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On the recordJanuary 6, 2022
Those of us trapped in the gallery, we lived it, ducking, crawling under over railings, hands knees, the sounds, the smells. We had a front row seat to what lies, hate or plain old misinformation conjures. We went from victims, to witnesses. And today we are messengers. We reflect on the fact that January 6 was about so much more than an effort to break into a building. It was an effort to break down our institutions.
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Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democratic · Delaware
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msnbc.com

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Lisa Blunt Rochester reflects on the January 6 Capitol attack and its implications for democracy.

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