Pelosi Says Rioters Chose Their ‘Whiteness’ over Democracy

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Saturday that the rioters who took part in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday chose their “whiteness” over democracy.

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The comment came after Pelosi acknowledged the number of people who died of COVID-19 on Wednesday and Thursday, both of which were records for single-day coronavirus deaths in the United States.

On Wednesday, a mob of President Trump‘s supporters violently attacked the Capitol building while Congress, including the speaker, were in the process of certifying President-elect Joe Biden‘s Electoral College win. {snip}

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“When that assault was taking place on the Capitol, 3,865 people in our country died of the coronavirus, many of them people of color because of the injustice of it all,” Pelosi said.

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“I thought it was going to be an epiphany for those who were in opposition of our democracy to see the light,” Pelosi said. “Instead, it was an epiphany for the world to see that there are people in our country, led by this President, for the moment, who have chosen their whiteness over democracy. That’s what this is about.”

The Speaker ended her remarks by saying what she described as the “complicity” and the “instigation” of Trump will be addressed.

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