1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: Native Lampid is a production of iHeartRadio in partnership with 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: Reason Choice Media. Welcome Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, 3 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: Welcome home everyone. This is another edition of Native Lampod. 4 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: I am your host of this solo pod. I'm ANGELAUII, 5 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,120 Speaker 1: and today we are talking about something that is near 6 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: and dear to my heart, a very sobering reality. Just 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: five years ago, on January sixth, twenty twenty one, the 8 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: world that I knew it, the Capitol Hill that I 9 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: worked on, that built my career professionally, was changed forever. 10 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: On that day, Donald Trump denied election results that were 11 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:45,559 Speaker 1: very clear and encouraged protesters, an angry mob from all 12 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: over the country that had descended onto the United States 13 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: Capital to challenge election results, to push back, telling them 14 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: that the Democratic Party what had stolen the election, that 15 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: it had been rigged, that he never saw rigging like 16 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: that before. He blamed tech companies and everyone else for 17 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: an election outcome that was clear and decisive on the 18 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,199 Speaker 1: other side of a COVID nineteen pandemic, on the other 19 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: side of George Floyd's murder, and the people who always 20 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,559 Speaker 1: talked about backing the Blue the people who always talked 21 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: about blue lives matter. 22 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 2: This is what they did instead. 23 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 3: O gun, We're. 24 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:30,839 Speaker 2: Gonna stop this crowd. 25 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, so this he said, you know, do you think 26 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 4: your p shooter guns are going to stop this crowd, 27 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 4: meaning that they're willing to get shot to accomplish their 28 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 4: goal to go inside the building and carry out whatever 29 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 4: violence they had in mind. 30 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 5: A lot of people who maybe didn't know the context 31 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 5: of January sixth, would ask why were there's no arrests? 32 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 4: Could you just explain that. Sure, to make an arrest, 33 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 4: you they require usually at least two officers, and once 34 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,399 Speaker 4: you have someone under arrest, you are responsible for them. 35 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 4: You are responsible for their health and their safety, and 36 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 4: you're responsible for transporting them securely to jail to where 37 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 4: they would be processed. I mean, we couldn't guarantee our 38 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 4: own health and safety, let alone those of anyone else. 39 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 4: And if we were to try to make arrests, every 40 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 4: rest would require at least one officer leaving the scene, 41 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 4: and we needed every single officer we had. So it 42 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 4: was just it was not feasible to make any rest. 43 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 4: It would be irresponsible, it would be ineffective to our 44 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 4: own defense, it would be dangerous. It was just not possible. Yeah, 45 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 4: there's so many of them, so a few of us 46 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 4: that you know, once we lose the line, there's no 47 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 4: way of getting it back. So they break through and 48 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 4: it devolves in the the West Front. It devolves into 49 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 4: a series of pitched battles in between individuals. And I 50 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 4: can't commit to an attack on anyone because once I do, 51 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 4: ten more people are gonna come at me. Scott pushes 52 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 4: me on the chest, pushing me back. This Champo over here, 53 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,839 Speaker 4: thanks the capital belongs to him, and here I get 54 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 4: pinned against this wist tile wall. You can hear it 55 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 4: right here. That's me screaming because someone of the guy 56 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 4: in the strided sweater thing is reaching underneath my visor 57 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 4: and trying to gouge out my eye with. 58 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 2: His thumb, trying to goadge out his eyes. 59 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: And that is Officer Danny Hodges, who is a Capitolhill 60 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: police officer, talking about his experience. And what NPR did 61 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: is they showed footage from the bodycam footage of officers 62 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: and allowed them to respond to what was happening on 63 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: January sixth, twenty twenty one. Next, I want you to 64 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: hear from at the time the Commander in Chief, Donald 65 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: Trump at this rally, which really ended up being a riot. 66 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 5: And again, most people would stand there at nine o'clock 67 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 5: in the evening and say I want to thank you 68 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 5: very much, and they go off to some other life. 69 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 5: But I said, something's wrong here, something's really wrong. Can't 70 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 5: have happened. And we fight. We fight like hell. And 71 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 5: if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to 72 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 5: have a country anymore. Our exciting adventures and boldest endeavors 73 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 5: have not yet begun, my fellow Americans, for our movement, 74 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,839 Speaker 5: for our children, and for our beloved country. And I 75 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 5: say this, despite all that's happened, the best is yet 76 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 5: to come. So we're going to we're going to walk 77 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 5: down Pennsylvania Avenue. I love Pennsylvania Avenue, and we're going 78 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 5: to the Capitol and we're going to and give the 79 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 5: Democrats are hopeless. They're never voting for anything, not even 80 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 5: one vote. But we're going to try and give our Republicans, 81 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 5: the weak ones, because the strong ones don't need any 82 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 5: of our help. We're going to try and give them 83 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 5: the kind of pride and boldness that they need to 84 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 5: take back our country. So let's walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. 85 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 5: I want to. 86 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 6: Thank you all. 87 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 5: God bless you and God bless America. 88 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 6: Thank you all for being here. 89 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 5: This is incredible. Thank you very much. 90 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 1: So now I want to bring in someone who also 91 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: was there that day on January sixth, twenty twenty one. 92 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: His name is Officer Harry Dunn. He's a Capitol Hill 93 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: police officer. Folks who became like family to me, and 94 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: Harry is one of them. So let's bring him in. 95 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 1: I want you all to hear from him. Hi, Harry, 96 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 1: thank you so much for being here today. 97 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 6: Hey angela happy New Year to you. Thanks for having me. 98 00:05:58,560 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 2: Happy New Year. 99 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: I know you are running all over the place today 100 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: having to relive this really awful experience, But I do 101 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 1: think it's important for those people who are at home, Harry, 102 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 1: who may have never set foot on Capitol grounds, to 103 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 1: talk about what happened that day and what your experience was. 104 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 1: We know when Donald Trump came in this term, he 105 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 1: pardoned more than sixteen hundred people who were affiliated with 106 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: the violence and the havoc that was reaked on Capitol Hill. 107 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: So can you talk a little bit about your experience 108 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: and what you saw that day? 109 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,679 Speaker 7: Sure, one thing that you just said actually really stood 110 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 7: out to me, just that quickly people that have made 111 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 7: never stood foot on Capitol ground or the Capitol they 112 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 7: were under attacked that day, whether you stepped there or not, 113 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 7: because your representatives were under attacked, the people that represent 114 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 7: you in the communities wherever you're listening to the show from. 115 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 7: They wanted to overturn your vote or not even counter 116 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 7: your vote. They wanted what they wanted to install install 117 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 7: Donald Trump to be president again when he lost an election. 118 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 7: There was no evidence of that to the contrary to 119 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 7: say that he didn't lose it. But I say this often, 120 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 7: we don't need people to tell us what happened on 121 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 7: January sixth. You know I've been doing it because clearly 122 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 7: there's a battle going on right now, people conflating, not 123 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 7: even complaining, just with out lying about what happened on 124 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 7: that day versus what happened. We don't need people to 125 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 7: tell us, Like we saw the footage that you just 126 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 7: played that just press play. You don't need anybody to 127 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 7: analyze that footage. But it's unfortunate that we have to 128 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 7: push back and say, yes, it's really happened, and it 129 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 7: was one hundred times worse than what the footage actually shows. 130 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 7: That nobody in their right mind watches that footage and say, 131 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 7: oh wow, that's that's an acceptable thing to do. If 132 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 7: somebody is thinking that, like they need they say one 133 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 7: hundred miles from me, like, that's not this isn't cool. 134 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 7: But these people, these terrorists, these thugs, insurrectionists attacked me 135 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 7: and my coworkers and everybody else listening like this was 136 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 7: an attack on American principles, American democracy and free and 137 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 7: fair elections, all because of one man. Donald Trump solely, 138 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 7: solely could have prevented January sixth. If Donald Trump didn't 139 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 7: tell his writers to go to the Capitol, they wouldn't 140 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 7: have been there. They were emboldened the most powerful person 141 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 7: and the are going to be the world told them 142 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 7: to go to the Capitol. Now listen, when my mom 143 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 7: tell me to do something, I don't care who tell 144 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 7: me to the contrary, my mama said do it, I'm 145 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,079 Speaker 7: gonna do it. Imagine the most powerful person in the 146 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 7: world giving you marching orders. You're like, oh, okay, we 147 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 7: can do this. So that's where the audacity came from 148 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 7: of these individuals feelings they had the right to do 149 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 7: what they were doing. They thought that they were right. 150 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 7: Now they're stupid for thinking that, But that goes to 151 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 7: the mindset of the people that were there and the 152 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 7: power and the whole that Donald Trump has over them. 153 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: Well, what's scary now, Officer Done, is you know, we 154 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: all know what happened, but if you go to official 155 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: government websites now, the way that they are framing January 156 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 1: sixth is vastly different than what we are seeing with 157 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 1: our own two eyes. So I do think it's important 158 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: for people to understand when you say, me and my 159 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 1: colleagues were attacked, what was that experience? 160 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 2: What was your role? Where were you on January sixth? 161 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 6: Sure? So, I fortunately I was blessed. 162 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 7: I didn't suffer a lot of the physical attacks that 163 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 7: a lot of my coworkers did. 164 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 6: I was on an Overwatch post. 165 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 7: I had a long rifle attached to me, and I 166 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 7: was kind of like Overwatch, and I made the conscious 167 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,319 Speaker 7: decision not to go down in the crowd because that 168 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 7: weapon's going to get snatched from me and you're just 169 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 7: going to be outnumbered, like one person. You know, I 170 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 7: feel like I could throw hands a little bit, you know, 171 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 7: one person going in there he's not going to make 172 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 7: a big difference. When you got all those people down there, 173 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,319 Speaker 7: we needed help from the National Guard. 174 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 6: We needed help. 175 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 7: Like people asked, well, how did the rioters finally get 176 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 7: under control? It wasn't no secret code that we use 177 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 7: or some magic word. Help backup arrived. The National Guard 178 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 7: showed up. Law enforcement showed up from all other precincts 179 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 7: and jurisdictions across from the eastern the eastern East coast, 180 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 7: from New Jersey, Virginia, New York. 181 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 6: There were officers all up North Carolina. 182 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 7: People came to help, and that's how we finally got 183 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:21,479 Speaker 7: the crowds under control. But these people were beating officers, 184 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 7: calling us traders and talking about we can do this 185 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 7: the hard way, the easy way of the hard way. 186 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 7: We don't want to hurt you, but we will. These 187 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 7: are quotes from them. Stand with us. They're telling stand 188 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 7: with us, We're here to stop the Still these are 189 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 7: quotes from that day. 190 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 1: When you think about how long it took, one of 191 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: the things that we hear often from members of the 192 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: Democratic Party is that Donald Trump refused to send in 193 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 1: the National Guard. If you can recount at that time, 194 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: like how long you remember it taking How long was. 195 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 2: It before the National Guard arrived? 196 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 6: Well, thim's a blur. Time is a blur that day. No, 197 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 6: I don't. I don't have any at least in that moment. 198 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 7: Obviously, in the aftermath and being able to see for 199 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 7: one hundred and eighty seven, one hundred and eighty nine 200 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 7: or whatever the exact number was, we're able to see 201 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 7: three plus hours. But in that moment, I didn't know 202 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,679 Speaker 7: whether it was ten minutes or four hours. I didn't know. 203 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 7: The only thing we were working focused on is survival. 204 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 7: As a police officer, your goal at the end of 205 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 7: the day is to go home. Some people did not 206 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 7: go home at the end of their shift that day, 207 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 7: and we were all focused a man, woman, black, white, 208 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 7: getting each other home to their loved ones and to 209 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 7: their families. 210 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: And that's I think is the part to me, And 211 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 1: maybe this is my bias, so I'll acknowledge that the 212 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,959 Speaker 1: Capitol Hill Police is built different to me. Officer done like, 213 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 1: these are the people who when we worked super late 214 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: at night, I'm walking around the building like Longworth or 215 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: ray Burn with no shoes on feet are done. 216 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 8: You know. 217 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 1: These are the people who, when I could finally put 218 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: those shoes back on. They will walk us to our cars. 219 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: They're asking about our families. They met, some of them 220 00:11:57,800 --> 00:11:59,839 Speaker 1: met my parents. You know, the ones that are checking 221 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: you and screening you when you first get in. How's 222 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,439 Speaker 1: your mom doing, how's your dad doing? Like they're different. 223 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 1: It's not like a traditional police force, so these it 224 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 1: felt like family. 225 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 2: So I'm looking now there are. 226 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 1: Some like the guy I cannot think of his officer's name, 227 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: but you probably know who I'm talking about behind cannon 228 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: that he's at. I'm sorry, y'all, this is and I'm 229 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 1: not shaming, but he's a chubby or white guy, older 230 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,599 Speaker 1: and he's always yelling at people, even in the crosswalk. 231 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 1: I don't even know if he's still there, but like, right, 232 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 1: but there are the exception and not the norm. 233 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 2: And so what I what I'm curious. 234 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: About is like what you all were thinking, because even 235 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 1: though we weren't your colleagues in uniform, we were your 236 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: colleagues too. 237 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 2: We're your extended family too. 238 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: What were some of the thoughts you had about folks 239 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,440 Speaker 1: you really cared about and if they were okay. 240 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 6: Keeping them safe? 241 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 7: And if you look the number one goal of the 242 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 7: Capitol Police is to create a safe environment so Congress 243 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 7: can fulfill their constitutional obligations. That's literally the mission statement 244 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 7: of Capitol Police. And I would like to say say 245 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 7: at the end of the day, that mission was upheld. 246 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 7: Now it took a hell of a detour, you know, 247 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 7: it took a moment, but Congress went back and certified 248 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 7: the election in the wee hours of the morning, early 249 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 7: in the morning. So that's one of the things that 250 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 7: make me proud. I remember seeing I never it was 251 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 7: an officer in the midst of the chaos, and this 252 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 7: image always stands in my head was carrying what appeared 253 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 7: to be a staff member, carrying them running through the 254 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,719 Speaker 7: crypt as rioters were approaching. I don't know if the 255 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,079 Speaker 7: person was hurt. I don't I don't even know who 256 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 7: the officer was. I just saw somebody and they were 257 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 7: carrying that person like a football, and they would just 258 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:39,199 Speaker 7: keep these people safe. And not one member got hurt, 259 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 7: not one staffer got hurt, Not even a hair on 260 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 7: their head was harmed. 261 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 6: And I'd take very much, very pride in that. 262 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 7: And like you said, Capitol Police are different than your 263 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 7: normal police force, and I just take pride in that. 264 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 2: Well. 265 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,559 Speaker 1: I thank you so much officer them for your time. 266 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: I know that you're going to continue to do this work. 267 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: What's the thing that you would tell people at home 268 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: to do to make sure that one we remember what 269 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: happened and we prevent what happens going forward. 270 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 2: What would you tell us to do? 271 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 7: Stay engaged? Simple, simple, right, But it's so easy to 272 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 7: check out. Listen a lot of people. I think when 273 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 7: somebody tells you, hey, everything's going to be all right, 274 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,319 Speaker 7: whether it's you're going through a breakup or whether you're 275 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 7: dealing with the Hey, it's gonna be okay, I don't know. 276 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 7: That's the biggest gas lighting phrase I've ever heard of 277 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 7: my life. 278 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 6: It's going to be okay. We don't know. 279 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 7: I don't know if we're going to survive these next 280 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 7: three years coming up with this Trump administry. 281 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 6: I don't know. 282 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 7: However, I do know if we don't show up, if 283 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,119 Speaker 7: we just roll over and accept it, then we absolutely 284 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 7: will not survive it. But showing up gives us a 285 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 7: fighting chance. So stay engaged, stay involved, stay in the game. 286 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 7: Do whatever you can do, whether it's calling, whether it's 287 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 7: calling educating a friend, registering somebody to vote. Voting is 288 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 7: just something you have to do something to stay engaged, 289 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 7: to stay involved, because you don't want to just say 290 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 7: damn if I could have, I should have, could have 291 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 7: would have do so well. 292 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: I'm so grateful that you stay engaged. Thank you so 293 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: much for practicing what you preach, for joining me and 294 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 1: please come back to an Officer Done. 295 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 6: Absolutely, thank you. 296 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 2: I appreciate you absolutely. 297 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: Likewise, well, y'all, we are just getting started into this show. 298 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 1: Officer Done is tremendous, so brave for sharing his story 299 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: consistently on and off air, making sure that we know 300 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: to stay engaged, and on that I think in order 301 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: to stay engaged, we have to understand the facts. So 302 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: I want to take us back into January sixth, twenty 303 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 1: twenty one, and what I want to do first actually 304 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: is bring in the clip that I recorded. It was 305 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: the Instagram Live right when all this was going on, 306 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: and I'll tell you, as I was recording this particular clip, 307 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: I was thinking about all of my Hill family. I 308 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: was calling my members and telling them to please not 309 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: move from where they were, to stay locked in their 310 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: offices in case they thought they could move around. I 311 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: remember Congressman Joyce Beatty was having a meeting organizing meeting 312 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: for the Congressional Black Caucus, and she began her tenure. 313 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: I asked her to please not leave her office. I 314 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 1: called Congressman Carson and Congressman Thompson. I was texting and 315 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: Congressman Cleaver asking them where they were in one particular moment. 316 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 1: We have a Congressional Black Caucus family thread, and that 317 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: is with my former team, and Brandon and Stephanie were 318 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: already off the Hill, as was I, but our sister 319 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: LaTrece Powell was still there and she worked for Nancy Pelosi, 320 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: and we saw that Nancy Pelosi was a prime target. 321 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: The Republican Party has long made Nancy Pelosi a boogeyman, 322 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: and so we began to think about Trees, and so 323 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: we asked Trees where she was. And we didn't hear 324 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: from Latrese for three hours, and I was so scared 325 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: in the midst of that I recorded this video. I 326 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 1: just am kind of in shock. I'm not in shock 327 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 1: that this is happening. I'm not in shock that the 328 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 1: Capitol Hill police, not all of them, because there are 329 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: some great officers, but there are definitely some who were 330 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: taking selfies with protesters, with terrorists and there were those who. 331 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 2: Helped to move the gates. 332 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:18,159 Speaker 1: And so when I think about Congressman Cleaver or Congressman 333 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:23,360 Speaker 1: Carson or Congressman Jeffries, or Congresswoman Omar or Congresswoman Presley 334 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 1: or congressmanber Bass or the new chair of the Congressional 335 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 1: Black Caucus, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, I'm thinking about people who 336 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: are my family members, congress Congressman GK. Butterfield, who are 337 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: in these buildings on the House floor to do the 338 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 1: people's business. 339 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:43,159 Speaker 2: You know, staffers who. 340 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: Are working to ensure that the whole of America is good, 341 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: whether you voted for their bosses or not. Right, the 342 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:52,400 Speaker 1: fact of the matter is, this is not a game. 343 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 1: It's never been a game. It was not a game 344 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 1: when Donald Trump was campaigning off this bullshit in twenty sixteen. 345 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 2: It wasn't a game when I was. 346 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: On CNN arguing with people who did not have the 347 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: credibility to even be sitting opposite of me. This has 348 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 1: never been a joke. It's never been about a rating. 349 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: This has never been about, you know, a divided America, 350 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: and we tap into it and study the impact. This 351 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 1: was always going to be the consequence of giving airtime, 352 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:27,360 Speaker 1: on social media, on cable news, on radio to domestic terrorists. 353 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 1: This was always going to be the consequence of this, 354 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,359 Speaker 1: And so what we really have to imagine is how 355 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 1: long we are going to continue to be terrorized, because 356 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:42,120 Speaker 1: that's what's been going on since fourteen ninety two. It's 357 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 1: not a surprise that white people who are threatened that 358 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 1: their power is gone will behave this way. 359 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:51,680 Speaker 2: It's not surprising to any. 360 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 1: Of us because it happens in our neighborhoods. It happens 361 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 1: every time someone in our family is pulled over by 362 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 1: a police officer. This is what happen, happens, This is 363 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: what we are telling you, this is what we've been saying. 364 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: So when you talk to me about how defund the 365 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 1: police is terrorism, when you talk to me and you 366 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: tell me how Black Lives Matter is terrorism, I don't 367 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 1: want you to say shit else to me about that, 368 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: because it's not real. The terrorists are the folks who 369 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: are on my TV right now, making it so. Members 370 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: of Congress who I love and even those who I don't, 371 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 1: are stuck in their offices, stuck together in undisclosed locations, 372 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:44,159 Speaker 1: afraid and really ready to go home. But don't know 373 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: where all the protesters may be, the folks who are 374 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 1: concerned that there might be another explosive device in the Capitol. 375 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: At the bottom line is we're talking about what domestic 376 00:19:56,320 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: terrorism looks like. And I think that what you are 377 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 1: very clear about. No matter how they try to whitewash 378 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 1: pun intended history, it was a terrorist attack on Capitol 379 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:09,679 Speaker 1: Hill that day. And it wasn't a foreign terrorist attack 380 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: on Capitol Hill that day. It was a domestic terrorist 381 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: attack encouraged incited by the commander in chief at that time. 382 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,160 Speaker 1: So I want to remind you again with your own 383 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: two eyes of what that terrorist attack looks like. 384 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 2: Let's throw the clip. 385 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 6: That's why do you want to go? 386 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 3: You want to go back to. 387 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 6: Get what is your kids? Now? 388 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 9: I do. 389 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 5: It's my partner, Mike staying there, Buddy, Mike, it's Jimmy. 390 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 6: I'm here. 391 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 8: Take Mike, I'm here for you. 392 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 6: Come on, dud Well, Mike, Buddy, We're going to hellcott sit. No, 393 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 6: k take that doorback. Yeah we did, Yes, we did. 394 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 5: We took the funt door back all outside. 395 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 9: Do you even remember saying that? 396 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,680 Speaker 6: No? No, It's like. 397 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 8: In character, I was always like a pretty mission focused 398 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:22,120 Speaker 8: cop and that was a goal plus like I mean shit, 399 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 8: I guess like subconsciously I was thinking if I just 400 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 8: went through all of that and we lost the goddamn door. 401 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:28,959 Speaker 10: OK. 402 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 1: That was former officer Michael Fanone who suffered a mild 403 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: heart attack in that clip. That's what was happening. And 404 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: so I think it's important as people tried to whitewash 405 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 1: history and claim that it was patriots that descended down 406 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 1: on the Capitol, that we remember the officers like Michael 407 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 1: Fanon who were standing trying to guard and protect democracy, 408 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 1: literally with their own lives on the line. There's one 409 00:21:55,840 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: other that I think is important to hear from UH 410 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,879 Speaker 1: as we talk about what happened that day, who had 411 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:08,679 Speaker 1: what constitutional requirement to fulfill. One of those people was 412 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: Mike Pince, whose memory was jogged right in time to 413 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,479 Speaker 1: run for president in twenty twenty four, and in that 414 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: presidential announcement he had this to say. 415 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 10: It begins with a promise that I made to the 416 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 10: American people and to Almighty God, and it ends with 417 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:30,719 Speaker 10: different visions for the future of our nation and our party. 418 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,159 Speaker 10: January sixth was a tragic day in the life of 419 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 10: our nation. But thanks to the courage of law enforcement. 420 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 10: The violence was quelled and we reconvened the Congress the 421 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 10: very same day to complete the work of the American 422 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 10: people under the Constitution of the United States. As I've 423 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 10: said many times, on that fateful day, President Trump's words 424 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:04,200 Speaker 10: were reckless. I endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol. 425 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 10: But the American people deserve to know. 426 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:10,199 Speaker 3: That. 427 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 10: On that day, President Trump also demanded that I choose 428 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 10: between him and the Constitution. Now voters will be faced 429 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 10: with the same choice. I chose the Constitution, and I 430 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 10: always will. My former running mate continues to insist that 431 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 10: I had the right to overturn the election. But President 432 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 10: Trump was wrong then and he's wrong now. I will 433 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 10: always believe, by God's grace, I did my duty that day. 434 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 10: I kept my oath to ensure the peaceful transfer of 435 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:56,159 Speaker 10: power under the Constitution of the United States of America. 436 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,919 Speaker 1: Vice President Mike Pince was loud then in twenty twenty 437 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: four preparing to run for president, but he's quiet now. 438 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,719 Speaker 1: He's quiet in the face of governmental websites being changed 439 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: to tell a completely different story. Despite the fact that 440 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: Mike Pence himself his name plastered across hanging gallows with 441 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 1: a noose attached, with threats being experienced, people literally going 442 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:22,719 Speaker 1: throughout the Capitol to hunt him down. And while they 443 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: were doing that, moderately encouraged by Donald Trump, who called 444 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,920 Speaker 1: Mike pincer coward, who urged him to do the right thing, 445 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 1: which was opposite of Spike Lee's do the right thing 446 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: and actually the very wrong thing. This is the same 447 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 1: man who, in his silence, I don't know if he 448 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,159 Speaker 1: ever told Donald Trump that he should call in the 449 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,119 Speaker 1: National Guard, but what we know is it took the 450 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 1: National Guard a long time to get there. With Mike 451 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 1: Pence's life on the line, Nancy Pelosi's, Hakim Jeffreys, Jim Clyburns, 452 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,159 Speaker 1: Benny Gordon Thompson, Everybody's life on the line, and not 453 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 1: to forget all of the many staffers, and if you 454 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 1: think they were going to be checking for who was 455 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 1: a Democrat or a Republican, you're wrong. 456 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 2: Everybody's life was on the line that day. 457 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: And that is why I cannot understand why, on a 458 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 1: bipartisan level, there wasn't an all out effort to ensure 459 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: that this man who put democracy on the line, who 460 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: demonstrated just how fragule. It was to this country wasn't 461 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 1: challenged in a more forceful way, except for when greed 462 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: gets in the way. But nonetheless, the National Guard was 463 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: hours late to show up. 464 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 2: And here's what this gentleman had to say about that. 465 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,879 Speaker 11: What I can tell you with absolute certainty is that 466 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 11: we had a force equipped and ready to respond, and 467 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 11: despite the inaccuracies of the Dodig report, we had a 468 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:47,959 Speaker 11: plan and would have liked the opportunity to try. Instead, 469 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,919 Speaker 11: we waited for hours less than two miles east of 470 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 11: the Capitol building, absolutely frustrating, knowing our capital had been 471 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 11: breached and not understanding why we had not received the 472 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:02,199 Speaker 11: authorization to respond. I cannot tell you the number of 473 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 11: times someone has asked me where were you? Where was 474 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,639 Speaker 11: the National Guard? Or how can you call yourselves capital guardians? 475 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 11: There's no easy response to those questions. And the truth 476 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:17,199 Speaker 11: is we were there and we were ready. We just 477 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 11: weren't authorized to respond, and that is difficult to explain. 478 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 11: The soldiers and airmen of the DC National Guard deserve better. 479 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 2: And we all deserve better. 480 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: And I think that the reality of it is is 481 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 1: we have found out since then this full year, this 482 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 1: past fell year twenty twenty five, that Donald Trump knows 483 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 1: exactly how to call on the National Guard. He knows 484 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:43,159 Speaker 1: how to call on the National Guard for everything. 485 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 2: That does not matter. 486 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,959 Speaker 1: But he does not know, or did not know, or 487 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: pretended not to know, how to call on the National 488 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,880 Speaker 1: Guard when it mattered. Most the people who he has 489 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,600 Speaker 1: to work with day in and day out to sign 490 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,439 Speaker 1: sign bills into law, he turned a blind eye to them. 491 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,879 Speaker 1: The staffers that work tirelessly to ensure that the American 492 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 1: people are protected and covered and policy is fought for, 493 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: whether you agree with the solutions or not. He turned 494 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,640 Speaker 1: a blind eye to all of them. But the National Guard. 495 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,360 Speaker 1: He can call the National Guard in the cities over 496 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 1: full crime. He can call the National Guard into cities 497 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 1: when he thinks that immigrants are the real problem. He 498 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 1: can call in the National Guard for everything and anything 499 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 1: other than to protect the capital, to allow them to 500 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 1: fulfill their duty of being capital guardians. And despite all 501 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 1: of that recklessness, the wanton disregard for life, the irresponsibility 502 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 1: that your president had that day, they're rewriting the history 503 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 1: and we will not allow them to do that. Five 504 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 1: years later, it was still one of the worst terrorist 505 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:52,360 Speaker 1: attacks domestically on our soil, and. 506 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,919 Speaker 2: We should never never veer from that truth. 507 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 1: I just want to take this moment to shout out 508 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 1: someone who at the time was a member of Congress 509 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 1: representing Delaware, an House member representing Delaware. Now she is 510 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: a member of Congress, but as the first black woman Senator, 511 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:15,120 Speaker 1: things could have gone very differently for Lisa Blant Rochester 512 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 1: on January sixth, twenty twenty one. But she chose to 513 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,919 Speaker 1: call on a higher power. She chose to summon the 514 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,160 Speaker 1: heavens and pray. And I think in moments like these, 515 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,440 Speaker 1: when we feel like things are completely beyond our control, 516 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:32,880 Speaker 1: it is our obligation to call on something bigger, someone 517 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 1: bigger than ourselves, because it's like, what else can you 518 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 1: do when you can literally hear bullets ringing out? In 519 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 1: this video that's going to play next, she called on 520 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 1: She got on her knees and she called out to God. 521 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 9: This is video from and said the House yes earlier. 522 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 9: So where this is being shot from is actually the 523 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 9: side of the House chamber where the first lady. 524 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 6: Normally say yes correct during. 525 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 9: A stadium There you can see members of Congress. That's 526 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 9: Primila Gai. 527 00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 3: Apartmlajiapaul from Washington. 528 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 6: Correct, you remember speak there you go and you can. 529 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 6: Let's listen. 530 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 9: And that woman there is a number of Congress I 531 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 9: think time they got pooh exactly. 532 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 6: She appears to. 533 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 3: Be making a video or a statement because she's getting 534 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 3: this one of the speech. 535 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:31,400 Speaker 6: She's praying, she is proud. 536 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 3: And that I will stay down, Stay down, shouts a 537 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 3: member of Congress inside the hallowed halls of our United 538 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 3: States cons. 539 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,720 Speaker 9: And that's not a shower cap. That's the kind of 540 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 9: masks there that are under the seat in the event 541 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 9: of some kind of chemical agent being released in the chamber. 542 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 9: So remember we reported earlier that members have been instructed 543 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 9: to use the gas mask under their seats and have 544 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 9: them ready or to shelter under their chairs. And this 545 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 9: is the video showing that in fact, many. 546 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 11: Did do that. 547 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 1: Well, this is why it is important to recall history correctly. 548 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 1: It is important to recall history with people who were 549 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 1: actually there, who know what happened, who experienced it firsthand, 550 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,920 Speaker 1: whose responsibility it was to be guardians of the Capitol. 551 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: I want to point out to you that that is 552 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 1: what happened on January sixth, twenty twenty one. And when 553 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,840 Speaker 1: Donald Trump was sworn in last year on Martin Luther 554 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:36,520 Speaker 1: King Day, one of his first acts was to pardon 555 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 1: the sixteen hundred men and women and people who were 556 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 1: involved in that terrorist attack on the Capitol building. 557 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 2: That insurrection. 558 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:53,239 Speaker 1: He partned sixteen hundred people, and since then several of 559 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 1: them have been rearrested thirty three at least thirty three 560 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 1: who were pardoned, have now been convicted of, or charged 561 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 1: with or arrested for additional crimes since that violent attack 562 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 1: on the Capitol. This is coming from a report from 563 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:15,200 Speaker 1: where are they now? The perpetrators of January sixth and 564 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,720 Speaker 1: the Defenders of democracy who stop them? From the House 565 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:24,040 Speaker 1: Committee on the Judiciary led by Congressman Jamie Raskin. Some 566 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 1: of the crimes that they have the rioters were convicted 567 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,760 Speaker 1: of or have been charged with or arrested for include 568 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 1: child sexual assault, production of child pornography, possession of child pornography, rape, 569 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 1: conspiracy to commit murder of Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, kidnapping, 570 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 1: sexual assault, aggravated robbery, reckless homicide, driving under the influence 571 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 1: causing death, illegal possession of firearms, domestic violence by strangulation, burglary, vandalism, 572 00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 1: grand theft, stalking, violation of protective orders, threatening public officials, 573 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 1: and drug trafficking. If you're wondering why there's this long 574 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:14,000 Speaker 1: list of bolonious activity from insurrectionists, I'd invite you to 575 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 1: look at your president, who was also had a laundry 576 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 1: list of felonies that he's either been charged with, accused 577 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 1: of and died it for, or investigated about. 578 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,400 Speaker 2: With that, y'all, Welcome home. 579 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 1: Native Lampard is a production of iHeartRadio and partnership with 580 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 1: Reason Choice Media. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visits iHeartRadio app, 581 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,480 Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.