That's Carl in Florida, last caller in this segment of the Washington Journal.
January 6th, meaning different things to different people.
In today's Washington Post, President Biden says this is what Americans should remember about January 6th.
This is what he writes.
For months, for much of our history, this proceeding was treated as pro forma, a routine act.
But after what we all witnessed on January 6th, 2021, we know that we can never again take it for granted.
Violent insurrectionists attacked the Capitol, threatened the lives of elected officials, and assaulted brave law enforcement officers.
We should not forget, he writes, we must remember the wisdom of the adage that any nation that forgets its past is doomed to repeat it.
We cannot accept a repeat of what occurred four years ago.
And we should commit, he writes, to remember January 6th, 2021 every year, to remember it as a day when our democracy was put to the test and prevailed.
To remember that democracy, even in America, is never guaranteed.
President Biden in today's Washington Post, a different perspective on this day from Robert Knight writing in the Washington Times today the headline of his piece, How Democrats and the Mainstream Media Used and Abused the January 6th Insurrection.
Citing the insurrection in quotes, Mr. Knight writes, Attorney General Merrick Garland rounded up more than 1,300 people who had been at the Capitol.
Many were in prison for years before facing trial, and some are facing harsh sentences.
Using facial imagery technology, the FBI has been rounding up still more defendants.
Citing the alleged insurrection, Democrats in the House impeached Mr. Trump a second time and held the January 6th committee hearings.
Emboldened by the insurrection narrative, he writes, Democratic prosecutors in four jurisdictions brought spurious charges against Mr. Trump, hoping to keep him from being re-elected.
January 6th, 2021 was the gift that kept on giving for Democrats, he says.
At least they thought so until voters shocked them on November the 5th.
Let's hope, he said, and pray that Monday's Electoral College certification is conducted without any drama.
That's Robert Knight writing in the Washington Times, getting your thoughts in this first hour, simply asking you, what does January 6th mean to you?
Again, here's the schedule in the House today.
It's noon when the House meets for legislative business and for morning hour.
And then 1 p.m. will be the joint session when the vote counting and certification process happens.
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Good morning.
You're up first.
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Hey, John.
Good morning, man.
Thanks for taking my call, man.
And, yeah, January 6th to me, man, what it did for me, John, it took me back to the insurrection back after the Civil War, man, when the first Reconstruction was started in that 10-year period, man.
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And then it slowed to erode away.
And I believe we, as a country, have not learned the lessons from that first Reconstruction era.
And now we're in the second Reconstruction era.
And here we are.
And it's sad.
It really is sad that the people did what they did.
And we now just overlook it.
I mean, now we're trying to give them a pass, John.
Daniel, you want members to object on the floor in this joint session that's happening today?
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I want everyone in the House or Senate who participated in the previous insurrection, Donald Trump is aiding and abetting them still, this idea of pardoning them.
Things are definitely out of control.
His inauguration must be stopped, put on hold for the sake of this country, for sure.
We are going to lead this here and take you live now to Capitol Hill, where today members will be gabbling in for what we expect to be a brief session before convening a joint session to certify the presidential election.