. >> rachel powell, also known as the pink hat lady is about to begin a five-year prison sentence for her role in the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. she's a mom of eight and grandmother of six, and she spent most of the last three years under home detention in rural pennsylvania. >> is this what you expected from an insurrectionist, a terrorist. how did i have time to plan an insurrection when my life is busy like this. making pies, raising babies. >> why did you decide to go to d.c. on january 6th? >> well, how often does a president ask you to come to a rally? it doesn't happen. >> at some point this goes from peaceful protest to you having an ice axe in your hand, breaking a window, trying to get into the capitol. how did that happen? >> it got violent, and it was violent for a while. and i'm completely in pain. >> because you had been hit? >> oh, man. i had been hit with a baton. i had been grabbed and thrown. i had been sprayed. i mean, my whole body was on fire. i don't think there was rational thinking in my head at that point. i didn't have an ice axe. that passed thr

but the way this really started out with rachel powell was that i sort of had made an offhand twitter joke as i am, i as i am sometimes i want to do and mentioned that, you know, because she was leading around this group of rioters saying, hey, we should probably coordinate together to take the building over a bullhorn. she sort of had a tone that reminded me of sort of someone leading, you know, a tour or perhaps a, you know, a chaperoning an eighth grade tour of the capitol and like sort of a little bit flustered, a little bit of that tone that i sort of knew as a parent, where you're kind of like, all right, at the end room, hey, guys, you know, and i just sort of thought it was funny. so i said, you know, 20 bucks says this ends in both criminal charges and a pta resignation. so i just homeschool her as a little bit off. but ultimately, that's what i got a tip that really brought me into this community because i got a tip from this mysterious account saying, hey, we've identified her. you know, we're trying to figure out what to do. but the frustration there was is that there is a

>> rachel powell, also known as the pink hat lady, is about to begin a five-year prison sentence for her role in the january 6th attack opt the cap capitol. she's a mom of 8 and grandchildren of 6 and spent most of the last three years under home detention. >> is this what you expected from a terrorist? how did i have time to plan an insurrection when my life is busy like this, making pie, raising ebay byes. >> why did you decide to go to d.c. on january 6th? >> how often does a president ask you to come to ratlly? it did you want happen. >> this goes from peaceful protest to you having an ice ax in your hand, breaking a window, trying to get into the capitol. how did that happen? >> it got violent. it was violent for awhile. i'm completely in pain. and. >> because you had been hit? >> i was hit with a baton. i was grabbed and thrown. i had been sprayed. my whole body was on fire. i don't think there was rational thinking in my head at that point. i didn't have an ice ax. somebody put it in my hands. it was only the in my hands long enough to take out that window pane. yet i have opi

so, just this past week -- the past few days, actually -- rachel powell -- she is a mom of eight, a grandmotheras found guilty on nine counts. you see her there in this video in the pink hat trying to break her way into the capitol. we spoke to her just a few days before she went into prison, beginning her five-year sentence this week. and i asked her if she has any regrets. have a listen. >> i regret -- i have a lot of remorse for ruining my family's life. i mean, in one day, i destroyed everything. really for nothing. i don't have remorse for attending protests. i don't have remorse for speaking out and saying that i believe that the election is stolen. i do have remorse for breaking a window and destroying my whole family's life and for thinking irrationally and not realizing, like, why don't you just sit down at this protest? >> rachel has regrets there about her action. she obviously minimized her actions, as she spoke about as if she had just broken a window, not -- the context of course important that it happened on january 6, 2021, at the u.s. capitol. what was stunning, rachel still to

>> rachel powell, also known as the pink hat lady, is about to begin a five-year prison sentence for her role in the january 6th attack on the capitol. she's a mom of 8 and grandchildren of 6 and spent most of the last three years under home detention. >> is this what you expected from a terrorist? how did i have time to plan an insurrection when my life is busy like this, making pie, raising babies. >> why did you decide to go to d.c. on january 6th? >> how often does a president ask you to come to rally? it doesn't happen. >> this goes from peaceful protest to you having an ice ax in your hand, breaking a window, trying to get into the capitol. how did that happen? >> it got violent. it was violent for awhile. i'm completely in pain. >> because you had been hit? >> i was hit with a baton. i was grabbed and thrown. i had been sprayed. my whole body was on fire. i don't think there was rational thinking in my head at that point. i didn't have an ice ax. somebody put it in my hands. it was only the in my hands long enough to take out that window pane. yet i have been charged with a de

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