the terror of January 6th, told for 1st time by @PattyMurray "this vision of my husband putting his foot against a door, like he might be able to hold down this loud, angry mob outside..was beyond belief.. terror in his eyes was something I have not seen" pbs.org/newshour/show/…
more @PattyMurray "That kind of fear is horrible. I was in the Capitol on 9/11..I was in an office looking out across the Mall towards the Pentagon..all of a sudden, I could see the smoke rise..That's the only other time I ever felt I was not safe in the Capitol, until January 6"
Murray adds: "today, when I see some members of Congress wanting to dismiss this or wanting to say put it in the past or move on, they're being instilled by fear...We cannot allow that to be what runs our country. We have to be a country that runs by strength, not by fear."
more @PattyMurray: "And I don't want to talk about this because I don't want to show my fear. But you show your fear is overcome by strength, by speaking out and speaking against what happened in the Capitol. That's what I want for my country. That's what I want for my grandkids"
to her colleagues @PattyMurray says, don't let fear drive you: "for the future of our country & our democracy, whether it's fear of brute power or fear of a constituency that's loud, or fear of a president who is loud. Speak up for our democracy now, or you may lose it forever."
as for 2 Republican colleagues @HawleyMO & @tedcruz, @PattyMurray says "It was clear to me, through the words they used, through the actions they used, through the incitement that they used, that they knew what this crowd was capable of, and they didn't do anything to stop them."
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