‘I expected this as a Marine in Iraq:’ Veterans in Congress voice rage after mob storms Capitol
Veterans in Congress from both sides of the aisle called the mob that took over the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday “domestic terrorism” and blamed President Donald Trump for promoting it.
Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., a former Army Ranger, said he had been prepared to use a pen as a weapon of last resort to defend himself and other House members against attackers.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., a retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel who lost both legs in Iraq, said on Twitter, “I have spent my entire adult life defending our Constitution and people’s rights to peacefully demonstrate. I never thought I’d need to defend democracy from an attempted, violent overthrow in our own nation’s Capitol.”
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, a former Navy SEAL lieutenant commander who lost an eye in Afghanistan, tweeted as Trump supporters swarmed into the Capitol building and strolled the halls triumphantly: “Stop this bull—t now!”
He said what disturbed him most was the sight of rioters waving the American flag “as if this were some kind of patriotic duty.”
“I want the president himself to get on the ground and actually tell people to stop. You gotta man up,” Crenshaw said Wednesday on Twitter. [Continue reading…]