election. it wasn t dissent. it wasn t debate. it wasn t democracy. it was insurrection. my fellow americans, the tragedy of that day deserves the truth above all else. we cannot allow history to be rewritten. we cannot allow the heroism of these officers to be forgotten. we have to understand what happened, the honest and unvarnished truth. we have to face it. we have to face it. the president s determination there not to let history be rewritten, to face what happened that day is a determination shared by officers who have spoken out publicly in the aftermath of the insurrection. metropolitan police officer mike fanone is featured on the cover of time magazine today. americans have heard his descriptions and seen video of his terrifying experience of january 6th being pulled into the crowd, beaten, tased and
talked about the capitol attack in some of the starkest terms we have heard him use. not even during the civil wae did insurrectionists breach the capitol of the united states of america, the citadel of our democracy. not even then. but on january 6th, 2021, they did. they did. a mob of extremists and terrorists launched a violent and deadly assault on the people s house, on the sacred ritual to certify free and fair election. it wasn t dissent. it wasn t debate. it wasn t democracy. it was insurrection. my fellow americans, the tragedy of that day deserves the truth above all else. we cannot allow history to be