"They were very charming, and they knew what they were doing. They knew how to talk to us. But we kind of held back. It was just — it was tense. And we just made believe, you know, everything was fine. And we were very nice to them for the most part. … We knew they weren’t sincere. They weren’t sincere.” -- Gladys Sicknick, mother of late Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, interviewed by CNN yesterday after a series of meetings with Republican Senators trying to convince them to allow the bipartisan January 6 commission bill to go forward.
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"It’s all talk and no action. Clearly they’re not backing the blue.” -- Sandra Garza, Officer Sicknick's partner, during the same interview.
(Cartoon: Michael de Adder/ Counterpoint)
