Patty Murray Slams Mike Johnson, Points To Jan 6 Pardons Amid GOP's Outcry Over Tesla Vandalism

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During remarks on the Senate floor Thursday, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) called out Republicans for not condemning the pardons of January 6 insurrectionists amid an outcry over vandalism of Telsa vehicles and dealerships.

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00:00I recognize the Senator from Washington.

00:02Mr. President, I have been unequivocal in saying in this country we use our voices and

00:10our votes, not violence, to advocate for change.

00:14I have said it many times.

00:16I will say it many times more.

00:19And I say it today.

00:21But you are sorely mistaken if you think I'm going to sit here, feet away from our Capitol

00:26police officers and let the Senate say we stand by the richest men on the planet before

00:34saying we stand by the men and women who keep us safe every single day.

00:39Where is the solidarity for our officers here?

00:43And where, by the way, is the plaque that Congress passed into law honoring their sacrifice

00:51on January 6th?

00:53Do I have to march down to Speaker Johnson's office, put it up on my own?

00:59You can hang it on my door.

01:01You just bring the plaque.

01:02I'll go get the nails and do it myself.

01:04Because I'm not going to let anyone ever erase this history.

01:08And I'm not going to let them paper it over with outrage on behalf of the richest man

01:13in the world.

01:14I have no problem condemning violence.

01:17I will do that any day of the week.

01:20I condemn attacks on our car owners and salespeople.

01:24I condemn destroying other people's personal property.

01:28This is not a new position for me.

01:30But you will have to excuse me if I don't take some Republicans seriously when they

01:36make this big show about law and order at the same time they are letting this president

01:42stab law enforcement in the back.

01:44I'm not going to let Republicans get by selling a charade not weeks after they voted

01:50to freeze funding levels for law enforcement in a bill.

01:56Your time has expired.

01:57Mr. President, I ask for three additional minutes.

02:01Is there an objection?

02:02Without objection.

02:03Without objection.

02:04I'm not going to let some Republicans get by selling a charade not weeks after they

02:09voted to freeze funding levels for law enforcement in a bill where House Republicans slashed

02:15D.C.'s budget for police officers.

02:19Not months after Trump tried to halt COPS grants and many Republicans didn't breathe

02:23a word about it.

02:25Not when Trump is still in the middle of firing just about as many federal law enforcement

02:30workers as he can get away with.

02:32And certainly not when some of my Republican colleagues are still ignoring how our lawless

02:38president continues to champion the very people who attacked our Capitol Police.

02:43Just this week, mere days ago, President Trump speculated about compensating people

02:49who committed crimes on January 6th, about rewarding their violence with taxpayer dollars.

02:56Where is that outrage?

02:58Where is the condemnation?

02:59What are some of you waiting for?

03:01And don't you try for a single second to say, oh, he's not talking about the violent ones.

03:06Y'all know better.

03:07We know better.

03:08Remember when he tried to say that about Partons?

03:12Remember how that worked out?

03:14Trump pardoned people who violently attacked police.

03:17They are back on the streets, except for the ones who already committed new crimes.

03:22I don't know how my colleagues keep forgetting what happened on January 6th.

03:26I don't know how on earth it is not burned into their memories, but President Trump is

03:31talking about people who attacked this building, our offices, our staff, our democracy.

03:38He's talking about people who smashed windows in that we walk by every day.

03:43People who brought bats and weapons to the halls where we meet our constituents.

03:48People who beat the Capitol Police, who keep us safe every day, to the Capitol Police who

03:53are standing guard even now, who sit right outside this chamber.

03:58These are violent criminals, and President Trump is talking about them like heroes.

04:03He wants us to write them a check over my dead body, Mr. President.

04:07And I'm going to say it again and again, like some of my Republican colleagues, I will

04:11say it for the same, for the people who burned Teslas, and for the people who smashed windows

04:17in here at the Capitol.

04:19I'm tired of watching this.

04:20I know our constituents are.

04:22We need to demand that Speaker Johnson hang that plaque that he is hiding.

04:26It is not too much to ask.

04:28And I hope that this body recognizes violence is violence, and we should condemn the attacks

04:34on January 6th.

04:36Thank you, Mr. President.

04:37I yield the floor.

Patty Murray Slams Mike Johnson, Points To Jan 6 Pardons Amid GOP's Outcry Over Tesla Vandalism

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