Rep. Kinzinger to Fox News host: 'I've got a son being born imminently, that's why I'm in Illinois — I know that he'll be proud of me someday and I know he'll be able to look and say I stood up in a tough time.'
asked Kinzinger.
Kinzinger and Cheney are the only Republicans serving on the House committee investigating the Capitol riot. Both have been critical of former President Donald Trump's role in the riot and of Republicans who have downplayed the events that unfolded on Jan. 6. Trump celebrated news earlier this year that Kinzinger will retire from his House seat at the end of his term.House members share personal stories from Jan.
Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., recalled how Jan. 6 was the first day she had ever been in the House gallery. "I never thought the most dangerous place I could be was the United States Capitol, but on January 6, the Capitol became a conflict setting," she said."Although we eventually secured the building, the conflict is not over. January 6 was not the end. It was the beginning."Mikie Sherrill praises Liz Cheney for rare 'moral courage' in condemning Jan.
Former President Bill Clinton said in a statement Thursday that"far too many elected officials and public figures continue to spread the lie that the 2020 election was stolen" to sow distrust in the electoral system and make it harder to cast a ballot. "If we are going to save our democracy, we all have a responsibility to act now — to stop violence and start seeing one another as equally deserving of full citizenship, life, liberty, opportunity, and a voice and a vote that can be cast and counted. If we shoulder our responsibility, our best days still lie ahead."'Cancer on our democracy': Sen.
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