This was an all-out attempted coup. Mike Pence was taken out of the senate chamber something like 60 seconds before these terrorists, insurrectionists got into the Senate chamber. There are things that happened that day that if 60 seconds went differently, if a different door was opened, if a chair wasn`t barricaded in a certain way, we could have a completely different reality right now.
On the recordMay 21, 2021
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Ocasio-Cortez describes the events of January 6th as an attempted coup and reflects on how different actions could have changed the outcome.
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