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John,
For those who lived through them, there are moments that never leave you. You remember exactly where you were when President Kennedy was assassinated. When Dr. King was murdered. When the planes hit on September 11th.
January 6th belongs on that list.
Five years ago, on January 6, 2021, I was serving on the Biden-Harris transition team, working on defense and national security. I had not yet been appointed to the Pentagon. I was not thinking about titles or careers. I was watching my country.
And I remember a feeling that settled in long before the building was breached. A heaviness. A sense that something was deeply wrong. That we were standing at the edge of something dangerous.
Five years later, I believe we owe ourselves honesty. We are again at a precipice.
The threat to American democracy did not vanish when the Capitol was cleared. It went underground. It reorganized. It learned. It re-emerged. And today, I feel the same warning in my bones that I felt that afternoon in January.
Our democracy is not guaranteed. It is being tested. And what we do next will decide whether January 6th was a defeat, or merely a rehearsal.
I am running for Congress to walk those same halls and to fight like hell to defeat the movement that led to the January 6 riot.
I know things are tough right now, but I hope you will believe me, things can get a lot better: we just need to elect Democrats with backbone, fight, and values. I will always fight for you and our democracy.
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