousness of guilt. we have those conversations by taking to the street and making sure that voices are heard. we also have that by the federal government stepping in as it has done and making those patterns and practices and investigations so that it can go, from the top down re-evaluate and transform that police department as a whole. >> we just got word that meeting between george floyd's family at the white house with president biden and others is wrapping up or has wrapped up. so, we're going to keep an eye on that when and if the family decides to make a statement, we're going to bring that back to you live. melissa, i'm curious to get your thoughts, we know the issue of racism is deep in this country and deeply rooted. lawmakers in at least 12 states they've begone to release bills that are banned calls critical race theory in schools. are we seeing the backlash with this racial reckoning play out? >> i mean

now, first, here's what congresswoman andrew clyde claimed about the riot last week. >> there was noction, and to call it an insurrection in my opinion is a bold-faced lie. if you didn't know the tv footage was a video from january the 6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit. >> would you? i don't say this lightly. indeed if you watch this program, i don't use the "l" word on everyone every night but what you just saw there is what it looks like when a liar is accusing other people of lying. now, as a journalistic matter i can only say that kind of thing factually if we can prove that we know someone knows they're lying. they can be confused. they can be mistaken. there are all sorts of reasons can say something other than a deliberate lie. but this was a lie. take a look at the photograph on january 6th. it shows the congressman at the top of this very frame, second to left. we've isolated it for you because it matters, as a part of the emergency barricading of the door to the house chamber. i'm going to keep this photo up because what you can also see on the fac

saying the attackers were basically behaving like tourists, and what's the big deal., that was andrew clyde, republican from georgia. another republican congressman f from south carolina, congressman ralph norman saying there is no reason to believe the people who attacked the capitol were trump supporters. who took a poll of them? republican congressman from arizona, paul gosar, a different one from georgia, jody hice, both saying today trump supporters were the real victims on january 6th, and they're all being framed by law enforcement, even though they definitely did nothing wrong in the capitol attack. why are you even calling it an attack? trump's former defense secretary, a junior level pentagon employee who trump inexplicably made defense secretary right at the end of his term, christopher miller, he testified today about the january 6 attack. he wrote in his written opening statement to the committee that he believed trump's lies about the election were what caused his supporters to go attack the capitol on january 6. that was in his written opening statement. i but when it came ti

after likening the capital riot to a normal tourist visit away straight face, gop congressman andrew clyde had to say or not say to our own correspondent leanne calwell. >> do you stand by your statement yesterday that when you said yesterday was like a capitol tour? do you stand by those statements? >> do you regret saying that? five people died, including police officers and you're here today honoring police officers. >> if you're honest in your statement -- >> what's wrong about it? that's what you said. >> think about what you just said. you didn't take what i said in context at all. >> explain to us. explain to us. >> you don't listen to what i say. >> so that's how that went. we can always rerack the tapes. still with us. i can't believe it causes laughter. that man is a 28-year u.s. veteran, former gun shop owner. don, in the recent craven history of the trump party, is the attempt to air brush out the history we all watched on live television the most craven of all? >> it's really bad. it's really bad. and that congressman, i don't know where he's from or who he represents. and as

look at andrew clyde of georgia on the day of the attack was barricading the door inside the house. and today, now, goes into the house and does hearings where he says it was a normal tourist visit. someone like that won't ever vote for an investigation. of course not. >> someone who has been absent from this and has not weighed in is mike pence of the hang mike pence chant. he was the person they were referring to. they wanted to execute him in public. there's a sense on republicans that like, they didn't mean it. or they didn't carry it off so like who cares? but he's been noticeably absent. i do note that his own brother voted against the commission which says a lot about the republican party. >> about the republican party, also about the pence family. but yes, he has been awol. he's given a few speeches but hasn't said anything about donald trump. all the people chanted for his death. on my show, i'm sure you have, too, played that many times of him with his family, wife and daughter fleeing from that chamber. it was on tape. it was played at the impeachment trial. we should nev

that includes lawmakers like republican congressman andrew clyde. here is how he described january 6th this week. >> insurrection to call it an insurrection in my opinion is a boldfaced lie. watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walked through statuary hall, showed people in an orderly fashion staying between the ropes taking videos and pictures. you know, if you didn't know the tv footage was a video from january 6th, you would think it was a normal tourist visit. >> for the record, they were not in orderly faction and yes, indeed it was an insurrection, just for the record. congresswoman cheney is not the only republican voicing frustrations with the party. another trump critic illinois republican congressman adam kinzinger made this observation on thursdays. >> this party is really sick and needs real help. if we're not willing to put it on the line for that this party will not be around in the future. >> so then what is the future of the republican party? how does the country move forward when one major party refuses to ac

as you saw yesterday, when gop congressman andrew clyde said the insurrection looked more like a group insurrection and to call it an insurrection in my opinion is a bold faced lie. watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walked through statuary hall showed people in an orderly fashion staying between the stanchions and ropes taking videos and pictures. you know, if you didn't know the tv footage was a video from january 6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit. >> seth: the only way that makes sense is if this guy is french "it looks like a normal american tourist -- slobs - mcdonald's and mickey mouse trying to kill the vice president. seriously, are you out of your [ bleep ] mind why am i asking that question? of course you're out of your [ bleep ] mind they stormed barricades and offices, attacked police officers and threatened to kill the vice president no sane person saw that footage and thought, "ha, how peaceful is that a school field trip? did they make lanyards and use the buddy system?" this is how deranged the modern gop is in a healt

take georgia congressman and star of "ernest goes to the gap," andrew clyde., who was in the room on january 6 as the mob attacked, claimed the whole thing looked harmless from a distance. >> watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walked through statuary hall showed people in an orderly fashion staying between the stanchions and ropes, taking videos and pictures. you know, if you didn't know the tv footage was a video from january the 6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit. >> stephen: you know, if that tv footage wasn't of a member of congress, you'd actualy think clyde was the unwanted child of his mother and a fresh turd. what the hell kind of vacations do you go on, clyde? when i go to disney, i rarely see mickey getting bludgeoned with a fire extinguisher. then clyde told america the thing we saw wasn't the thing we saw. >> this is the truth: there was an undisciplined mob. there were some rioters and some who committed acts of vandalism, but let me be clear, there was no insurrection. >> stephen: that is a sitti

case in point, congressman andrew clyde of georgia last week declared the insurrectionists were harmlessourists. >> there was no insurrection, and to call it an insurrection, in my opinion, is a bold-faced lie. watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walked through statutory hall showed people in an orderly fashion taking videos and pictures. if you didn't know that was a video from january 6, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit. >> normal tourist visit. on friday night, congressman tom hines was shown helping to barricade the door, pushing furniture against the wall. you don't normally do that. one of the fraught moments from that day, there is congressman clyde literally on the front lines. when police officers drew their guns -- look at that -- to keep rioters, the people he likened to tourists, from breaking the chamber doors. look at him on the right, screaming, yelling. when congressman ted liu saw that image, he retweeted it, making sure to call him out by name. representative clyde, is that you in the picture? do you remember? insurrectioni