CONGRESSMAN PAT RYAN'S STATEMENT ON THE THREE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION

Congressman Pat Ryan's Statement on the Three-Year Anniversary of January 6th Insurrection

KINGSTON, NY  –  Following a community event in Kingston highlighting the need to protect democracy, Congressman Pat Ryan released the following statement on the three-year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection. 

“As a West Point cadet and again as a member of Congress, I swore an oath to support and defend our Constitution against all enemies – foreign and domestic. 

When an insurrectionist mob attacked our Capitol at the direction of Donald Trump, our democracy held because of the brave American patriots who put country over self, who valued our Constitution as sacred. 

We are forever indebted to Capitol Police, MPD, and all others who undertook heroic actions on January 6th

But all those who love our country and believe in our founding values must be clear-eyed about the grave threat that the far-right MAGA movement continues to pose to our democracy.

Donald Trump is openly bragging that he’d be a dictator if elected President. Speaker Mike Johnson was the mastermind of Trump’s plot to overturn the election, and has spent his life working to strip away rights from the LGBTQ community. An increasingly radical Supreme Court is dead set on attacking this country’s foundational freedoms, including a woman’s right to choose.  

Democracy is not a given. We must actively work to protect it. I’ll continue to do that every day, and I urge every Patriot to join me in the fight.”

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