Massachusetts Representative Ayanna Pressley is not ready to turn the page on the ugly chapter of American history that is the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol.
To her, Thursday’s anniversary is a mile marker on an uncompleted journey to repair the damage wrought by a mob of former president Donald Trump’s supporters. The insurrection was the culmination of far right and white supremacist extremism, fueled by four years of his bigotry and hateful rhetoric — and a backlash to a record turnout of voters from many marginalized communities that had propelled Joe Biden to the White House.
The assault on the nation’s democracy continues, Pressley said, as Republican legislators and candidates perpetuate the lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, while states controlled by the GOP pass laws to curb who can vote and when.
So as much as Pressley would like to move on one year after an attack that forced her to shelter in a barricaded Capitol Hill office, she cannot. “We cannot,” she said.
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