Rep. Jason Crow: Trump Has Radicalized His Most Fringed Supporters

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CROW: “Well, what we saw on Wednesday was a catastrophic security failure. Up until Wednesday, I had had confidence in the leadership of the Capitol Police and the sergeants at arms. That competence was grossly misplaced as it turns out. There is a tremendous lack of competence right now and going forth by members of Congress staff, journalists on the Hill many of whom I have talked to in the last couple days don’t feel safe returning to the capitol complex. And I understand that feeling. So it’s necessary in the days ahead that very aggressive measures are put into place. There's lots of communications. We are taking measures necessary to reassure folks, even more importantly, substantively putting security in place that we need to. What we have seen is the birth of a domestic terrorist movement. This was not going away. Donald Trump has radicalized his most fringed supporters. He has given them permission, he's given them license to be violent, to do anything necessary. They in their own minds believe themselves to be some sort of revolutionary. These are very dangerous people. They are not going away any time soon. So, we're going to have to make sure that we are working hand in hand with the Biden administration when it comes into office very soon here to put the people in place within the national security apparatus, law enforcement so we can deal with this in the years to come.”