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Dem Rep Pramilla Jayapal took her turn slamming the President on the 5-year anniversary of the January 6 Capitol riot posting a video of her speech with this tag line:“For 5 years, Trump and Republicans have tried to erase and rewrite the story of January 6th — the day a violent mob stormed the Capitol and tried to overturn the 2020 election. Now, as he continues acting like a dictator, the strength of our democracy is being tested.”Video of her speech:"It has been five years since Donald Trump incited an insurrection at the United States Capitol to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 election, and five years that Trump and Republicans have tried to erase and rewrite that day. Across the country, Americans want to know: what are the consequences for a President who tried to steal an election in furtherance of his own singular power? If we cannot tell the truth of that day, then we fail our founders and our future, we embolden dictators and authoritarians around the world, and we betray Benjamin Franklin's challenge to us when he said, 'we have a republic, if we can keep it.' January 6th was created by a madman, his cult followers, and those too afraid to stand up for him. For 244 years, we have had peaceful transfers of power. The founders planned for a potential dictator as President, but they did not plan for an entire party to follow that dictator. They had faith that members of Congress of both parties would put country first. That faith is being severely tested."Source: X