HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — After several Republican members of Congress made statements last week recast the Jan. 6 riots in Washington D.C. two West Michigan Congressmen are pushing back.
On CNN’s State Of The Union, U.S. Rep. Fred Upton said he doesn’t know what other Republican lawmakers are thinking as some are apparently trying to rewrite the history of what actually happened Jan. 6, 2021.
He said comments by other Republicans that Jan. 6 was a typical day were “absolutely bogus.”
I know that as I talked to other members of Congress, some of whom were in the chamber, it was terribly frightening,” he said.
Zeeland Republican Bill Huizenga also says Jan. 6 was no ordinary day — in January, he told WHTC he helped police barricade the House chambers as a defense against rioters who’d invaded the building.
“I can tell you it was not a normal day,” Huizenga said. ” It was certainly not how we have peaceful transitions of power here in the United States.”
Huizenga has questioned results of the November, 2020, election, signing on to a lawsuit in Texas
Upton noted that he firmly supports the plan for a bipartisan commission to investigate Jan. 6’s events — and he hopes Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy will support the commission as well. McCarthy is under fire for refusing to meet with DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, who was attacked, beaten and tased during the riot, and treated for a heart attack that day. Late Friday, officials from McCarthy’s office indicated he would be open to meeting with Fanone.
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