Beyond the Scenes host, Roy Wood Jr., sits with Daily Show contributor, Jordan Klepper, and MSNBC political commentator, Chris Hayes, one year after the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. They discuss how right-wing media tried to alter the narrative of the events that day and the state of American democracy moving forward.
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