Lisa Desjardins:

That’s right. Amna, you were right outside for that too.

It was an emotional day, and I think surprisingly so. There have been anniversaries of January 6, the date itself, since 2021. But there has not been an anniversary of the Electoral College certification. And I think being in that room today, talking especially to Democrats, was highly emotional. I talked to more than one, a handful even, who were brought to tears, surprisingly.

They didn’t mean to come to tears when they were there on the floor, but felt themselves really drawn back into that moment, felt themselves fearing that perhaps something like that isn’t all the way out of the realm of possibility now, because there is a real concern, especially from Democrats, but some Republicans I talked to also, about the white Washington of January 6, the idea that it wasn’t that big of a deal, the idea that people want to move on, also in that group, Capitol Police officers.

For those who were there that day, it is a spectrum of emotions. Some of them still feel betrayed. In that group is Harry Dunn, the police officer who went on to run for Congress. He told me tonight that, while people are calling to move on, how can they move on when there haven’t been consequences and when Trump still hasn’t closed the door to this kind of activity?

Other Capitol Police officers, frankly, Amna, are more jaded and some of them that have been there just counting the days to retirement.