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Air Force veteran Barbara Jordan led the Black New Mexico Movement in Rio Rancho in the summer, organizing for equality and justice for Black and Brown people. Demonstrators there encountered angry pushback from hundreds of residents at some events, but she pressed on. KUNM’s Khalil Ekulona reached out to Jordan to get her views on what she saw take place at the nation s Capitol last week, where a mob of people attempted an insurrection of the United States government with notably less reaction from law enforcement than at BLM protests in 2020.
BARBRA JORDAN: I do believe that it was a simultaneous attack. I think it was coordinated and well-organized. For me, it was not surprising to see the tantrum that was displayed at the capitals across the United States. I feel like America showed us America. So for me, it is the call to action to other people who may be shocked or uncomfortable with what they saw, to now, finally, jump on board and help us with this fight aga
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A lockdown was imposed at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, in response to a mob of hundreds of pro-Trump extremists who stormed the building. Freshman U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, who represents New Mexico’s northern third congressional district, was inside with her colleagues conducting the people’s business of certifying the electoral college results. Hours later, KUNM’s Khalil Ekulona checked in with the representative.
TERESA LEGER FERNANDEZ
: Right now I am in a safe place within the Capitol Complex, but not in the Capitol. We are locked into offices in what we believe is a building that has been secured. I have my youngest son with me and a few staffers, and we re all safe.