Thread by @svdate

Who is taking what Trump did between Nov. 3 and Jan. 6 seriously?

Liz Cheney.

Here are some comments from today's Rules Committee meeting to schedule tomorrow's resolution holding Steve Bannon in criminal contempt:

“The people who attacked this building told us, continue to tell us on video, on social media, and now before the federal courts, exactly what motivated them. They believed what Donald Trump said, that the election was stolen and that they needed to take action."

"At this moment, it is not just the institution of Congress' authority that is at stake, the potential harm to the foundation of our Republic is far more significant. In the past week, President Trump has openly urged millions of Republican voters not to vote in 2022 or 2024.

"He's urging them to abandon our democratic system, based on what every one of us knows are false claims about systemic fraud and Dominion voting machines.

“Let me address my Republican colleagues specifically. I've heard from a number of my colleagues in the last several days, who say they, ‘just don't want this target on their back, they're just trying to keep their heads down, they don't want to anger Kevin McCarthy,’

the Minority Leader, who has been especially active in attempting to block the investigation of events of January 6th, despite the fact that he clearly called for such a commission the week after the attack.

“I ask each one of you to step back from the brink. I urge you to do what you know is right -- to think of the long arc of history.

"We are told that it bends towards justice, but it does so only because of the actions of men and women in positions of public trust. In many nations, democracy has failed because those with authority would not act to protect it because they sat in silence."