Name: "I Was Fearful We Were Going To Lose Our Lives" - Rep. Speier On Surviving The Insurrection
Uploaded: 2021-01-28T18:11:12.000Z
Duration: 4 min 9 s
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MY NEXT GUEST HAS SPENT 12 YEARS WORKING FOR CALIFORNIANS IN THE

PLEASE WELCOME CONGRESSWOMAN JACKIE SPEIER!

>> Stephen: I KNOW THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE DONE IN WASHINGTON,

THE FIRST THING I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT, ONE WEEK AGO TODAY

WAS THE INAUGURATION OF OUR NEW PRESIDENT.

WHILE THERE WAS NO CROWD, WAS IT A JOYFUL OCCASION?

DID YOU-- DID YOU FEEL THE IMPORT AND THE CHANGE OF THE

>> YOU KNOW, IT WAS A WONDERFUL OCCASION, BECAUSE THERE WAS A

CALMNESS THAT HAD KIND OF TAKEN OVER THE ENTIRE GATHERING, AND

THERE WAS A LOT OF HAPPINESS, YES, AND THERE WAS JOY.

>> Stephen: WELL, IT'S SOBERING TO THINK THAT THAT

INAUGURATION TOOK PLACE IN ONE OF THE SPOTS ON CAPITOL HILL

WHERE THERE WAS SUCH VIOLENCE AND SUCH CHAOS AND AN ATTEMPT TO

WHAT WAS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE FOR YOU, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE WHO

PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW, IN 1978, YOU WERE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO

WAS ATTACKED DOWN IN JONES TOWN BY CULT MEMBERS, AND YOUR BOSS,

THEN-REPRESENTATIVE LEO RYAN, WAS KILLED.

WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU KNEW THAT PEOPLE BENT ON

>> I WAS SITTING IN THE HOUSE GALLERY, AND I SAW THE SPEAKER

BEING ESCORTED OUT OF THE CHAMBER, AND SHE LOOKED A LITTLE

AND THEN, THE WHIP AND MAJORITY LEADER WERE ESCORTED OUT.

AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, A CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER STOOD AT

THE DAIS, AND SAID, "THE CAPITOL HAS BEEN BREACHED."

WE'RE LOCKING ALL THE DOORS OF THE GALLERY."

HE SAYS, "THERE IS A POUCH UNDER YOUR CHAIRS.

NOW, I'VE SAT IN THE CAPITOL GALLERY MANY TIMES, AND DIDN'T

KNOW THAT THERE WERE POUCHES UNDERNEATH THE SEATS.

THERE WAS AN ALUMINUM PACKET, AND I TORE THAT OPEN, AND PULLED

AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WE WERE ASKED TO MOVE ACROSS THE

GALLERY TO THE OTHER SIDE, CROUCHING UNDERNEATH THE BRASS

AND WE GOT TO THE OTHER SIDE, AND THEN WE HEARD THE POUNDING

ON THE CHAMBER DOORS, AND THE CAPITOL POLICE BROUGHT A HUGE

PIECE OF FURNITURE OVER TO THE DOORS TO KEEP IT IN PLACE, AND

THEN THEY DREW THEIR GUNS AT THE NOW-BROKEN GLASS ON THE DOORS.

SO I GOT DOWN ON THE MARBLE FLOOR, AND THEN I HEARD A SHOT.

AND I PUT MY HEAD DOWN, AND I REMEMBER FEELING THE COLD MARBLE

HERE I WAS 42 YEARS LATER IN MY OWN COUNTRY, IN THE SACRED

TEMPLE OF DEMOCRACY, AND I WAS FEARFUL THAT WE WERE GOING TO

>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE CONGRESSWOMAN JACKIE SPEIER.

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"I Was Fearful We Were Going To Lose Our Lives" - Rep. Speier On Surviving The Insurrection

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