CAPITOL IS A SEA
OF LEGISLATIVE POWER IN AMERICA
AND HAS HOUSE CONGRESS SINCE
THE YEAR 1800 IN THAT TIME THE
CAPITOL BUILDING HAS WITNESSED
COUNTLESS PROTESTS BOMBINGS
SHOOTINGS AND FIGHTS
BETWEEN LAWMAKERS, ONLY ONE
OTHER TIME HAS IT BEEN OCCUPIED
BY AN ENEMY FORCE THAT'S WHEN
THE BRITISH ARMY SACKED
WASHINGTON DC DURING THE WAR OF
1812, HERE'S A DISCUSSED A
HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF
YESTERDAY'S DOMESTIC TERRORIST
ATTACK IS DOCTOR BARBARA PERRY,
PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF
PRESIDENTIAL STUDIES AT U V A'S
MILLER CENTER BARBARA WELCOME
TO THE SHOW FIRST I WANT TO
SAY WHERE SUCH HISTORY BUFFS
HERE SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME. WHAT WAS YOUR
REACTION TO RIOTERS STORMING
THE CAPITOL BUILDING AND IS IT
POSSIBLE TO FIND A HISTORICAL
COMPARISON HERE.
I WOULD CALL THEM FIRST
OF ALL.
>> I HAVE TO SAY IS A BOTH A
POLITICAL SCIENTIST AND A
PRESIDENTIAL
ORAL HISTORIAN. UP A TREE AND I
CONSIDER MYSELF A I WORKED ON
CAPITOL HILL IN THOSE VERY
HALLWAYS AS A COLLEGE IN TURN I
WORKED AT THE SUPREME COURT
ACROSS
THE STREET. AS CAREER POLITICAL
SCIENTIST IN THE MID
1990'S. AND SO THAT SPACE IS
NOT ONLY HISTORIC TO ME, BUT IT
IS SACRED TO ME
AND SO I HAVE TO TELL YOU I WAS
NEAR TEARS AT TIMES YESTERDAY
AND FELT MY STOMACH,
TURNING AND HAS IT EVER
HAPPENED BEFORE. YOU MENTIONED
THE WAR OF 1812 IN 1814 A
FOREIGN FORCE, THE BRITISH
FROM THEN WE HAD SUCCESSFULLY
REVOLTED IN THE ROOM POLLUTION
AREA OR IN THE
PREVIOUS CENTURY. STORMED A
WASHINGTON DC BURNED THE CAP,
BUT THEY BURNED THE WHITE HOUSE
DOWN TO
A SHELL AND THEN PRESIDENT
JAMES MADISON, DOLLY MADISON IT
HAD TO FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES
FROM INVADING ARMY. AND
YESTERDAY WE SAW OUR MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS HAVING TO FLEE FROM
THEIR OWN COUNTRY MEN
AND WOMEN AGAIN THESE DOMESTIC
TERRORISTS TAKING OVER THE
CAPITAL SO YES, IT'S BEEN THE
SCENE OF MANY
MANY PROTESTS. BUT NOT ACTUAL
OCCUPATION BY A DOMESTIC
TERRORIST FORCE.
>> PROFESSOR THE CAPITALS, ONE
OF THE MOST
SECURE BUILDINGS ON THE PLANET
HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED AT
THIS SCALE BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT
I'VE BEEN IN THAT BUILDING AS
WELL AND SECURITY MEASURES ARE
PRETTY EXTREME HOW DID THIS
HAPPEN.
>> NATS THE QUESTION OF THE
HOUR IN THE DAY AND FOREVERMORE
UNTIL WE HAVE A I THINK
A COMPLETE RECKONING ABOUT WHAT
WENT WRONG.
IT'S IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE LAW
ENFORCEMENT DIDN'T KNOW THAT
THIS COULD HAPPEN I'VE BEEN
THINKING
ABOUT IT FOR A GOOD PART OF THE
LAST 4 YEARS OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AND CERTAINLY
HAS JENNY
NOT ANGER AS A DEMAGOGUE
AND PREVAILING UPON HIS PEOPLE
ALL THE WAY UP TO
YESTERDAY TO I ASKED THEM AND
ENCOURAGE THEM AND INCITE THEM
TO MARCH UP TO THE CAPITOL AND
TAKE IT OVER. SO I'M
JUST SO I'M CLEAR IN MY MIND AS
TO WHY THERE WAS NOT A
BIGGER PURSE PRESENCE THERE WHY
THERE WAS NOT A PERIMETER I
THINK BACK TO MY MILD EMPLOYER.
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT EVERY
YEAR FOR THE MARCH ON
WASHINGTON BY THOSE WHO PROMOTE
THE PRO-LIFE COLOR
ROE V IT'S THE ANNIVERSARY OF
ROE V WADE, THE SUPREME COURT
SHUTS DOWN THEY THEY DON'T HAVE
ORAL ARGUMENTS THAT DAY THAT
CREATE A PERIMETER, THEY HAVE
THEIR OWN POLICE FORCE THE
SUPREME COURT POLICE FORCE
WHICH
SUPER PROFESSIONAL AND THEY
DON'T LET PEOPLE GET YOU KNOW
CERTAINLY A STONE'S THROW
OF THAT BEAUTIFUL MAJESTIC
TEMPLE ON CAPITOL HILL, SO IT'S
JUST BEYOND ME AS TO HOW THIS
COULD HAPPEN. I AT THE U.S.
CAPITOL, ESPECIALLY AFTER 9.11.
>> SOME TO CIRCLE CONTACTS CAME
OUT YESTERDAY THAT TO BE HONEST
PROFESSOR I CAN'T GET OUT OF MY
HEAD THE CONFEDERACY NEVER MADE
IT TO WASHINGTON DC BUT
YESTERDAY WE MANY
CONFEDERATE FLAGS, FLOWN IN THE
CAPITOL BUILDING WHAT DOES THIS
MEAN HISTORICALLY AND FOR THOSE
GROUPS. THE HAVE SUFFERED UNDER
THIS BANNER.
>> WELL ONE CONFEDERATE MADE IT
TO WASHINGTON DC AND THAT WAS
JOHN WILKES BOOTH IN APRIL OF
1865 OF COURSE ASSASSINATING
LINCOLN AT FORD'S THEATER AND
AND YET YOU'RE YOU'RE RIGHT TO
SAY WHILE
THEY NEVER TOOK OVER THE
CAPITAL NEVER OCCUPIED THE
THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT THE
SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN AND WHEN
YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO
THE VERY ESSENCE OF A DEMAGOGUE
THAT IS A PERSON WHO TELLS LIES
AND HALF-TRUTHS ENGINES OF
ANGER AND DIVISION AMONG THE
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE
LIKE FROM THE CONFEDERACY'S
PAST AND THOSE
WHO ARE ARE YOU KNOW NEO-NAZIS
WHO ARE BEING PROMOTED BY THIS
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AND SO IT MUST MAKE PEOPLE
MAKES ME UPSET
AND I COME FROM A BORDER STATE
OF KENTUCKY RIDGE LENA MY GREAT
GREAT GRANDFATHER FOUGHT FOR
THE UNION, I'M PROUD TO SAY.
BUT I'M SURE FOR PEOPLE OF
COLOR FOR. SO MANY BLACK PEOPLE
IN WASHINGTON DC IN AROUND THE
IT JUST MUST SPEED INDEED
SICKENING AND FRIGHTENING
TO SEE THE CONFEDERATE FLAG
BEING MARCHED THROUGH THE HALLS
OF CONGRESS.
>> THE CAPITALS REPRESENTS
DEMOCRACY ACROSS THE GLOBE.
WHAT DID THESE RIGHTS DUE TO
AMERICA'S PERCEPTION AS A
DEMOCRATIC LEADER
INTERNATIONALLY HOW WILL BE
REMEMBERED AROUND THE WORLD
HISTORICALLY WHEN THEY LOOK
BACK.
>> I DO A LOT OF MEDIA I DO A
LOT
OF MEDIA BUT FOR OUTLETS AROUND
THE WORLD INCLUDING FOR AL
HERO, WHICH IS A PARTNER WITH
VOICE OF AMERICA AND I B THAT
IS PART OF MY CIVIC DUTY TO
TALK TO PEOPLE IN THAT CASE IN
THE MIDDLE
EAST AND AFRICA ABOUT THE
UNITED STATES. I SPOKE TO US
3,000 PEOPLE FROM 70 DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES AS OF FELLOW AT THE
SUPREME COURT THEY WANTED TO
KNOW ABOUT OUR DEMOCRACY THEY
WERE FROM NEW DEMOCRACIES AFTER
THE COLD WAR AND THEY
WERE SO IN ALL OF OUR SYSTEM
AND HOW OLD IT WASN'T AND I
WOULD SAY WE'RE NOT PERFECT BY
ANY
MEANS BUT WE TRY TO OVERCOME
OUR IMPERFECTIONS TO CREATE
THAT MORE PERFECT UNION.
I HOPE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'LL
DO NOW, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT
JANUARY THE 6 OF 2021 WILL BE A
DAY THAT LIVES IN INFAMY FOR
OUR HISTORY AND HOW WE'RE