It Happened - The Lincoln Project [View all]

We know what we saw. We know what we heard. It wasn't spontaneous. They came prepared for battle. Body armor, chemical weapons, zip ties. Their mission? To overturn an American election. We will never concede.

Outnumbered, brave law enforcement officers fought hand-to-hand to save our democracy. Many were wounded. One died the next day. Post-traumatic stress syndrome drove four January 6th heroes to suicide. Donald Trump calls this violent terrorism a day of love. That was a day of love.

He's promised to pardon these violent criminals. That's wrong. Evil. - Those people have suffered long and hard. Let me just- - And I think it's very unfair.

Don't let one man rewrite history. We know what we saw. We know what we heard. There are no alternative facts. Only the truth.