Democratic lawmakers spoke on the House floor on Thursday, delivering emotional testimonies of their experiences on Jan. 6, the day that armed, pro-Trump insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol. “We heard the words ‘hurry up, get out,’” Jackson Lee said of the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol. For I had never understood, really understood, what privilege really means.”Other Democratic lawmakers were moved to tears as they described an armed mob descending on lawmakers as they were certifying the U.S. election results. “I urge my colleagues to please take what happened on Jan. 6 seriously,” she said. That mob was incited by former President Donald Trump and his allies, some of whom we pass in the hallways,” the staffers wrote.

Source: Huffington Post February 05, 2021 02:15 UTC