Political Quotes

“Madam President, last March, the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General released a report which revealed that the Department's intelligence division had identified ``specific'' threats related to January 6 before the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol. But the report said that the Trump-era DHS did not share the intelligence about those threats with other key law enforcement partners until 2 days after the mob stormed the Capitol. By then, no one needed a warning. In an article in the Washington Post a few days after the 2020 election, a person identified only as ``an anonymous senior Republican official'' shrugged off Mr. Trump's unprecedented denial of President Biden's victory. He asked: ``What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time?'' Now, we know. And now, we also know the catastrophic harm that can occur when people ignore the growing threats to our democracy and normalize the dangerous rise in threats of political violence and actual violence in our Nation. Two weeks ago, hundreds of officers from the Capitol Police and the Washington Metropolitan Police Department filled the Capitol Rotunda. They were here to receive the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor that Congress can bestow. There were also officers who weren't there, who fought the mob and died in the days and weeks after. In his remarks in the Rotunda, Leader Schumer praised the officers for ``holding the line'' and saving the Capitol.…”