Inside the Senate, the reading of the facts is the subject of heated debate.
Remember or turn the page? A year after the attack by supporters of Donald Trump on Congress, the wounds “of January 6” remain unhealed.
“January 6, 2021 will forever remain this indelible stain in the history of our American democracy,” said the leader of the Senate Democrats Chuck Schumer days before the anniversary of the assault.
“They tried to shake our democracy. Thank God, they failed, ”he insisted, clad in a dark suit.
“They” are the protesters wearing “TRUMP” caps and flags who, a year ago, occupied the Senate chamber, where he is now, causing unprecedented chaos.
Among these “them” stands out the “protester with buffalo horns” brandishing a megaphone, or that other hanging from the balcony inside the chamber in which one of the maxims of Congress is recorded in Latin.
In the room where Chuck Schumer spoke on Tuesday, the memories of January 6, 2021 are on everyone’s mind.
Two versions
Nearby, a television crew was assembled for this anniversary commemorations on Thursday, when President Joe Biden will deliver a speech.
A conversation between historians is also planned, with the aim of “establishing and preserving the story” of January 6. Because even within the Senate, the reading of the facts is the subject of heated debate.
In recent months, congressmen very close to Donald Trump defended a version diametrically opposed to that of the Democrats. They say that it was only a demonstration that degenerated and they describe those detained after the assault as “political prisoners”.
With less than a year to go before the legislative elections, other of his colleagues are muttering to turn the page.
“We have citizens at home for whom we must work,” Republican Joni Ernst told AFP. “That is what we should pay attention to.”
Many of his colleagues have decided not to attend the commemorations on Thursday.
“Lots of suffering”
In social networks, through communications, and even in the corridors of this venerable institution, these multiple versions generate resentment. The wounds of January 6 are still open.
“I think there is still a lot of suffering,” he acknowledges to the AFP Democrat Cory Booker. But, he clarifies, “many positive things have emerged since then,” such as the Capitol’s security system, which has improved a lot.
The huge wooden planks that had been in place for months in some windows have been removed and the broken window that until recently was reminiscent of the violence of that day in January was repaired.
The United States Congress is safe, the Capitol police chief assured at a press conference.
And the Capitol dome glows again as the early January snow melts. (I)
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