I was on that gallery floor and told to, you know, lie down on there. And then I heard the shot ring out and it, yeah, of course, it took me back in time. And I remember lying my cheek on the cold marble floor and thinking, can this be happening? Am I going to die in my own country in this sacred temple of democracy when I survived in the jungles of Guyana?
Congresswoman Speier reflects on her experience during the Capitol insurrection and the trauma of that day.
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