Never-before-seen footage released of last year’s Capitol riot shows Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and other lawmakers attempting to quell the violence of Jan. 6, 2021 — with Pelosi at one poin…
“There has to be some way we can maintain the sense that people have, that there’s some security, or some confidence, that government can function and that you can elect the President of the United States,” Pelosi says, after which she is informed that everybody on the House floor is putting on gas masks.The nearly seven-minute-long video is spliced with footage of the rioters attacking law enforcement officers and breaking into the Capitol, and it is time stamped as the events unfold.
“They’re breaking windows and going in, obviously ransacking our offices and all the rest of that. That’s nothing. The concern we have about personal harm,” Pelosi said.“Personal safety is, it just transcends everything,” Pelosi continues. As CNN coverage plays in the background, Pelosi and other lawmakers make desperate calls to neighboring governors and mayors, asking for additional police and National Guard troops to come to the Capitol and clear the building.
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