let me play for you this is yourself. you were talking about just what you personally dealt with because you were going through a lot and this book i have a copy here. you talk about your own personal tragedy that you had to deal with in the midst of dealing with this national tragedy. let me play a little bit of that and what you dealt with on january 6th. my youngest daughter tabytha was there with me on wednesday, january 6th. it was the day after we buried her brother, our son tommy. the saddest day of our lives. also, there was my son-in-law hank but the reason they came with me that wednesday, january 6 th was because they wanted to be together with me in the middle of a devastating week for our family. and i told them i had to go back to work because we were counting electoral votes that day on
enthusiasm for whatever he does. and that energy and enthusiasm is really contagious. and it goes down to his staff, to anyone who interacts with him. they really get to know him and see him for his intelligence, his love of the country and his love of the constitution. julie, january 6th was obviously an incredibly scary day for everyone who was inside the capitol. what was your experience on that day? well, i was in the capitol. i was in a room off of the house floor, about 30 feet from the floor. i was with jamie s daughter tabitha and her son his son-in-law hank. and it was terrifying. i think all three of us i know myself, i thought i was going to die that day, and we barricaded ourselves in and
what was your experience on that day? well, i was in the capitol. i was in a room off of the house floor, about 30 feet from the floor. i was with jamie s daughter tabitha and her son his son-in-law hank. and it was terrifying. i think all three of us, i know myself, i thought i was going to die that day, and we barricaded ourselves in and waited for the rioters to break down our door. i stood before the door with a weapon that i found in the room, and thought i would use that to protect us when they got through. it was probably the most terrifying experience of my life, something that i will never forget. and especially the sounds that
unthinkable on january 6th his daughter tab that and son-in-law hank came with him to the capitol, the family unwilling and unable to leave each other alone in their grief. it was to them that raskin s mind first darted as he learned that rioters breached the capitol and that untold danger lay ahead for all of them. he recounts the scene. all i can consider now is tab that and hank. i am worried sick for them, they are the only children of members in the capitol today. i call my chief of staff. she says they are behind a locked door barricaded with furniture in steny hoyer s office. tell them i love them. guard them with your life, i tell julie. i m picturing them under steny s desk and about to call tap that to hear her voice. then, boom, pulmo, i hear the sound i will never forget, a