Pelosi leads moment of silence for Jan. 6 with no Republicans except Cheneys
By Cristina Marcos - 01/06/22 01:30 PM EST
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) led a moment of silence on the House floor on Thursday to mark one year since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, with more than a dozen fellow Democrats and just one House Republican, Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.), on hand.
The scene exemplified the attempts by most Republicans to avoid any reckoning with former President Trump's falsehoods about the 2020 election that led the violent mob of his supporters to storm the Capitol and interrupt lawmakers' certification of the Electoral College count.
Pelosi saluted the congressional staff who were in the Capitol that day — particularly those who whisked the boxes containing the certified electoral votes away from the mob — as well as the police officers who faced danger while defending the building.
"That day and the days after, they were the defenders of our democracy. And their courage and patriotism remain an inspiration," Pelosi said while presiding over a brief House pro forma session.
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