An Anniversary to Mourn, Not Celebrate
This week marks five years since the January 6, 2021 assault on the nation’s Capitol and the very heart of our democracy. Insurrectionists encouraged by the 45th president, Donald J. Trump, stormed the building and assaulted legitimate law enforcement officers and others in their attempt to overturn the national 2020 election results that made Joe Biden our 46th president.
Since then, attackers and their supporters have tried to minimize or even deny the crimes committed. Upon his return to the office of the president in 2025, Donald J. Trump pardoned almost all those convicted in the assault. Yes, he gave the people he empowered a government-stamped get-out-of-jail card in return for their loyalty to him. And there is no doubt that without Trump’s active encouragement, the riot would not have materialized, former special counsel Jack Smith said on Dec. 17, 2025, when he testified to a Republican-led congressional committee about the results of his investigation.
“These crimes were committed for his benefit,” Smith said. “The attack that happened at the Capitol, part of this case, does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit," Smith explained, rejecting the canard voiced by some apologists for the rioters that Smith was just a partisan political hack trying to rig the system to shove Trump from office. This testimony was released to the public on Dec. 31, 2025.
We find Smith credible. We know who is and was at fault for Jan. 6, 2021.
We are still living with damage wrought to our democracy. We are clear that violent, white supremacists tried to rob from the voters the right to choose our own leaders. We remember with great sorrow that sworn law enforcement officers were injured and tragically, some died. And we shake our heads in dismay and eternal disgust that the magnificent building that we own, dedicated to the work of making our laws, was fouled with human waste.
We the people, the volunteers of Project 2029, do not accept what happened. We create anew.
So five years on, we citizens acknowledge our work for democracy is yet incomplete and that we must persevere in order to:
Ensure the rule of law is applied equally to all people
Make sure that every voice can be heard
Assure that citizens can exercise their constitutional and democratic rights, including the right to vote
Build a government that reflects the people it serves
Fully carry out our mission to reform our country, demanding fairness, justice and dignity for all.
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