She likened Capitol tours she witnessed on Jan. 5 to “reconnaissance.”
“To see these groups around the Capitol complex was really striking,” Sherrill told MSNBC. “And it was so odd to see them that my chief of staff called the sergeant-at-arms to say, ‘What is going on?’ ”
A few Democrats have said there may have been “co-conspirators” within the Capitol building helping those involved in the mob. Fears about such a situation have also been amplified by reports that dozens of people on a federal terrorist database were in Washington, D.C., the day of the attack.
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Schrier told Cheddar that the rioters “clearly had assistance” and that “some of my colleagues may have been co-conspirators.”
Several congressional Democrats claim the January 6 Capitol insurrection was aided by insiders
Julie GersteinJan 13, 2021, 20:58 IST They knew where to go. I ve been told … by some other Congresspeople that their staff are saying that they saw people being allowed into the building through side doors, House Majority Whip James Clyburn told CBSN.Win McNamee/Getty Images
Several Democratic members of Congress have speculated that some members of the mob who attacked the US Capitol had help from people with insider knowledge of the building.
On Tuesday, Rep.
Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey released a Facebook Live video claiming she saw several members of Congress taking people on reconnaissance tours on January 5.
Democrat and House Majority Whip James Clyburn. | Flickr/James Clyburn
House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., has advocated for “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” commonly known as “the black national anthem,” to become the official hymn of the United States.
Clyburn said Tuesday that “Lift Every Voice and Sing” should become the national hymn as “an act of healing” for a divided country and for all Americans who “can identify with that song.”
“To make it a national hymn, I think, would be an act of bringing the country together. It would say to people, ‘You aren’t singing a separate national anthem, you are singing the country’s national hymn,’” Clyburn told USA Today.
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