Guno צְבִי
We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
When protesters began breaking into the U.S. Capitol building during the January 6 riot, Representative Ruben Gallego, a former Marine, instinctively jumped on a desk to give his colleagues advice on how to put on their gas masks and regulate their breathing.
In those chaotic moments, he admits now, he wished he had his military-issued gun.
In stories about the politically-fueled insurrection at the time, Gallego was said to have performed heroically, staying calm and helping his frightened colleagues get to safety as rioters poured into the Capitol.
Gallego closes the book with a description of his vantage point and experiences on January 6. By this time, the reader knows that Gallego is trained for anything that could come at him in that moment. But that knowledge comes with the realization that he had to use his combat training in his job at the U.S. Capitol as an American congressman.
Gallego's memories are shocking, but they reveal the severity of the incursion that day. He told Newsweek that he had some of the younger members of congress with him as they sought safety for themselves and some of his older colleagues.
One of his primary thoughts was that if they were attacked by rioters the younger members would have to work together to take them down. As Gallego walked with Representative Colin Allred, a 6-foot-1 former linebacker for the Tennessee Titans, they agreed that Allred would tackle the first person to come at them and Gallego would take on the second person.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/r...ying-attitude-of-hate-and-division/ar-AAQfkT8
In those chaotic moments, he admits now, he wished he had his military-issued gun.
In stories about the politically-fueled insurrection at the time, Gallego was said to have performed heroically, staying calm and helping his frightened colleagues get to safety as rioters poured into the Capitol.
Gallego closes the book with a description of his vantage point and experiences on January 6. By this time, the reader knows that Gallego is trained for anything that could come at him in that moment. But that knowledge comes with the realization that he had to use his combat training in his job at the U.S. Capitol as an American congressman.
Gallego's memories are shocking, but they reveal the severity of the incursion that day. He told Newsweek that he had some of the younger members of congress with him as they sought safety for themselves and some of his older colleagues.
One of his primary thoughts was that if they were attacked by rioters the younger members would have to work together to take them down. As Gallego walked with Representative Colin Allred, a 6-foot-1 former linebacker for the Tennessee Titans, they agreed that Allred would tackle the first person to come at them and Gallego would take on the second person.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/r...ying-attitude-of-hate-and-division/ar-AAQfkT8
