State of the Union: Interview With Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragan (D-CA)

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Look, we're a nation of laws, and we shouldn't be looking at, oh, is this big enough or not big enough?

If he broke the law, he broke the law. My concern is, when he calls for these protests, for me, I immediately thought about January 6. I immediately thought about the call for violence and what broke out there and the insurrection.

As somebody who was in the capital when that happened, it's going to be dangerous. It's not just dangerous for the DA, what may happen in New York, but also for members of Congress. I think that there's great concern about the dangers there.

But, at the end of the day, it's got to be about being a nation of laws and us making sure that we're carrying it out, despite on who the person is. Nobody's above the law.

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It feels like he's having to take this position because he wants to run for president and he's got to protect the base.

He's got to...

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Yes.

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I'm talking about the vice president, Pence.

I think it's a political decision for him to do this, because he wants to run for president, and he doesn't want to alienate everybody, and he's trying to get some of those folks onto his base. So it's unfortunate, though, because I remember that the mob was calling for his head and his hanging.

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And so for...

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Yes, but for him to basically just, I think, say, oh, well, it's just politically charged, and not even, I think, consider that as something that could result from not that, but the violence that could result from the calling of the protests -- and I know he did mention, oh -- I think he mentioned something in his comment about the violence at the -- January 6, and he referenced that. But I just -- unfortunately, this is more politics of him running for president.

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I do think it's given him something to talk about. I mean, he's already fund-raising off of this, right. The fund-raising e-mails are going out there.

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