It is a further signal to all Americans that Republicans must be defeated in every election until their party is either gone or completely rebuilt, that none of them except Liz and Dick Cheney were present for the House commemoration of 1/6.
They hope against hope that people will just forget that their white supremacy culture, grievance nurturing hatred called forth an insurrection to try to steal our votes, overthrow our elected government and stop the peaceful transfer of power.