If I close my eyes, it seems the mob is still battering the gates to the US Capitol. I can hear their angry cries and see the sequence of their actions, and the petrified, completely overwhelmed U.S. Capitol police. Obviously the videos of that afternoon are now a permanent part of our lore of the trials of American democracy. But as the mob of white insurrectionists raged and rampaged outside, Congressman Jason Crow, an army veteran and my Aurora representative, was helping secure the Chamber where lawmakers were counting Electoral College votes to confirm Joe Bidenâs 2020 election victory. Crow, like a good protector, distributed gas masks to his colleagues and shielded other, less fit representatives â of both parties.