Direction i need him to run. Ill never forget that grip. He says, senator, were in danger, you have to come with me. And because of leader schumers position, he needed to go to different locations than Everybody Else did. We are walking briskly through a hall. And there are two gentlemen right by the stairwell. One baldheaded gentleman. Another one, long, black hair with a punisher shirt. We immediately aboutface. I grab the leader. We run out the door at full speed. I was within 20 feet of these insurrectionists. I heard second hand that someone pointed at me and said, theres the big jew, lets get him. We had a plan set. I ran to the elevator, i hit the button. We get up there, we pop out the door, boom, theres our vehicle, cars running. Heres our avenue out of here, we have made it. We start making our way to the secure location. I ask my colleagues to rejection this objection, to respect the will of the voters in the state of arizona the debate continues. Then i start noticing some
worse happens? we just got notification here from the capitol police that there is a threat inside. there are scores of protesters, we re told, i m not sure exactly how many this is an incredibly dangerous situation that s unfolding here in the united states. my phone s vibrating and i begin to get texts. from my daughter. where are you? so i m texting back. i m in the house chamber, and i m in the speaker s chair and presiding. i know, but why are you there? question marks. like, what are you talking about? you should leave. and then i begin to hear what sounds like shouting outside the chamber. there was an ominousness that s growing in the chamber at this point. and the then, of course, it escalates when security comes in