The Bulwark Podcast XX
[0] Welcome to the Bull Work podcast.
[1] I'm Charlie Sykes.
[2] It is the morning after we are continuing to sort out what we learned yesterday from the January 6th committee.
[3] Of course, the big headline news was the subpoena of Donald Trump.
[4] Testimony, which I'm sorry to have the spoiler alert here, testimony which is unlikely to actually happen.
[5] But that doesn't mean that what happened yesterday was not consequential.
[6] So in case you missed it, just.
[7] a little bit of the flavor of yesterday's January 6th select committee hearing.
[8] Mr. Chairman, the violence and lawlessness of January 6th was unjustifiable.
[9] But our nation cannot only punish the foot soldiers who stormed our capital.
[10] Those who planned to overturn our election and brought us to the point of violence must also be accountable.
[11] With every effort to excuse or justify the conduct of the former president, we chip away at the foundation of our republic.
[12] Indefensible conduct is defended.
[13] Inexcusable conduct is excused.
[14] Without accountability, it all becomes normal and it will recur.
[15] There has to be some way we can maintain the sense that people have, that there's some security or some confidence that government can function and that we can elect the president of the United States.
[16] Did we go back into session?
[17] We did go back into session, but now apparently everybody on the floor is putting on tear gas masks to prepare for a reach.
[18] Well, I'm trying to get more information.
[19] They're putting on their tear gas masks.
[20] You're going to?
[21] I can't.
[22] We need an area for the council members.
[23] They're all walking over now through the tunnels.
[24] They're just breaking windows, they're doing all kinds.
[25] It's really that somebody, they said somebody was shot.
[26] It's just horrendous and all at the instigation of the President of the United States.
[27] Knowing that he had lost and that he had only weeks left in office, President Trump rushed to complete his unfinished business.
[28] One key example is this.
[29] President Trump issued an order for large -scale U .S. troops.
[30] withdrawals.
[31] He disregarded concerns about the consequences for fragile governments on the front lines of the fight against ISIS and al -Qaeda terrorists.
[32] Knowing he was leaving office, he acted immediately and signed this order on November 11th, which would have required the immediate withdrawal of troops from Somalia and Afghanistan, all to be complete before the Biden inauguration on January 20th.
[33] According to the source of the tip, The Proud Boys plan to march armed into D .C. They think that they will have a large enough group to march into D .C. armed, the source reported, and will outnumber the police so they can't be stopped.
[34] The source went on to say, their plan is to literally kill people.
[35] Please, please take this tip seriously and investigate further.
[36] The source also made clear that the Proud Boys had detailed their plans multiple websites like the Donald