i hear the shot ringing out. i replay how i made plans to use my gas mask and my cane, newly at my side from a five-week-old knee replacement surgery to fight back if attacked. and i remember not knowing if i would make it out of our seat of democracy alive or if our democracy itself who survive. dan kilte, i heard you make that call to your family. i don t think you thought you were going to leave the floor safely that day. and yet, you used that trauma, you had the courage to share it with people across this country, as so many people have been suffering their own mental health problems. i think because of your courage in doing that, people across this country have sought out the mental health treatment they need. when i think about that day, i think of jayapal, who we just
leadership that resembles of the folks i knew when i was here for ten years. my daughter can take care of herself. that was former vice president dick cheney, blasting republican leadership for the way they handled the events of january 6th. cheney and his daughter, january 6th select committee vice chair liz cheney were the only two members of the republican party, elected officials, or former elected officials, present on the house floor for the moment of silence that took place earlier today. a third republican, adam kinzinger said he was unable to attend but was there in spirit. meanwhile some of the biggest figures in republican leadership, kevin mccarthy, lindsey graham and mitch
heard from. i can t imagine being on the floor, having the house attacked and not even being sure that as we needed to flee that room, if you could walk. and as we went down stairway after stairway after stairway when i could feel your knee buckling, your calm, dig knit, and courage in leading people to safety will stay with me. should note in the chamber today to witness that testimony were the parents of officer brian sicknick who lost his life after being attacked on january 6th. today, as the democrats did, we honor his memory and the ultimate sacrifice he made on that day. that s where we start our especially coverage today on the one year anniversary of the capitol insurrection. a member of the house judiciary committee is here. also joining us, msnbc political
he tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power as a violent mob breached the capitol. but they failed. they failed. just in the last hour, testimonials from lawmakers on the trauma. those lawmakers obviously can also be called is your vifrsz of that insurrection. folks like democratic congressman jayson crowe who was left behind in the chamber as his colleagues were evacuated and the mob descended or the scores of congressmen and women who scrambled into hallways with face obscured by gas masks. for one year, they and their colleagues have been forced to face the threat to their lives that day as well as the threat to the constitution they swore the uphold. this afternoon democrats testified on the house floor about the weight of those memories. i remember every moment vividly. i viscerally feel the pounding on the gallery doors.