Press Releases

Today, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson released the following statement on the four-year anniversary of the January 6th Insurrection:

“I still tremble at the mere mention of the date January 6th—a day that is forever tainted with fear, violence and terror. To have lived it is to never ever forget it. Most Americans will never fathom what we experienced on that horrific day. They wanted to hang the Vice President and constructed a gallows to do so on the Capitol Complex. They sought to kill the Speaker of the House and to beat as many of us into submission if they could.

“We ran and crawled on our knees to safety with the fear of death hanging over our heads.  They left the statues in statuary hall broken and smeared with excrement and blood. Police officers were bloodied, beaten, battered, and died. It was like playing a role in a horror movie and hoping that it would soon come to an end. As far as I am concerned, it never ended.

“Before 2020, the January 6th ritual barely earned a universal headline, but now it is etched into our hearts and history as a day of horror, fear, violence, chaos, and shame brought against our democracy. 

“A day that we must never forget!”

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