it is saturday, january the 6th. i m ali velshi. it s been three years since a mob attacked the united states capitol at the port of donald trump s desperate him to cling to power after losing the 2020 presidential election. that attack lasted only a few hours, but the long shadow of that fire insurrection continues to loom large over american democracy. especially now, as the 2024 race heats up. but both the twice impeached, multiply indicted former president, and the current, duly elected president, understand this. that s why january six is a central component of each other presidential campaigns, albeit in vastly different ways. president biden gave the first major speech of his reelection bid yesterday, and he used to as an opportunity to reflect on how the insurrection exposed trump s complete disregard for america s constitutional and democratic values, and emphasized that the former president remains a danger to democracy. it s the first national elections since jan
will, senator mitt romney. as you can see here, goodman, in this now famous video, told romney to run the other way. just as the mob broke through. rioters kept coming. now, the mob was inside the building. goodman recalled and later testimony that rioters antagonized him. here he is, antagonized him. questions like, where the f art that members at? before a man jabbed him with a confederate flag. at this point, goodman was on his own. said the capital police radio system was working poorly. he had a riot mob of rioters demanded he moved, because they wanted to pay a visit to the senate. in this video, shall be eager bhavik of the huffington post, he tries to get the mob undeterred, they foursome up the stairs. at the same time, goodman is actively luring them away from the senate chamber. he knows that s where they want to go, and he knows there are lawmakers in their. as the mob reaches the next floor, more capital police officers are there, waiting for them to help round them up.