They were freshmen lawmakers on Jan. 6. It shaped the way they view Congress.
WASHINGTON — Reps. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, and Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., were only a few days into their tenures as lawmakers on Jan. 6 when a mob attacked the U.S. Capitol, trapping them in the House chamber.
But within hours, Nehls, a former sheriff, would shed his jacket and find himself helping to barricade the chamber doors against rioters who were trying to break inside — with that blue shirt becoming one of the day’s most iconic images. “I had my Texas mask on, and he looked at me through that broken glass, and he said: ‘You’re from Texas. You should be with us.’ ... And at that point I said: ‘No, sir, I cannot support what you’re doing. This is criminal.’”“I’m a man of faith, and I believe He had me there at that time for that purpose,” he said.
“There’s this buzzing that I will never forget,” she said, describing the sound that came from the gas hood she wore in the chamber. “It’s all-consuming, because you have this hood on, and it’s like all you can hear.”
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