What’s The Appropriate Political Response To U.S. Capitol Siege?

By Daniel Tucker, Steve Bynum
Electoral College Photo Gallery
Lawmakers prepare to evacuate the House gallery as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo
Electoral College Photo Gallery
Lawmakers prepare to evacuate the House gallery as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo

What’s The Appropriate Political Response To U.S. Capitol Siege?

By Daniel Tucker, Steve Bynum
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Illinois Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger on Thursday called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked to remove President Donald Trump from office for encouraging thousands of his supporters to march on the Capitol.

Reset asks an expert about the appropriate political response to what many are calling an “attempted coup” against the U.S. government.

GUESTS: Will Howell, chair of political science at the University of Chicago and director of the Center for Effective Government; co-host of Not Another Politics Podcast