Mary Gay Scanlon: “It has been said before, but ours is a country of laws, not men, and in our democratic Republic, the voters choose who…”

“It has been said before, but ours is a country of laws, not men, and in our democratic Republic, the voters choose who leads, not a dictator, and not a monarch. But in the wake of the 2020 election, a small group of people decided to reject the rule of law and the will of the voters. They rejected the unanimous conclusion of the courts, the Department of Justice, Homeland Security, and law enforcement and election officials across the country. They tried to pervert the law and throw away the free choice of the people. On January 6, their plan almost worked. As the select committee investigates what happened that day, and how it can be prevented from ever happening again, over 800 witnesses have come in to share what they know because that is what should happen in a country ruled by law. Only a handful of people, all of them in the former President's inner circle, have refused to obey the subpoenas. Their baseless claims that they are immune have been rejected by the actual President, by Congress, and by the courts. These entitled few have refused to honor Congress' subpoenas, just like they rejected the results of the election, because they believe they are above the law. They are not. That is why it is so important that we pass this rule and the underlying bill and hold those in defiance of these subpoenas in contempt, because their conduct is not just unlawful and unpatriotic, it is contemptible.…”