CNN’s S.E. Cupp said Friday on “The Lead” that Republican Senators voted down the Capitol riot commission because they were “worried” it would implicate them.
Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Thursday on CNN’s “Don Lemon Tonight” that congressional Democrats wanted to investigate former President Donald Trump’s connection to the Capitol riot because Trump to be considered “an absolute pariah in America.”
Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Republicans “would rather defend traitors and spread lies” than defending democracy because they sided with former President Donald Trump over what she deemed to be “truth.”
Former Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile said on ABC’s “This Week” roundtable that Republican lawmakers would not investigate the Capitol riot on January 6 because they were “in the grips” of former President Donald Trump.
Washington Post columnist George Will said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” roundtable that Republican lawmakers would not investigate the Capitol riot on January 6 because of the “terror it feels for its own voters.”
Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that Republicans opposing the so-called January 6 commission will impact the GOP in the 2022 midterm elections.
Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), who served as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand under former President Donald Trump, said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the Capitol rioting on January 6 “diminished” Trump’s presidency.
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that it was “outrageous and unacceptable” that Republican senators were not backing legislation to create a commission to investigate the January 6 incident at the U.S. Capitol.
Failed Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” that Republican state lawmakers forwarding voting legislation is a continuation of the January 6 Capitol riot “insurrection.”
House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Thursday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” if Senate Republicans block the House bill to establish an independent commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol riots, Democrats “are going to insist on getting answers one way or the other.”
Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that Republican lawmakers not voting for a commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol riots is “standing with chaos.”
Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) said Wednesday on CNN’s “Newsroom” that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) were engaging in a “serious assault on our country” by opposing legislation to establish a commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol riots.
CNN anchor Don Lemon said on his broadcast of “Don Lemon Tonight” that the Republican Party was trying to “whitewash” the events of the January 6 Capitol riot because House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said he did not support the legislation to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the events of January 6 because the scope is too narrow.
MSNBC political contributor and Morgan State University professor Jason Johnson said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that there was no comparison between Black Lives Matter protesters and so-called “armed insurrectionists” at the January 6 Capitol riot.
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R- AK) told CNN’s Manu Raju on Tuesday that former President Donald Trump was a “key individual” when asked if he should testify before a commission investigating the January 6 Capitol riots.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said on this week’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show” that Republicans who deny the severity of the riot inside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6 was “the biggest threat to our national security and our democracy that we’re facing now.”
Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that there was “no question” that another attack like the January 6 Capitol riot was possible as a result of repeated claims that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) called the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol an “insurrection against the Constitution,” while other Republicans downplayed the riot’s significance.
Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) said Friday in a preview of an interview with ABC News anchor Jon Karl that will air in full Sunday on “This Week” that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) should “absolutely” testify before a commission investigating January 6 Capitol riot.
Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) said Friday on ABC’s “The View” that Republican lawmakers denying the severity of the Capitol riot is “something you see out of North Korea.” Co-host Sunny Hostin said, “Congressman, the GOP is now attempting to rewrite
Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen claimed Friday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Trump “relished” watching the Capitol Police and innocent people being hurt and killed during the deadly riot on January 6.
Family members of Ashli Babbitt, the woman fatally shot during the breach of the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, are planning to sue Capitol Police and the officer who shot Babbitt, for at least $10 million, according to their attorney.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that she would “never forgive” former President Donald Trump and the rioters at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) claimed the January 6 Capitol rioters would have “had a battle on their hands” if they messed with her, adding that she is “a street fighter.”
The Pentagon is looking into better screening recruits’ and service members’ social media as part of its effort to get rid of “extremism” in the United States military, according to a recent memo from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
MSNBC contributor Neal Katyal said Wednesday on “Deadline” that former President Donald Trump is in “serious trouble” with the new lawsuit brought by two U.S. Capitol Police officers for emotional injuries they suffered in the Capitol riots on January 6.
Many who entered the Capitol building during January 6 protests of the 2020 election outcome are “unlikely” to face jail time — a “jarring reality check” for Americans “outraged by the storming of Capitol Hill,” according to a Politico report on Tuesday.
Showtime is developing a limited series that will dramatize the Capitol Hill riots of January 6 as well as the final days of the Trump administration, the premium cable network has announced. Billy Ray, who helmed Showtime’s “The Comey Rule,” is set to write and direct the series.
A majority of Americans support the fencing around the U.S. Capitol, a Politico/Morning Consult survey released Tuesday revealed.
Blodgett reportedly said there is not a known, credible threat against Congress or the Capitol complex warranting temporary security fencing.
Appearing Thursday on VICE on Showtime, former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller accused former President Donald Trump of being responsible for Jan. 6’s deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol roughly one month after Congress acquitted Trump on a charge of inciting the
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) told Breitbart News on Wednesday that Democrat representatives, not Republicans, are being provided Secret Service protection per House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) directives.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “11th Hour,” host Brian Williams responded to concerns that terrorists could enter through the southern border by wondering, “but will they be terrorists as effective as the ones we saw on 1/6 when they took
A report by the Washington Examiner’s Byron York outlines January’s Capitol rioters were armed with bear spray, not guns.
Grassley called out left-wing domestic violence during the summer amid an attempt by Durbin to focus on violent extremism on the right.
Durbin cast the January 6 breach of the Capitol Building as driven by white supremacy and not just protesting the 2020 election results.
China’s state-run Global Times on Monday defended the prosecution of 47 pro-democracy activists and politicians in Hong Kong against a rising tide of global criticism, insisting the Hong Kong defendants are no different than the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, so China is equally justified in cracking down on them.
Screenwriter-director Aaron Sorkin used his Golden Globes win on Sunday as an opportunity to get on his political soapbox, quoting radical leftist Abbie Hoffman to condemn the Capitol Hill riots of January 6.
Democrat Rep. Tim Ryan told reporters on Thursday that prosecutors are “reviewing the footage” of alleged “reconnaissance tours” given before the January 6 riot at the Capitol.
Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund rejected claims on Tuesday by Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) that his officers were more lenient toward the Capitol rioters than they would have been to Black Lives Matter demonstrators.
