[ [link removed] ]Pramila Jayapal
John,
Today, members of Congress returned to the U.S. Capitol to do one of our
most important constitutional duties — certify the results of the
Presidential election and ensure a peaceful transfer of power.
What we did today is in stark contrast to what happened four years ago,
when insurrectionists — fueled by sitting President Donald Trump —
attacked the U.S. Capitol in the most violent attack since the War of
1812.
That day, U.S. Capitol Police officers were killed, and hundreds —
including over 140 law enforcement officers — were injured. Today, we
remember their courage and bravery even as Republicans have refused to put
up a Congressionally mandated plaque to honor those officers.
I know that many Americans across the country are still processing how it
is possible that a President who resisted the peaceful transfer of power
four years ago — and is also the first-ever convicted felon elected —
could enter the Oval Office.
While I intend to do everything possible to continue to protect our
democracy and to stand up for vulnerable Americans who stand to lose
Social Security and Medicare and struggling Americans who will see their
grocery prices rise while billionaires get another Trump tax scam, I also
know that the survival of our democracy depends on our willingness to
uphold the results of our elections, whether we like them or not.
But as we certified the elections today, let us never forget how close we
came four years ago to losing our democracy completely.
As someone who was trapped in the Gallery that day, I remember vividly how
close we came to not making it out alive. I will never forget the pounding
on the doors, the shouting and screaming of both those trying to overrun
our democracy and those putting their lives on the line to defend it.
I will never forget that, despite the violence, we returned that night to
do the very thing we were elected to do: to certify the election for Joe
Biden and Kamala Harris. I also will never forget the handful of brave
Republicans who, in the weeks following, stood up to put country over
party during Trump’s impeachment trial.
If Donald Trump moves forward with pardoning the January 6 rioters, as he
has pledged to do, he will once again be doing violence to our country and
our democracy and encouraging it again in the future. Despite those or any
other efforts to rewrite history, that day will never be forgotten for its
horrific violence, for just how close we came to losing our democracy, and
for the strength and bravery of so many who fought to make sure we
respected the results of a fair and free election.
That day showed me just how fragile our democracy is. We can never take
this for granted and we must work to protect and strengthen our democracy
every single day, against all threats to it. I pledge to do exactly that.
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Pramila Jayapal
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