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'Many of the victims turned into clowns': Former Biden White House advisor looks back on Jan. 6
Reflecting on what happened that day and the days afterward, Andy Slavit said that if January 6 was"carried out by professionals, [it] would have resulted in a dead speaker of the house, an assassinated Vice President, and a completely ransacked US Capitol". He took aim at his Republican opponents, saying that"many of the victims turned into clowns" when they turned down the opportunity to condemn Trump in a crunch impeachment vote, which was passed through the House but with 197 GOP representatives opposed.
was a day of martyrs, of heroes, of victims, of villains, and of clowns…and in votes taken soon after, many of the victims turned into clowns