On this edition of Your Call's Media Roundtable, we're discussing how the media are covering the January 6 hearings, Republican politicians who are still standing by Donald Trump, and future plans to overturn elections.
Michael Luttig, a retired conservative judge who informally advised Mike Pence, testified that Donald Trump and his supporters are preparing an "attempt to overturn that 2024 election in the same way that they attempted to overturn the 2020 election, but [to] succeed."
Guests:
Dan Froomkin, editor of Press Watch, and former reporter for HuffPost, the Washington Post, and The Intercept
Will Bunch, national columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and author of After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics―and How to Fix It
Web Resources:
Press Watch: Donald Trump wasn’t detached from reality. He was opposed to reality.
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Is Jan. 6 truth bomb just a blast from our past?
The Guardian: Trump a ‘clear and present danger to US democracy’, conservative judge warns
The Nation: Why the Hell Isn’t Mike Pence Testifying at the January 6 Hearing?
Vice: The GOP Just Tested Its ‘Scary’ Plan to Steal the 2024 Election
