Congressional Democrats want to make the observance of the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot an annual event. Democratic Reps. Dean Phillips of Minnesota and Jason Crow of Colorado said they have introduced legislation to designate permanently Jan. 6 as “Democracy Day” to “ensure the lessons of the January 6th assault are not forgotten.” “Future generations can never forget the actions that took… Read more »

Elected leaders from Minnesota are observing the one year anniversary and condemning the actions of protesters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6.  Members of the Minnesota delegation who were in the Capitol that day said it is still difficult to process the notion that fellow Americans breached the seat of US government with the intention to block the… Read more »

Washington, D.C. — On the one-year anniversary of the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Congressmen Dean Phillips (D-MN) and Jason Crow (D-CO) introduced a resolution to permanently designate January 6th as “Democracy Day.” The resolution is supported by more than 45 fellow lawmakers. One year ago, a group of insurrectionists carried out a violent attack against the… Read more »

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On Jan. 6, 2021, an angry mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, urged on by then-President Donald Trump. Trump told them the 2020 election was stolen from him and they should “fight like hell, [or] you’re not going to have a country anymore.” Five people died in the insurrection, more than 140 police officers were injured, and for the first time in American history, we did not have a… Read more »

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One year after the violent attack on Capitol Hill by a mob seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, many House lawmakers are still struggling to wrap their heads around the brutality of that day.  "It's really hard to believe it because it still feels like it was just yesterday. All of the memories feel just as fresh and raw. The enormity of what we faced – our… Read more »

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Bundled up with only their eyes peering out behind face masks and winter gear, activists called Thursday for bipartisan support for voting rights legislation and denounced the actions of those behind the deadly U.S. Capitol siege a year earlier.  With temperatures well below zero, around 150 people gathered at the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol. One group held a lit "Defend… Read more »