Tri-Caucus Chairs Joint Statement on the Second Anniversary of the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 6, 2023 — Today is the second anniversary of the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol.
The Chairs of the Congressional Tri-Caucus—Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Rep. Steven Horsford (NV-4), and Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44)— released the following joint statement:
“Throughout American history, enemies of democracy have attempted to—and sometimes succeeded in—restricting the freedom to participate in our democratic processes and silencing the will of the people. In recent decades, state legislatures passed hundreds of restrictive voting laws while the Supreme Court has routinely undermined historically bipartisan laws, like the Voting Rights Act, designed to protect the right to vote. The tactics of the insurrectionists, far-right militants, and white supremacists on January 6, 2021, however, were a call-back to the most violent, brutal measures of the past to silence communities of color. -- READ MORE