and barbara comstock is commenting on things. >> eugene, polls are polls.. and we'll all know what to make of them. here's another one. this is from morning consult. how likely is it that trump will be reinstated among republicans? 29% very or somewhat likely, believe he is going to move his stuff back in to the white house in 2021. eugene, if elected republicans, current officeholders with respectable names and resume's, so much as said a peep, would it make any difference at all in that 29% number? >> i don't know, brian. frankly, it's hard for me to know how to read that number. i mean, if you ask in april how likely is it the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, you would get a percentage of republicans that will say it was somewhat likely. so, there is no reinstatement clause in the constitution. and people should know that, that people don't know that. it certainly reflects the party that is still largely crazily enthralled to donald trump. i thought for a long time that gradually, little by little, his hold on the party would diminish. not disappear.

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others --even elected officials, people like liz cheney or the former congresswoman barbara comstock. they tried to reform it and restore it. my argument has been -- it is a debatable question, whether or not the republican party could ever be restored to its former glory. in terms of joining with the democrats, there are a lot of reasons not to, if you are conservative. the one issue that i think is a moral issue is the pro-life issue. the democrats -- joe biden actually was a pro-life democrat. later, he was pro-choice. he opposed using tax funding. he has reversed his position on that. even if you hate a lot of things that donald trump and the party has done, it has a vastly different worldview. host: let's go to henry in michigan. go ahead. caller: good morning. here is the way that i see things. joe biden and the democrats have a very unique problem. that is that about 70% of the republican party is fascist. they have authoritarian leanings because of their devotion to donald trump. joe biden is a seasoned politician. messaging is the number one key. they have legislation that th

while i do not share barbara comstock's optimism that the truth will come out. >> listen, bar ra andsm. they're polls on these specific types of word choices and to to present this to the base i'm reading through the entire senate report, and i have to say it doesn't go into the issue of the socialization of radical -- me as former military and former intelligence, i want to follow the money ops, want to find out who is calling who. there are closeded language, memes, hashtag, looking at encrypted boards. we can get twitter all the way back to 2006. when you learn analysis, can you do it i'm still sort of stunned we don't have individuals wanting to find out what happened. listen, if i had death threats, which i did, many of us did, from q and nonor conspiratorial individuals, why wouldn't we want to know the truth of this? why wouldn't we want to know a conspiracy theory used as a writ was turned into a weaponized -- and had we had an insurrection or riot, hoover you want to define it, people are attacking the capitol based on fantasy. has that happened in the history of the united

>> barbara comstock, known her a long time.very much like in the house, stefanich. intelligence and moderate republicans from virginia and new york, forward looking members of the party, uncomfortable with trump, kept their distance but nominally stayed part of the team. comstock lost, stefanich stayed on with trump and is number three in the house and visiting trump at mar-a-lago. i like comstock and disgusted with stefanich, but which is winning, succeeding in the republican party right now? we can say down the road it's not going to work but right now she's up, and comstock is commenting on things. >> eugene, polls are polls, a snapshot in time, here's another one. from morning consult. how likely is it that trump will be reinstated, among republicans, 29%, very or somewhat likely, believe he's going to move his stuff back in to the white house in 2021. eugene, if elected republicans, current office holders with respectable name and resumes so much as said a peep, would it make any difference at all in that number? >> i don'

think, here, you know, you have even elected officials, people like liz cheney, adam kinzinger, barbara comstock, who want c to reform and restore th republican party. my argument has been -- it is a debatable question, whether or not the republican party could ever be restored to its former glory. but in terms of joining with the democrats, there are probably a lot of reasons not to, if you are a conservative. fiscalss policy. but theth one issue that i think is a moral issue is the pro-life issue.e the democrats -- joe biden actually at one point was a pro-life democrat. and then later, he was pro-choice. however he opposed using taxpayer funding for abortion. just in the last couple of years he has reversed his position on that. even if you hate a lot of things that donald trump and the party has done, it's a huge obstacle to join a partt that has a vastly different worldview. >> let's go to henry in michigan. go ahead. >> caller: good morning. here is the way that i see things. joe biden and the democrats have a very unique problem here. and that is that about 70% of the republican party is

presidential debates at a time to simply keep him happy, and he's going after former congressman, barbara comstock, and another rhino loser, and they have done television appearances, critical of him, and this is the world of donald trump, get your grievances and air them. >> yeah, it's sending more like tweets he can't send out, and this polling shows it's very much donald trump's party. even if they may not necessarily want the man himself, the idea of trumpism still reigns large in the republican party, and the republican leaders are finding themselves in tough decision, such as the january 6th commission, and it was largely killed because trump did not want it investigated, and you will see that tension between trump and other republican leaders so often in the future. i'm thinking just the relationship for the fight for the senate majority in 2022. you are going to have mitch mcconnell who doesn't want to talk about donald trump and then rick scott that hugs donald trump he gets. >> mcconnell doesn't want to hug trump, and he's at home in kentucky, and guess what. >> i covered that thoroughly

press release from mara lag fwoe and nobody is listening it happened but he called people like barbara comstock a loser and me a loser. i never lost an election. he has. he's the only loser in the mix and we're trying to grab on to him as if he's the ticket to the few uture and he's instead on sz the with the fact he lost again in something and in the post presidency taking on some issue that he cares about or some thing we see former presidents do. he's down there on bsessing abo the fact he's a loser. sorry you're a loser but you lost. >> there are some things more important than holding on to a job and, you know, as much as you want to serve, if you were asked to do something you didn't believe in, you would not continue down that road. it seems like that is such an an antiquated notion now. i speak to spider marks who has no idea who this person is that is on that stage in front of a qanon audience or folks supporting a coup. he had a sterling reputation while in the military and i've heard that from a number of, you know, generals i talked to. does it -- i don't -- i cannot wrap my mind ar

with me now is kelly o'donnell and former congresswoman barbara comstock.me start with you because it is an insight into the pence strategy here moving forward what we heard overnight. one hand acknowledging what sort of has to be acknowledged. right? what went down january 6 and then saying that he went on to say i will not allow democrats or allies in the media to use a tragic day to destroy the aspirations of millions of americans so making a turn to attacking the media, kelly. in essence politicizing the aftermath of january 6 seems to be the way he wants to thread the needle move forward. trying to embrace donald trump. >> reporter: absolutely. those of us you and i and colleagues fluent in pence speak is notable that the former vice president distanced himself from donald trump. but what is also notable is that he did it in the glossiest way perhaps possible. to say never see eye to eye is a big chasm coming to pence and trump relations but what he is really doing is making an appeal to those voters that supported them in the trumpbl administration an

but he called people like barbara comstock a loser and he called me a loser. i've never lost an election. he has. he is the only loser in that mix, and we are trying to grab on to him as if he is somehow our ticket to the future. and he is obsessed with the fact that he lost, again, at something. and instead of, in his post presidency, taking on, i don't know, some issue that he cares about. or -- or some thing that we see former presidents do. he's down there obsessing about the fact that he's a loser. i'm sorry, you're a loser, but you lost. >> one of the things that you have said in the past, which i have really respected is that, you know, there are some things more important than holding onto a job. and, you know, as -- as much as you want to serve. if -- if you were asked to do something that you didn't believe in, you -- you would not continue down that -- that road. it seems like that is such a -- an antiquated notion, now. you know, and i go back to general flynn, who, you know, i talked to one of his former-commanding officers yesterday. spyder marks

. >> that's barbara comstock from virginia. to start, for the investigation to commence. do you think that's overdue? >> there needs to be a bipartisan group. i know discussions are on going about that. i think something will be forthcoming. my question in all of this is where is the fop? where are the police unions? why aren't they speaking out at this moment? where is the president of the fop condemning congressman clyde for refusing to shake that officer's hand, for condemning the republican office holders refusing to meet with this fallen officer's partner? this is typically what they do, they join together in defense of their fellow police officers. all of a sudden it's crickets from the police unions, which is not helping them as they try to beat back some of the important police reforms being considered right now by congress. >> scott, do you have any reporting on that? >> i was speaking with the union chairman throughout the last five months. he's expressed concern about some of the treatment, but saying they're underst

. >> well, congresswoman, i mean, we were on together with former republican congresswoman barbara comstockke to see all of their e-mails preserved, all of those phone records preserved, is that work happening? >> to be honest, i don't know. certainly in the judiciary committee, we have a lot of oversight to do. what i do hope is we get the independent commission. i do hope that people are preserving, that they have an obligation, frankly, to preserve evidence, and then we also have an opportunity to have a select committee. as i said, this is a continuing homeland security threat. so the speaker could appoint a select committee. the department of justice could appoint a special prosecutor. there are ways we will get at the truth, we will find out who has preserved evidence. we will find out who has destroyed evidence. we will find out who was complicit in this. >> scott, you have reporting about the capitol police officers, ten of whom who are still off the job due to injuries. how are they doing? are they expected to be back on the job, are some of those injuries things they're being trea

they whipped votes against the bipartisan commission but the stories aren't going away why barbara comstockdn't matter but the law enforcement folks were republicans and walking them around they got nowhere. i wonder if you think as anecdotes in the charging documents, it is graphic but this is what one of the inrecollectionists did. some point in the interaction with the police sergeant she obtained a flag pole and held in the hands and pressed against the sergeant's chest as alleged she started to push the sergeant causing him to fall into the first sets of doors leading to the house floor and the sgtd struck the back of the head on the base of the marble lafayette statue. head injuries. mutilation. fickers lost. heart attacks. are they really shire, the republicanser of making a bet to kill a bipartisan commission? >> i think they do. republicans made a political calculation. not january 6 specifically but they think if they appease donald trump who, if you remember, when he said something about the commission, right before he spoke out and said ixnay on making the commission bipartisan,

others --even elected officials, people like liz cheney or the former congresswoman barbara comstock.y tried to reform it and restore it. my argument has been -- it is a debatable question, whether or not the republican party could ever be restored to its former glory. in terms of joining with the democrats, there are a lot of reasons not to, if you are conservative. the one issue that i think is a moral issue is the pro-life issue. the democrats -- joe biden actually was a pro-life democrat. later, he was pro-choice. he opposed using tax funding. he has reversed his position on that. even if you hate a lot of things that donald trump and the party has done, it has a vastly different worldview. host: let's go to henry in michigan. go ahead. caller: good morning. here is the way that i see things. joe biden and the democrats have a very unique problem. that is that about 70% of the republican party is fascist. they have authoritarian leanings because of their devotion to donald trump. joe biden is a seasoned politician. messaging is the number one key. they have legislation that they a

you know, republicans on the hill, who was it that said that if they're -- barbara comstock said thatd trump got lost and there were a search party, republicans on the hill would be like, let him go. but they'll vote for him again. they may not like him, they don't like him and they don't want to talk about him. but they'll vote for him. >> it's the idea of donald trump in some ways more than the day-to-day reality. >> it is just tribal. and if it's not about donald trump, it's about nancy pelosi or aoc or bernie sanders or elizabeth warren. they're trying turn joe biden into godzilla. it's not really working when he goes out. >> come on, y'all, malarkey. have a beer. it's not working. biden's not working. it's really kind of entertaining watching them twist themselves up trying to figure out exactly how to justify the vote for trump. but make no mistake of it, eddie, they will justify the vote for trump. that score board right now still is at 75 million. >> so what what do you think the effects of the rallies will be? part of trump's presence, of course, and what he's been doing with