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    The pro-Trump mob at the Capitol

    Josh Barro talks with Left, Right & Center panelists Lanhee Chen and K.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Sabeel Rahman • Jan 8, 2021 • 59m Listen

    On Wednesday, supporters of President Trump ransacked the Capitol after he urged them to march there. The mob entered the Capitol as Congress was working to certify Joe Biden’s election win. Five people are dead. Tensions are very high in Congress. Members of the Trump administration are resigning. Will the president be impeached again, just as his term is up? With less than two weeks until the inauguration, is that timeline even possible?

    Josh Barro talks with panelists K. Sabeel Rahman and Lanhee Chen and special guest Anna Palmer about whether impeachment is appropriate or even possible, and what accountability would look like for this crisis.

    In a week of crises — President Trump encouraging the mob at the Capitol, his call to the Georgia secretary of state insisting he won the state and asking to “find” enough votes to support that falsehood — weirdly, there are positive signs this week for the functioning of the Biden administration. Democrats won both Georgia Senate races, giving Democrats control of both houses of Congress by the narrowest of margins. That means Republicans won’t be able to block Biden’s nominees from coming to the floor, and with the Republican delegation on the hill split over President Trump, does that create more opportunities for bipartisanship in the Biden policy agenda?

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      Sabeel Rahman

      President of Demos

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      Josh Barro

      Former host of Left, Right & Center

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      Lanhee Chen

      Hoover Institution Fellow

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      Sara Fay

      Former producer of Left, Right and Center

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      Anna Palmer

      Founder and CEO, Punchbowl News

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