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Related: About this forumSen. Blunt Rochester is first Black person to serve in both chambers of Congress - The Sunday Show - MSNBC
Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware was trapped on the House balcony during the U.S. Capitol attack. She joins MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart to reflect on the Jan. 6th riot four years later. "We knew how close we were to losing our democracy," Sen. Blunt Rochester says. - Aired on 01/05/2025.
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Sen. Blunt Rochester is first Black person to serve in both chambers of Congress - The Sunday Show - MSNBC (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Jan 6
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Haven't watched but recommending for significance and importance. . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 6
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Thanks! She talks about her experiences being trapped in the House balcony on January 6th.
Rhiannon12866
Jan 6
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Bernardo de La Paz
(51,767 posts)1. Haven't watched but recommending for significance and importance. . . . . nt
Rhiannon12866
(225,650 posts)2. Thanks! She talks about her experiences being trapped in the House balcony on January 6th.
Walleye
(36,774 posts)3. Proud to be a native of the state that sent her to the Senate.
Shes a hard worker at her job and she knows what shes doing. And, as we say in Delaware, her heart is in the right place I remember her father, Ted Blunt, on the Wilmington city Council, cool guy. You can hear the PTSD in her voice when she talks about the ordeal.
Rhiannon12866
(225,650 posts)4. Very cool! Though I'm in New York, I'm familiar with her, too, since she's appeared several times with Lawrence O'Donnell