-Prominent Republicans are
continuing to lie about the violence insurrection
at the Capitol on January 6th while others are trying to
pretend the last year of Donald Trump's
presidency never happened. For more on this,
it's time for A Closer Look. ♪♪ After a year of isolation,
it can be difficult to get a firm grasp
on time. Quarantine felt like some sort
of "Twilight Zone"-esque black hole. All I remember is I was in my
studio with an audience then for awhile I was in an
attic with a magic door and some wasps,
I became best friends with a Sea Captain painting
and now I'm back here in a mostly empty studio. And somehow last night Wally,
our cue card guy was my second guest. I don't think that's going to be
an every Wednesday thing, Wally. -I can't next Wednesday anyway.
I'm doing Colbert. -Son of a bitch. Anyway, it seems like the
calendar's going backwards everyone's talking about
"Friends" and "Benifer" and cicadas
and it really feels like I accidentally time travelled
back to the mid-2000s. Even "Fox News"
seems stuck in a time loop. As evidenced by this segment
from last night. -I never thought that we'd ever
have a president that started his entire
political career in the home of not one but two unrepentant
domestic terrorists who's group,
"The Weather Underground" bombed the NYPD police
headquarters, State Department, the U.S. Capitol and more. I never thought we would have a
president who sat in the pews of a radical pastor
for 20-plus years and I never thought we'd elect a
disciple of radical Saul Alinsky or a President bragging about
doing drugs with his Choom Gang and said that he even
tried drugs enthusiastically. Great message for kids. -Alright, first of all,
you sound like a D.A.R.E. commercial
from the '80s. If you kids don't remember
D.A.R.E. it was a group that made T-shirts for skateboarders
to wear ironically. Seriously, you're warning about
the dangers of Choom? I feel like I'm back in middle
school pretending to listen to a motivational speaker lecture
us about how marijuana fries your brain while I type "boobs" on a calculator
for my friends. See, that's what's todays' kids
are missing with smart phones. No more fun calculator tricks. Now you just send your friends
two chestnut emojis. We had to work for it. It took years to crack that
8-0-0-8-5 would look like "boobs" on the calculator. And it wasn't us that cracked it
either, it was the janitor. Turns out he was some kind of
genius. "Fox News" apparently still
obsessing over Obama. Now, there are some who think we should stop
talking about President Trump. But in our defense,
the Republicans still call him the leader of their party, he's
talking about running in 2024, and he's under criminal
investigation. Meanwhile, most Obama news these
days is showbiz related. I wouldn't be surprised
if he turns up in the "Friends" reunion. [ As Obama ] No, uh, for my
money, they were on a break. [ Normal voice ]
If you're wondering why Fox is
rehashing right wing nonsense, from 13 years ago,
it's apparently because "According to a book, Obama
called Trump a "madman," a "racist, sexist pig," "that
[Bleep] lunatic" and a "corrupt mother[bleep]. That's what you're outraged
about? Trump's been called much worse
and deservedly so. I feel like even Trump's friends
would describe him that way. Hallmark makes birthday cards
specifically for Trump that basically say the same
thing. [ As Trump ] It's from Ivanka,
such a sweetheart, a corrupt sweetheart. [ Normal voice ] I mean,
seriously, even the people who worked for Trump called him
an idiot, a moron and a dope and before they sold their
souls, guys like Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz were
calling him a xenophobic race-baiting bigot,
a con artist, a pathological liar,
and a jackass. Michael Cohen was his fixer and
right hand man and he said pretty much the same
in a book and on national television. Although Michael Cohen's best
burns these days are reserved for Rudy Giuliani's
son Andrew who's running for governor of New York. -And then there's
Andrew Giuliani. Andrew makes Erik look like
a Valedictorian of Harvard. I mean, you know, I think if I'm
not mistaken, you know, Andrew even failed
Trump University. That's to give you an idea of
just how stupid he is. -Can't believe I'm saying it,
but I think prison Was great for Michael Cohen. Came out with a new attitude
and a quiver full of zingers. Got rid of that baby blue
jacket. But hey,
he's not the only one who seems to be stuck
in a time loop. Yesterday the House GOP's new
pro-Trump conference chair Elise Stefanik who replaced
Liz Cheney after Cheney committed
the grave sin of saying the election was not stolen
took to the floor to praise Trump's economic
record. But see if you can catch
what she left out. It's so small you might miss it. -Americans across this country
are facing crisis after crisis. Just think in just over a year
ago in early 2020, our economy was booming, our standing in the world
was strong, we had just rebuilt
our nation's military, and our communities and families
were thriving. Here we are,
a little over one year later, in just over 100 days,
President Biden and Speaker Pelosi have
dismantled that foundation. -Did she just yada yada yada
a global pandemic? Are you people seriously so
cynical that you think Americans will just forget about
an entire year which over half a million people
died, and the economy suffered a once-in-a-century crash
that included rising poverty and child hunger. Because our president thought
coronavirus was one of those ignore it until it goes away
problems. [ As Trump ] It's like high
cholesterol or asbestos. [ Normal voice ] These people
are desperate to erase the horrors of Trump's
presidency And have an alternate reality
where it wasn't a colossal and deeply unpopular failure. And look, I get you wish Trump's
presidency magically ended in the March of 2020 in the same
way Dexter wishes the show ended in Season 7,
but Michael C. Hall He grew that weird patchy beard
and it can't be undone. They're trying to erase the
pandemic, the same way they're trying to
erase the violent insurrection at the Capitol on January 6th. GOP leaders, like Kevin McCarthy
and Mitch McConnell are trying to stop legislation
that would create a bipartisan commission to investigate the
riot even though it passed the House yesterday with 35
Republican votes. In fact, Wisconsin said
Ron Johnson is so desperate to erase the history of what
happened on January 6th that he's still lying about the
attack and calling it "a mostly peaceful protest." -Even calling it an
insurrection, it wasn't. I condemn the breach.
I condemn the violence. To say there were thousands of
armed insurrectionists breaching the Capitol intent on
overthrowing the government is just simply false narrative. By and large, it was peaceful
protest except for there were a number of people
basically agitators That whipped the crowd
and breached the Capitol. -We were all watching it live.
We saw it happen. You can't just wave your hand in
front of our faces and tell us it didn't happen
like you're starring in some Disney+ spin off
call "[Bleep] Jedi." There are like a bunch of videos
that you can watch and see what happens. I don't want to keep playing
them but apparently I have to. -The pro-Trump crowd fought with
the police. -This is exactly what was
feared, but in no way is this a
surprise. It has been fueled by the
president's rhetoric. -We follow the aggrieved and
infuriated Trump supporters. As they stormed the building. The cost of that rhetoric is
increasingly clear. -I know my rights! -As crowds tonight are still
swirling around Congress and America's long journey as a
stable democracy appears to be in genuine doubt. -Again as we said yesterday,
the British accent really hits
home how serious it was. [ British accent ] The rioters
have breached the Capitol and like a curly whirly left out
in the sun the damaged can never be undone. And now stay tuned for an all
new episode of "Cuckoo" starring Andy Samberg from the
film "Space Chimps." [ Normal voice ] Both real. It's telling that Republicans
are so desperate to erase the last year of Trump's
presidency as well as the reality of what
happened at the Capitol on January 6th. They're trying to erase it
because they can't defend it. And they know the American
people overwhelmingly rejected it. These people are so detached
from reality, you'd almost think they'd -- -Tried drugs enthusiastically. -This has been A Closer Look. God's Love We Deliver
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