mr. raskin: thank you, mr. speaker. in fact, the democrats got behind a bipartisan border security bill which beefed up law enforcement at the border, which beefed up judges at the border and that was tanked by donald trump and by the republicans in the house. they are the ones, mr. speaker, who refuse to engage in meaningful legislation -- legislative work to get the job done here. we won't be lectured by our colleague that we don't stand up for the american people. the author of this legislation actually yesterday sent out a tweet, social media statement, characterizing the january 6 violent assault on this chamber, where 140 officers were wounded, injured and hospitalized by a rampaging mob this way. on this day in history, 2021, said the gentleman, thousands of peaceful grandmothers gathered in washington, d.c., to take a self-guided albeit unauthorized tour of the u.s. capitol building. i like that touch. albeit unauthorized. earlier that day president trump held a rally where supporters walked to the capitol to pe

mr. raskin: thank you, mr. speaker. in fact, the democrats got behind a bipartisan border security bill which beefed up law enforcement at the border, which beefed up judges at the border and that was tanked by donald trump and by the republicans in the house. they are the ones, mr. speaker, who refuse to engage in meaningful legislation -- legislative work to get the job done here. we won't be lectured by our colleague that we don't stand up for the american people. the author of this legislation actually yesterday sent out a tweet, social media statement, characterizing the january 6 violent assault on this chamber, where 140 officers were wounded, injured and hospitalized by a rampaging mob this way. on this day in history, 2021, said the gentleman, thousands of peaceful grandmothers gathered in washington, d.c., to take a self-guided albeit unauthorized tour of the u.s. capitol building. i like that touch. albeit unauthorized. earlier that day president trump held a rally where supporters walked to the capitol to pe

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mr. trump's promised actions could erase the justice we've risked everything for. joining me as sergeant gonell and congressman jamie raskin is still with us. i opened by talking a bit about how today feels like a moment of reflection and talking about what really happened and reminding people of the history. as people reflect on it and you reflect, what you hope people understand about that date ? >> i hope the american people remember what had transpired was not a simple day. it was not a day full of love because if it was, they almost loved me to death. they were attacking me inside the tunnel. attacking me outside the tunnel when we tried to hold the police line. for me, four years later, walking up here, it reminds me of january 6 and the aftermath when we had the fences up coming here. a fortified capitol were nowhere in our history had that happen before. it was challenging that day. it is challenging today especially knowing that donald trump wants to pardon the violent criminals that assaulted us on january 6. >> in your bed, you talk about how the fear of some of these individuals being pardon. we were talking ab

mr. trump's promised actions to erase the justice we've risked everything for. joining me now is sergeant ackley know cannell and congressman jamie raskin is still with us. i open the show by talking a bit about how today feels like a bit of a moment for reflection and talking about what really happened that day, and reminding people of the history. with people reflecting on that, as you are reflecting on that, what do you hope people remember and understand about that day? >> i just hope the american people remember that what had transpired on january 6th was not a day full of love because if that was a day full of love they almost loved me to death. i was attacked inside the tunnel. i was attacked outside the tunnel when we were trying to hold the police line and for me, four years later, working up here, it reminds me of january 6th in the aftermath when we had fences up coming here, a fortified capitol where nowhere in our history had that happened before. and it was challenging that date and it's challenging today, especially knowing that donald trump was a part of the violent criminals that assaulted us on january 6th. >> in your