Eric Trump mocked for declaring 'the polls are wrong' -- and using boater parade footage as proof

House Democrats want accountability laid bare against Republican lawmakers who continue to indulge in election conspiracy theories and downplay the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection by introducing a measure to censure three far-right GOP members as Republican leadership knocks down a proposed bipartisan commission to investigate the attack.

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All over the United States — from Georgia to Arizona to Iowa to Texas — Republicans in state legislatures have been pushing voter suppression bills that are designed to make it harder to vote. And CNN has obtained a copy of a leaked video showing the role that "dark money" in the form of Heritage Action for America (the Heritage Foundation's sister organization) has played in crafting these bills, some of which have already been signed into law by Republican governors who include Georgia's Brian Kemp and Florida's Ron DeSantis.

In the leaked video aired by CNN and previously reported by Mother Jones, Heritage Action Executive Director Jessica Anderson can be seen bragging about the group's influence on those bills. Anderson, in the video, declares, "We're working with these state legislatures to make sure they have all of the information they need to draft the bills. In some cases, we actually draft them for them. Or, we have a sentinel, on our behalf, give them the model legislation so it has that grass roots, you known, from the bottom up, type of vibe."

A Trump supporter wanted by the FBI for battling with police officers on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol attended a political event last weekend for pro-Trump Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Doug Mastriano, taking photos with him in the process, HuffPost reports.

Samuel Lazar posed for photos with Mastriano on May 15 at the event, which was headlined by Rudy Giuliani. Mastriano was at the Capitol on Jan. 6 as well, but claimed he left when things started turning violent. His campaign paid for buses to bring people to the Capitol on Jan. 6.