Distrust between the parties is high a year after the violent insurrection. And it has affected how Congress operates.
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
"That's why we should be celebrating Jan. 6 because we, as members who took an oath to the Constitution, came back and continued our count in the eye of danger."Members and staff say relationships across the aisle have suffered since that day, and it has affected the tenor of the workplace. Democrats say the election of Donald Trump in 2016 and his years in office heightened divisions on Capitol Hill.
aren't needed. But some Democrats said they fear for their safety based on public comments from some GOP lawmakers. He voted to certify the election results, but 139 House Republicans and eight GOP senators voted to overturn them — hours after the insurrection. Some Democrats now refuse to team up with any Republican who voted against the electoral count.