(upbeat rock music)
- It's been just over a year since the attack
on the US Capitol,
so last week I went back to Washington DC,
but now I'm ready for anything.
This time I'm prepared.
Contact number in case I get thrown in jail.
Money belt in case I need to bribe an Oath Keeper
when they take over the city.
If that doesn't go down, I got Potbelly's money
when I leave out of Union Station.
But, unlike last year, today there was a peace,
a quiet, a calm that almost suggested
perhaps our country is truly healing
from the events of that day.
And then we found this guy screaming at CNN's John King
broadcasting from a balcony.
- (bleep) you (bleep) (bleep)
Yo, (bleep) fake news bullshit!
Bunch of garbage, John King.
I wanna try and get across to people in the world, man.
I watch CNN.
I watch Fox News every day.
Chris Tucker, Hannity. - You watch Chris Tucker?
I love that guy.
- I watch all of you guys.
You know it's like, - Money Talks.
- Yeah. - Rush hour.
- I wore this shirt.
It says F Biden.
I saw (beep) Joe Biden.
I respect our president.
- It's important to have respect for the Office
of the President. - Exactly, exactly.
- And at the same time,
wear a shirt that says (beep) Biden.
- I mean for me, yes.
- Do you understand the inherent contradiction in that?
- Yes I do. I do.
I do. I do.
I definitely do.
- When we drove by,
I saw you screaming up at the second floor there
at John King from CNN and go (beep) himself.
- See what you're saying now.
What I did there, that was not in a good.
No, that was me.
My personal opinion towards John King and fake news CNN.
- Yes. So fake news CNN should go (beep) itself.
- Yeah. - Respectfully.
- Respectfully, yes, yes.
Now, do I want what my kids seeing me saying that?
No, of course not.
But I mean, we all have our days.
- You did have your,
I saw your kid in the car.
- Correct.
I have four of my kids in the car.
- Oh so they, - but they don't,
they don't understand.
They're not of age to understand.
- Okay.
So they did see, they just don't understand.
- Correct, yeah.
- [Jordan] Unfortunately,
our nation's leaders were respectfully divided
on how to best remember the day.
On the one hand,
you had the Democrats condemning the attacks
as only they know how.
- We're privileged to have a contribution
from one of the great creative talents of our time,
Lin Manuel Miranda.
- [Jordan] And on the other hand,
there were people like Representative Matt Gaetz
and Marjorie Taylor Greene, who were unapologetic
about what happened.
They were even planning an event of their own.
- I'm proud of the work that we did on January 6th
- That's right. - to make legitimate arguments
about election integrity.
So we're going to make those arguments today
- Absolutely. - at a press conference
at 2:15.
And we're actually going to go walk the grounds
that patriotic Americans walked from the White House
to the Capitol,
- [Jordan] A solemn walk in front of the media
to reenact the events of January 6th.
Plenty of time for me to ask some questions
as they patriotically saunter down,
oh, shit.
They're just getting into their cars.
- Hey Matt Gaetz,
if you're going to re-enact the events of January 6th,
who is going to take a shit in the rotunda?
And also, who's going to make the gallows?
Isn't this a little bit childish Matt?
Or is that what attracts you to this?
Oh well,
I'll catch him at one of the other sedition reenactments.
Of course there were some
who witnessed the events firsthand
who have a different attitude towards the rioters.
- When it comes to insurrections, (beep) them.
I don't give a (beep).
- Can I quote you on that? - Yeah.
- [Jordan] Representative Ruben Gallego
was inside with fellow congressmen of both parties,
just yards away from the violence.
- Look, I was scared for the country.
I was scared for my colleagues.
I was pissed off.
The thing I remember the most is seeing the fear
in the eyes of some very young staffers.
- I was here that day.
It was chaotic.
I got called an asshole just over there.
- Was it by a member of Congress or?
- The guy had a pitchfork.
Do you know the pitchfork guy?
Is he a member of Congress or is he?
- He might be.
Probably from the Freedom Caucus.
- Yeah, the guy was talking to with the pitchfork.
If he's not in Congress,
he's definitely running in the midterm.
- Probably as a front runner, yeah.
- [Jordan] Later, outside the halls of power,
Democrats gathered for a vigil,
hoping the country would never have to go
through a horrible day like that again.
But down the road, there was another vigil.
We're outside of jail right now.
Going to vigil number two.
Where they chose to look on the bright side
of the potential treason.
What would you call the events of January 6th?
- A wonderful, glorious event.
- People were excited that day.
- January 6th was the greatest day of my entire life.
- Okay, you're obviously not a police officer.
- There was no insurrection that day.
If there was any intention on our part,
we would have been actually freaking armed.
- If there was intention,
people would come with - We would have been.
- zip ties or bear spray or a pitchfork.
- Belt fence.
- What about the people who did come with zip ties,
bear spray, and pitchforks?
- Well, those weren't arms.
Those were just minimal defensive measures.
- Who is the candlelight vigil for?
- All of the patriots. - All of the 140 patriots.
The police officers were injured that day.
- Yeah.
- So it's for the police officers.
- No, it's not for them.
- This is for the patriots that are in prison.
- The people arrested for injuring the police officers
that day.
- It was people standing up to say,
you know, stop the steal.
- We're here at the site
of where the January 6th protesters are being detained.
This is a vigil for them.
Their rights have been taken away.
- So criminal justice is obviously a big issue for you.
- I'm interested in protecting everyone's rights.
- Are you going to Rikers island
to protest the 15 people who died last year?
- I am not.
- [Jordan] Even a year later,
selective victimization was still trending hot.
At the end of the day,
it might've felt that nothing has really changed,
that we were locked in an endless loop
talking about the same things with the same people.
I felt like that.
Apparently for a good reason.
I saw you in Hershey.
That's right.
Have you been?
- Oh, hanging in there, man?
How have you been?
- I've witnessed a near downfall of democracy.
- It's been, it's been a busy,
it's been a busy year or two.
- Yeah, yeah. I has.
- It's been a little hectic.
- [Jordan] A hectic year indeed.