Cicilline actually came to see me that day. So Tabitha and Hank were with me in Steny’s office, as colleagues dropped by to console us about the loss of our middle child, Tommy, our beloved Tommy. This is the Capitol” Steny Hoyer, our majority leader had kindly offered me the use of his office on the House floor because I was one of the managers that day and we were going through our grief. And they asked me directly, “Would it be safe? Would it be safe?” And I told them, Of course it should be safe. They said they heard that President Trump was calling on his followers to come to Washington to protest. And I invited them instead to come with me to witness this historic event, the peaceful transfer of power in America. And I told them I had to go back to work because we were counting electoral votes that day on January 6th. But the reason they came with me that Wednesday, January 6th, was because they wanted to be together with me in the middle of a devastating week for our family. I consider him a son too, even though he eloped with my daughter and didn’t tell us what they were going to do. Also, there was my son-in-law, Hank, who’s married to our oldest daughter, Hannah. It was the day after we buried her brother, our son, Tommy. And I hope this trial reminds America how personal democracy is and how personal is the loss of democracy too.ĭistinguished members of the Senate, my youngest daughter, Tabitha, was there with me on Wednesday, January 6th. This trial is personal indeed for every Senator, for every member of the House, every manager, all of our staff, the Capitol Police, the Washington DC, Metropolitan Police, the National Guard, maintenance and custodial crews, the print journalists and TV people who were here, and all of our families and friends. President, to close I want to say something personal about the stakes of this decision, whether President Trump can stand trial and be held to account for inciting insurrection against us.
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