Elie Mystal: Where Is the Democratic Response to the Benghazi Hearings?

REID Yeah well they ░░░░░░░░ going to be fighting ░░░░░░░░ Fanone and other police ░░░░░░░░ and members of the ░░░░░░░░ in doing it To ░░░░░░░░ Elie this is the ░░░░░░░░ thing and I think ░░░░░░░░ Sargent got this let ░░░░░░░░ very quickly read this ░░░░░░░░ he makes the point ░░░░░░░░ there s no way ░░░░░░░░ committee can avoid tackling ░░░░░░░░ issue of white rage ░░░░░░░░ as General Milley said ░░░░░░░░ he s telling after ░░░░░░░░ January 6th as domestic ░░░░░░░░ and domestic violent extremism ░░░░░░░░ bill to create this ░░░░░░░░ quotes the FBI director ░░░░░░░░ that the biggest driver ░░░░░░░░ such extremism is racially ░░░░░░░░ with white supremacist ideology ░░░░░░░░ a subset of that ░░░░░░░░ other words the commission ░░░░░░░░ charged with treating the ░░░░░░░░ as an outgrowth of ░░░░░░░░ longer running series of ░░░░░░░░ to democracy posed by ░░░░░░░░ movements and ideologies and ░░░░░░░░ defines racially motivated and ░░░░░░░░ supremacist violence as a ░░░░░░░░ component of that threat ░░░░░░░░ should open the door ░░░░░░░░ a robust debate One ░░░░░░░░ hope it s just ░░░░░░░░ to probably be more ░░░░░░░░ a fight on white ░░░░░░░░ and democracy Your thoughts ░░░░░░░░ MYSTAL Which is why ░░░░░░░░ don t have co ░░░░░░░░ and you don t ░░░░░░░░ people who supported the ░░░░░░░░ supremacist base of this ░░░░░░░░ for decades on this ░░░░░░░░ investigating the consequence of ░░░░░░░░ white domestic terrorism It ░░░░░░░░ doesn t make sense ░░░░░░░░ makes the good point ░░░░░░░░ Republicans are putting on ░░░░░░░░ show Part of the ░░░░░░░░ is because Democrats never ░░░░░░░░ I remember I saw ░░░░░░░░ have 47 Benghazi hearings ░░░░░░░░ bringing a potential presidential ░░░░░░░░ into their hearing room ░░░░░░░░ 11 hours and watching ░░░░░░░░ drink water on TV ░░░░░░░░ remember that happen where ░░░░░░░░ the Democratic response to ░░░░░░░░ You don t bring ░░░░░░░░ fox into the henhouse ░░░░░░░░ you re discussing how ░░░░░░░░ chicks got eaten You ░░░░░░░░ don t do that ░░░░░░░░ again Republicans had an ░░░░░░░░ to disavow this white ░░░░░░░░ terrorism They could have ░░░░░░░░ no no no that ░░░░░░░░ not us we re ░░░░░░░░ like those people Instead ░░░░░░░░ embraced those people They ░░░░░░░░ hugging those people tight ░░░░░░░░ re calling those people ░░░░░░░░ They re in league ░░░░░░░░ those people Since they ░░░░░░░░ decided to do that ░░░░░░░░ rational response is to ░░░░░░░░ them from the investigation ░░░░░░░░ the consequence of their ░░░░░░░░