country. you know who doesn t respect that? the officers who took the heat. one took direct aim at what he calls an assault on history. what makes the struggle harder and more painful is to know so many of my fellow citizens, including so many of the people i put my life at risk to defend are downplaying or outright denying what happened. i feel like i went to hell and back to protect them and the people in this room, but too many are now telling me that hell doesn t exist or actually wasn t that bad. the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful. is he wrong? where are all the amens from the blue lives matter crowd now? did you know that mccarthy and mcconnell didn t watch? they say they re too busy.
lunged for me and attempted to remove my firearm. i heard chanting from some in the crowd, get his gun and kill him with his own gun. kill him with his own gun. that s a truth they try to hide when they tell you rioters were hugging and kissing police. what makes the struggle harder and more painful is to know so many of my fellow citizens including so many of my fellow citizens including so many of the people i put my life at risk to defend are downplaying or outright denying what happened. i feel like i went to hell and back to protect them and the people in this room. but too many are now telling me that hell doesn t exist or that hell actually wasn t that bad. the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful! it is disgraceful.
justice. where are those same people expressing the outrage to condemn the violent attack on law enforcement, the capitol in our american democracy? i m still waiting for them. what makes the struggle harder and more painful is to know so many of my fellow citizens including so many of the people i put my life at risk to defend are downplaying or outright denying what happened. i feel like i went to hell and back to protect them and the people in this room. but too many are now telling me that hell doesn t exist or that hell actually wasn t that bad. the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful! those deniers made opposing this committee their mission.
i remember my first reaction immediately after listening to that phone call, which i actually received while i was testifying in the hearing today. this is what happens to people that tell the truth in trump s america. that simple. that simple. it doesn t bother you. it doesn t hurt you. i mean, unfortunately, i ve come to expect this type of response. it s not the first time that people have expressed similar opinions to me. unfortunately, you know, this is you know, there is an element in this country that believes that. michael, i want you to stand by because we have more to talk about.
people in this room, but too many are now telling me that hell doesn t exist or that hell actually wasn t that bad. the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful! it is disgraceful. insult to injury. many republicans said including the minority leader kevin mccarthy said, hey, look, i didn t have time to watch it today, i was busy. how does that make you feel? really, i have no emotional reaction to that. but i do feel it s very telling. i mean, i m quite certain that kevin mccarthy and other members of his party are uninterested in hearing about what happened that day simply because it s unpleasant and it doesn t benefit them politically. and then there s those of the party that may be culpable or have criminal exposure. and i m sure they don t want to