Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia says there was no insurrection on January 6th, and likens the people entering the Capitol on TV footage to tourists. Says the only insurrection he's ever witnessed was the Russia investigation.
People died, windows were smashed, they were chanting to hang Mike Pence, 140 police officers were wounded, the House, Senate and VP were rushed into hiding, staff cowered for hours in offices.
Clyde suggests it was just an unruly mob with some rioters committing "vandalism."
Trump just last week was complaining Jan. 6th wasn't successful in overturning the election and keeping him in power, blaming Pence and McConnell.
Grassley gets close to Cheney-esque statement here:
"Casting doubt on elections may be good politics in the short run but it does real damage in the long run," he said. "Let's all agree to stop this sort of peddling of doubts about elections."
Grassley said people in both parties have undermined faith in U.S. elections.
Without mentioning their names, he said Trump's questioning of 2020 results followed in the footsteps of Stacey Abrams after her defeat in the governor's race 2 years earlier.
"She lost by over 50,000 votes and has never even bothered to prove voting irregularities," he said.
McConnell decries Biden's plan to tax the unrealized capital gains of millionaires when they die, calling it "a second estate tax" that could be "a devastating blow" to some families —> bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
“These are not necessarily rich people," McConnell said. "These are people that worked hard throughout their lifetime and would like to be able to leave behind a family farm or their small business to their children.”
*BUT*, Biden has a family farm/small biz exemption, so...
Bloomberg reported earlier that the heirs of Jeff Bezos alone could face a tax bill of tens of billions on his ~180B unrealized, untaxed capital gain at death under Biden's plan.
Jeff Bezos' heirs would have to pay tens of billions of additional taxes on his ~$180B untaxed capital gain at death if Biden's tax plan becomes law bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
ceteris paribus
40% estate tax would also apply after ~43% cap gains and Medicare taxes plus potentially some state tax too. Under current law, the never-taxed capital gain goes to zero at death no matter how large.