One group was met with little resistance, while the other often encountered tear gas, nightsticks and rubber bullets. Think for a moment about the difference between law enforcement’s response to the mostly white male mob last week, and their response to Black Lives Matter protesters last summer. But it’s become even more acceptable than it has been in quite a while. A line of officers holding back the intruders guns drawn in the Senate.īeside of Confederate flags being marched through our nation’s most sacred space was a searing reminder that bigotry not only continues to exist in our country. Instructed to have their gas masks at the ready as the chaplain prayed over them.
Some members whisked away, while others sheltered in the chamber diving under desks. This was an act of domestic terrorism inspired by the President’s words, with the help of a group of craven political opportunists in the United States Senate, including Ted Cruz, and Josh Hawley.
It was nothing short of a siege hordes of Trump supporters breaching barricades storming the Capitol as members of Congress inside works to officially certified Joe Biden’s victory. A mob of Trump loyalists stormed and overtook the Capitol building. And on January 6th, as Congress prepared to certify the results of the November election. Well, so far 2021 has been anything but that COVID-19 is claiming more American lives each day than ever before. As 2020 came to a close, you could feel a collective sigh of relief and a yearning for a quieter, more normal year to come. I’m excited to start off 2021 with a new episode featuring two of our country’s most prominent black female leaders, who represent communities on opposite coasts. Learn more about Marguerite Casey Foundation at Follow them on Twitter at and connect with them on Facebook. Marguerite Casey Foundation is shifting power to communities so they can power their own freedom. Support for this podcast comes from Marguerite Casey Foundation as part of its effort to encourage thought leadership critical to the advancement of a truly representative economy, where philanthropy empowers communities that have been excluded to shape our institutions, democracy and economy. Ayanna Pressley, Yvonne Villareal, Mayor London Breed, Julian Castro Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at Transcript To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to shortly after the air date. Ĭlick this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows. Keep up with Julián on twitter and Instagram.
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The two influential leaders discuss how to reimagine our criminal legal system and housing affordability, and the importance of building a representative, inclusive economy after a year of reckoning with racial injustice.įollow Mayor Breed and Rep. Pressley and Mayor London Breed of San Francisco join us to talk about the long process of healing and reconstruction necessary for our country. With the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris less than a week away, Rep. The buttons were installed as a security measure in 2019 after members of the “Squad,” a progressive group of House Democrats, endured racist attacks from President Trump. Fearing for her safety, she reached for the panic button installed in her congressional office only to find it had been torn out. One of this week’s guests, Massachusetts representative Ayanna Pressley, was at the Capitol that day. On January 6, chaos erupted as a violent mob of Trump loyalists stormed our nation’s Capitol, leaving five people dead. We need to know the details.Although 2020 is behind us, the new year is already off to an unsettling start. This sounds like an inside job - a step taken before the riots to make it easier to harm Pressley in some way. As they were escorted to several different secure locations, Groh and Pressley and her husband tried to remain calm and vigilant - not only of rioters but of officers they did not know or trust, she said. She had used them before and hadn’t switched offices since then. “Every panic button in my office had been torn out - the whole unit,” she said, though they could come up with no rationale as to why. Groh pulled out gas masks and looked for the special panic buttons in the office. The Boston Globe reports:Īs people rushed out of other buildings on the Capitol grounds, staffers in Pressley’s office barricaded the entrance with furniture and water jugs that had piled up during the pandemic. Ayanna Pressley, D-Boston, is especially chilling. There’s still much we don’t know about the insurrection on Capitol Hill, but this unexplained development involving U.S.
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