An insurrection without consequences is a dress rehearsal for the next insurrection. That is why we cannot sweep the events of Jan. 6 and what led up to it, under the rug.... Comparing mask requirements in a pandemic to the holocaust has a cost as well. "- Sen. Dick Durbin
We were all determined the mob wouldn't have the last word. We were determined to return to the Capitol that same day & continue counting Electoral College votes, Durbin says, recalling when R and D's alike were sequestered together during the insurrection, "shoulder to shoulder"
Durbin:By 8PM that evening, we were back on the floor to prove they didn't have the last word. Sadly we know now they may have the last word because the call for a bipart. commission to investigate this event & put on the record what happened, is being opposed on a partisan basis
"The events of that day are not fodder for political campaigns," Senator Durbin says as he urged fellow lawmakers to vote in favor of a 1/6 commission. "If we allow the history of that day to be rewritten by the deniers, then shame on us."
Durbin also made no bones about it and said from the floor that those who would vote against the commission, who would vote against properly investigating that day - they are "afraid of Donald Trump."
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