Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that “mob mentality” on January 6, 2021, continues today on the one-year anniversary of the Capitol attacks, and that it “could turn into substance.” toxic” if it is allowed to explode.
“The warnings of history are clear. When democracies are in danger, it often begins with a mob. That’s what happened a year ago in this building,” Schumer said. Senate floor.
“The crowd can start small, but if it’s allowed to grow and the leaders whip it up and encourage it, it can become toxic. That’s what Donald Trump is doing,” he said. speak.
“Toxic mob mentality persists today in threats against election officials, poll workers, even other public officials like school board members and staff,” Schumer said. This is what erodes a democracy.”
Schumer said that democracy is “stronger” than a mob, “as long as we speak up, as long as we act.”
Schumer also recounted his personal experience at the Capitol last year. He said he was “within 30 feet of these nasty, racist, bigoted fundamentalists”, adding that he was later told that some had made claims. Review the Jewish article about him.
“And I saw what I was later told had never happened before, the Confederate flag flying over this dear Capitol. It was just one of many grotesque images, pain of the day is unimaginable, especially without America,” he said.
Schumer urged others to “call it what it is” and tell the truth about the January 6 attacks.
“Too many people, often dependent on their allegiance, seem desperate to sweep the memory of January 6 under the rug. Too many are working to rewrite the history of what happened, to demean or defend or even defend the mob, to justify an uprising of this very Capitol. … We have an obligation not to let that happen, because history shows us. when you ignore or paint this kind of violence, it will often recur in a worse form than it was originally,” Schumer said.
Schumer urges legislators to pass voting rights legislation as localities introduce voter restriction in position.
“Just like the big lie that inspired the January 6 attacks, the big lie continues like a plague across state legislatures across the country, where we are seeing sees the most limited voter suppression efforts since Jim Crow, since Jim Crow, in 21st century America, turning back the clock,” he said.
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