I was on the House Floor on January 6 when violent insurrectionists attempted to overthrow the results of our democratic elections and do harm to my colleagues and me in the Capitol.
And having prosecuted the impeachment case to the Senate, I have an intimate understanding of how Donald Trump’s election lies — fueled and spread by many of his Republican allies in Congress — led to the violent events that took place that day.
That’s why reading headlines like this makes me sick:
Yesterday, The Washington Post reported that extremist Republicans who tried to get the election overturned have been raking in money hand-over-fist from small-dollar donors.