Americans from all sides of the political spectrum agree: the newly released January 6th documentary is chilling, gripping, and an absolute game changer.
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In case you’re unaware, CNN aired a January 6th documentary last Thursday by Alexandria Pelosi (the daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) who miraculously captured never-before-seen video footage of the day Donald Trump and his MAGA fanatics nearly toppled democracy. The footage displayed how Trump administration officials and congressional leaders were forced to work around Donald Trump (who refused to do anything) in order to squash the riot that he incited.
“Everyone involved was working actively to stop the violence, to get federal law enforcement deployed to the scene to put down the violence and secure The Capitol complex,” Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, said about the footage during Thursday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing. “All of them did what President Trump was not doing, what he simply refused to do.”
The January 6th documentary presented an inside view of the insurrection on Capitol Hill, including chaotic scenes of Democrats and Republicans working together and begging for help. It showed Trump’s MAGA gang marching toward The Capitol, breaking into the legislative seat of the US government, and desecrating the House of Representatives and Senate chambers. It also showed Speaker Pelosi escaping the building and being whisked to a secret military base in Washington, DC, where she, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and other top officials worked the phones and acted in the role of president in an attempt to halt the attack and secure The Capitol.
Although many congressional leaders were able to safely flee the building prior to the ensuing violence, Vice-President Mike Pence was stuck at The Capitol and unable to escape.
“I hope he comes, I’m going to punch him out … I’m going to punch him out, I’m going to go to jail, and I’m going to be happy.”
— House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s just-revealed response to the prospect of former President Trump potentially marching to the Capitol on January 6th. pic.twitter.com/XePdjploDg
— The Recount (@therecount) October 14, 2022
Alexandra Pelosi, a filmmaker who was with her mother on the day Joe Biden was to be certified as the official winner of the 2020 presidential election, was present at the Capitol and captured invaluable footage in her January 6th documentary.
If you haven’t already seen it, sit somewhere quiet, hold on to your hats, and check out the video below.
This previously unseen footage shows Congressional leaders—both Republicans and Democrats—as they were taken to a secure location during the January riot.
— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) October 13, 2022
Everyone involved was actively working to address the violence. All of them did what President Trump refused to do. pic.twitter.com/fcF4zBLGWm
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The January 6th documentary
CNN: Never-before-seen footage, obtained exclusively by CNN, shows in vivid new detail how congressional leaders fled the US Capitol on January 6 and transformed a nearby military base into a command center, where they frantically coordinated with Vice President Mike Pence and Trump Cabinet members to quell the insurrection and finish certifying the 2020 election. The January 6 select committee aired snippets of the footage at its public hearing on Thursday, but CNN has obtained roughly an hour of additional material that wasn’t presented by the panel. Congressional leaders contemplated, far more seriously than previously known, whether to reconvene the Electoral College proceedings at Fort McNair, the footage obtained by CNN reveals. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke with Pence about the “backup plan,” and officials tried to figure out how they’d transport hundreds of lawmakers to the Army base. The extended raw footage shines a devastating light on then-President Donald… Read more »