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Dulcinea

(7,650 posts)
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 12:20 PM Jan 5

Reminders of Jan. 6 attack fade in the Capitol as Trump retakes power

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inside the Capitol, reminders of the violence are increasingly hard to find.

Scars on the walls have been repaired. Windows and doors broken by the rioters have been replaced. And there is no plaque, display or remembrance of any kind.

Lawmakers rarely mention the attack, and many Republicans try to downplay it, echoing President-elect Donald Trump’s claims that the carnage of that day is overblown and that the rioters are victims.

In some ways, it’s like the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, that shook the foundations of American democracy, never happened.

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-plaque-trump-reminders-erased-police-af6fe32d72b36c880aec0639ba92e869

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Reminders of Jan. 6 attack fade in the Capitol as Trump retakes power (Original Post) Dulcinea Jan 5 OP
The plaque that never happened Dennis Donovan Jan 5 #1
Someday. nt The Unmitigated Gall Jan 5 #2
"Lawmakers rarely mention the attack, and many Republicans try to downplay it..." J_William_Ryan Jan 5 #3

Dennis Donovan

(28,102 posts)
1. The plaque that never happened
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 12:26 PM
Jan 5
(from the same article)
Congress passed a law in March 2022 to require “an honorific plaque listing the names of all of the officers of the United States Capitol Police, the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies and protective entities who responded to the violence that occurred at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.”

The Architect of the Capitol was ordered to obtain the plaque within a year and permanently place it on the Capitol’s western front, where the worst of the fighting took place.

But almost three years later, there is no plaque. It’s unclear why or who is responsible for it. A spokeswoman for the Architect of the Capitol referred questions to the House Sergeant at Arms, who did not respond to requests for information.

Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer of New York and then-Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky signed off on the plaque, according to a Senate leadership aide who was familiar with the process but was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York has also been supportive. A spokesman for House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., did not respond to requests for comment.

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J_William_Ryan

(2,319 posts)
3. "Lawmakers rarely mention the attack, and many Republicans try to downplay it..."
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 01:50 PM
Jan 5

And of course Republicans will claim that Trump’s return to power is ‘confirmation’ that the 1/6 terrorist attack was of no consequence to the voters, that it should be ignored and forgotten.

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