Last week I was in the Congressional
Complex during the
Interact
And the
Attack on the Kappa
I was there because my sister Carolyn bourdeaux had recently bad than Alexa
Did the congress
She is representing Georgia 7th congressional district
I was the only
Is the only a newly-elected member of Congress
District
A red District to a blue District in the last election cycle
Until I gone to DC as her one family member
Witness for getting sworn in on Sunday
Which was Cena really
Emotional and wonderful at 2
Watch her take
And
However I was very celebratory
But I actually when I first got into the city
Hydro down
I really
Yeah it was immediately
Impressed with
General
Atmosphere of
Malevolence
Maliciousness
It really did
STL
I like your I working prices affected States and places that I've had
Civil Wars and a lot of political violence
Still very similar to those environments at the Post Road
Haiti
And I really remarks on it was universe
But my friends and family
So I decided to stay a little bit longer not
I'm back immediately because I was concerned about
I heard Stadium kind of what
Might be needed and miss you need any extra
And so on Wednesday we were unaware pretty paranoid
We talked a lot about about Stacy and such
Security for her and her
Hairstyles
And on Wednesday morning she went into
The office
Was really preparing
Her speech her first floor speech to defend the boat
In Georgia we expect
Electoral college
Boats would be Contessa
Inso
Just paying a speed and I decided to bring her and her staff lunch
And I went in around I guess 1 to 1:30
Amelia heinle
In the door very far
They did send out a notice
Super Dad
But by the Capitol Police to Inna Going to Lock & Lock all the doors
Images hearing outside the crowds
Marching past
Process because
I hear a lot of it the shouting
Medicare for all people out there they had been
They had been protesting in the days
Previous
Anyway we were there
Okay lock the door
It's okay but then about 15-20 minutes later they're like knowing all go into a single room get
You can
Turn off the lights turn off
Gallstones
Or anything that might
Making noise
And I do not go out into the hallway
Info about Queen you know
Concerning we are watching what was happening on TV
Outside
Right around the corner
And
We Are Young
Thousands of people in front of
The capital a
Angry
Krowd
And
We thought well okay their beliefs outside the building
In about I don't know 15 minutes went by and I looked it seems like the crowd is thinning
But of course it was not sending all those thousand
The people right now
Coursing through the Capitol building and of course the office buildings are Enos connected
To the Capitol Building and that was really when I
This isn't a thousand
The people coursing through the hallways here
Certainly this is you know very very
And so you know we miss her
Hunkered down and you know
When you're in those moments
Yeah I think
Unfortunately many people have experienced them
You have his kind of fight or flight
You know idea
And at one point I was like well maybe we should get up and leave
You know what Splendid with the crowds I did not want to have a confrontation of people knocking down the door and finding us there
I'm in so you know we kind of considered it
Of course you know that that was probably a bad idea
And we just counted it but I'm right around the same time we did get
Text messages
Other members
Sheltering in place some of them are on the house floor where describing
You know shots being coming through
Tear gas in the Rotonda
And in particular
Congress people who were also newly elected
Challenge
I reached out and
We're talking about you know they did not know that they're going to
Survive the day
You know.
Brighten Sandra talking about I might never see my
My three-year-old
Daughter again
What if I don't make it out of here
And some of the comments were made by Congressional members
Black
And I thought
Okay so these are not people that are
Thinking about
Going out in building
Amethyst proud
Which is I bring that up
Because
Probably the most horrifying part of the entire experience
Was
Ask her
The building was made
60 wire and
The proceedings
Started again on the
On the house
Floor
You know we really had to wait
4 Welland
To the night
Listening to the
False
Untruthful
Concerns on the part of the Republic
Colleagues
You know the election had been stolen that things you know had not
Stare that you know this was the last
And as we're listening to them I mean literally many of us still shaking from
You know what was
Life
Potentially life-threatening event
It really struck me
That you know
We're sitting here having to listen
These people's complaints to their Camino trumped-up concerns
Pun intended
You know to what they want to talk about and we were going to be
Is that their mmmmm wait and listen to it
Entel ultimately of course we could
And my sister
About to
To certify the Alexa
Inform you that was just a very
Violence
Proceedings
And really spoke to me about
The need for
Tuesday
The first is that it was very important to me immediately after that
We consider
Carefully the language that we use to describe
What happened on when
Wednesday
And at the
Time
Immediately after there's a lot of over the riot that got out of the
Handle the protest
You know it was a stunt
Political stance
And you know having been
There
He was very
We are
There that this was a
To attempt
And that this was an insurace
And
The reason I
Really
Important words
Used is because I think they most accurately describe the
Predicament that we are now in
I can help us think about what we need to do next
I really enjoy the other.
By Fiona Hill
Lie about why she would categorize this as a
But I think it's important to use that word because this wasn't a event that just so you know Trump went out and just
Got excited and was really disappointed over losing election and just use strong words and some p
People took the wrong way
Serialize out of nowhere
There's been many years
And months you know I put into a effort on his part
To try to
Overturn the election and stay in
That is his
And he is tried to
Manipulate every aspect
Text of the military in order to
Oregon
He is try to use communication
Tools
Like Twitter
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Social media to try to organize people and lead them
How to do
A violent things
You know he hasn't Fiona Hill kind of goes through it you know
Use the Judiciary other governing institutions
And certainly leaned in on the legislators
Try to
And of course all of this is happening
My sister from Georgia so in particular trump.has
Intervened in the end
We tried to get the Georgia Secretary of State who's a Republican
And get the governor to overturn
The election
And so this was an event that Cantina was
And pathway
After months of effort
On his part
Cool that's described in the how is he
Trying to execute
In large measure is to try to
Appeal to and mobilize
A white supremacist fascist movement
On his behalf
And I I think that the element of white supremacy is something that we
Should not ignore and we should say that word
Because
You know
White supremacist
Participating
Are people that have
Barry
Clearly stated
Their belief in white supremacy
And how they are going about this and wider going about this
Is very much aligned with white
Supremacist
Goals you know so so they believe that they should not be
Subject to the laws and the rules of this country because they are white
And
Second while they are responding
Chewy
Election that they seal was stolen
An election which was very much determined by the
People of color
And particularly
Black Americans in the South and black women in the south
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So I think
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White supremacist
Fascist movement are the words that we need to be using right now
Think about
The predicament that were in an hour
How we are going to miss for it I think
There are a couple of
Important stains
One is we do need
Sperm
Accountability
On the part of soaps that were involved in the capital
Tap that also of
What's the weather
The leaders that set them off at to do that
And set them up
You know what I think everyone is trying to look
Look for the perfect Remedy or the perfect
Response
I'm not sure we have one but I think Stokes are going
Every option from
Conviction
I took rice to booking the 25th Amendment
And now you know
Today in recent days really considering the 14th Amendment section
3 which is about
Not allowing
People who have
Come into the Instagram
So I think all of those things are being done
I think the
YouTube challenge that we are going to
Space is that the Republican Party
Is so bound up with
Trump and this white supremacist Bash
This movement
It's a little
Hard to understand how
That divorce is going
And whether this is a case of conjoined
Twins
Can you do a operation that successfully
A separates them
Maybe you know I'm not sure about the state of the Republican party's frankly is go
Going to be
And it's a little bit hard for me to
Come up with
Remedies that leave that
And I
And then I think this issue around
White supremacy
Not only being assertive
Violence
Something that
Violent extremist are wrapped up in
But it is also about the center of gravity of our political discourse
Whose concerns should matter
And you know in that moment listening to
Republicans get up and talk about why they thought this election was stolen and how unfair it was to them after
We
Had been scared for our lives and particularly the black
Members of Congress
I had been scared for their lives
I was like well you know that really does show who's
Sometimes matter right now
And we need to get
The people who concern should matter
I should be the duly elected
Representatives who are speaking on behalf of their populations through democratic
Process not so
That wants
Overt covert
Returning overthrow our our democracy