LEADER JEFFRIES: "HOUSE DEMOCRATS WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE UNFILTERED TRUTH"
Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference with Ranking Member Jamie Raskin, Rep. Eric Swalwell, Rep. Jared Moskowitz and Rep. Jasmine Crockett to announce appointments to the January 6th subcommittee.
LEADER JEFFRIES: On January 6, 2021, a violent mob incited by Donald Trump viciously attacked the Capitol as part of an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and halt the peaceful transfer of power for the first time in American history. The mob brutally attacked and beat police officers, seriously injuring more than 140 brave men and women of law enforcement. It was an unprecedented assault on the American way of life, on the rule of law and on the very fabric of our democracy. Donald Trump and House Republicans are now determined to whitewash that day that will always live in infamy. House Democrats will not let it happen. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever.
Donald Trump and House Republicans spent all of last year promising to lower the high cost of living in the United States of America. In fact, Donald Trump promised that he would lower costs on day one. That hasn't happened. Why didn't it happen? Because on day one, Donald Trump was too busy pardoning hundreds of violent felons who brutally beat police officers on January 6th. It's shameful. It was shameful then. And it will always be shameful. And under the leadership of Democrats on this so-called January 6th subcommittee, we will make sure that the American people continue to receive the unfiltered truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Full press conference can be watched here.