to defend are down-playing 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. mike fanone is here tonight. but there s no question the republican deniers bear the blame for the lies about january 6th. comparing those rioters to tourists, peaceful patriots, antifa, black lives matter. you know, if you didn t know the tv footage was a video from january 6th you d actually think it was a normal tourist visit. by and large it was all it was peaceful protests except for there were a number of people,
that, i think we should do it. i think we have to deit. the days of believing it doesn t touch us are over. everybody has in their own life or somebody they love. so nobody has the excuse of saying it s just weakness, suck it up. can you imagine having gone through what they did and having people deny the existence of what happened, deny their efforts to protect and their lives could have been taken from them you know, some of them their lives were taken in a different way. another lost his life the day after the insurrection. but can you imagine having to deal with this every day now for months and months and months and then having the very people you protect deny it even happened? as michael fanone said i went to hell and back and now i have people telling me there is no hell or hell wasn t even that bad. i can because we watched it happen and we ve seen it happen before. the good news is there s always a chance for change and hopefully we ll see that here.
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! mike fanone is here tonight. but there s no question the republican deniers bear the blame for the lies about january 6th. comparing those rioters to tourists, peaceful patriots, antifa, black lives matter. you know, if you didn t know the tv footage was a video from january 6th, you d actually think it was a normal tourist visit. by and large it was all it was peaceful protests except for there were a number of people, basically agitators with the crowd and breached the capitol. and, you know, that s really the truth of what s happening here. i knew those were people that loved this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break the law.
saying that it s just weakness, suck it up. we all know better. can you imagine, though, having gone through what they did and having people deny the existence of what happened, deny their efforts to protect and their lives could have been taken from them some of them their lives were taken in a different way. another lost his life the day after the insurrection. but can you imagine having to deal with this every day now for months and months and months and then having the very people you protect deny it even happened? as michael fanone said, i went to hell and back and now i have people telling me there is no hell or hell wasn t even that bad. i can because we watched it happen and we ve seen it happen before. the good news is there s always a chance for change and hopefully we ll see that here. but our hearts and thoughts have to go out to the families of these officers who took their own lives. i m going to make my witness as you say. make your witness. i love you, bro
moved just a couple inches. and we still are here. and this idea of the dereliction of duty, the betrayal of oath. we reacted when the officer pounded on that table and called what happened a disgrace knowing what s there, and it s gone join. that s the second time that moment has been referenced. let s play that. this is the d.c. police officer. my fellow citizens including so many of the people i put my life at risk to defend are down playing 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 wasn t that bad. the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful. let s be clear about this.