The January 6th Report Quotes

“To cast a vote in the United States of America is an act of both hope and faith. When you drop that ballot in the ballot box, you do so with the confidence that every person named on that ballot will hold up their end of the bargain. The person who wins must swear an oath and live up to it.”
― The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, The January 6th Report: The Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

“Doug Porter, a political writer, put it simply: “If Trump’s coup attempt goes unpunished, it will become a training exercise.”
― The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, The January 6 Report

“Members of both the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers have been charged with “seditious conspiracy”
― The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, The January 6th Report

“As we’ve shown previously, this plan faltered at several points because of the courage of officials (nearly all of them Republicans) who refused to go along with it. Donald Trump appeared to believe that anyone who shared his partisan affiliation would also share the same callous disregard for his or her oath to uphold the rule of law. Fortunately, he was wrong.”
― The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, The January 6th Report

“When Americans vote for a presidential candidate on election day, they are actually casting votes for that candidate’s proposed presidential electors to participate in the electoral college. After a State certifies its election results and announces a winner, it also issues a “certificate of ascertainment,” which contains the names of the duly chosen electoral college electors. The electors whose names appear as having received the most votes on the certificate of ascertainment will go on to participate in the electoral college, while a losing candidate’s proposed electors have no role to play and no standing to participate in the electoral college. This happens after every Presidential election, in each of the fifty States and the District of Columbia.”
― The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, The January 6th Report: The Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

“This is how the Vice President later described his views in a public speech: I had no right to overturn the election. The Presidency belongs to the American people, and the American people alone. And frankly, there is no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American President. Under the Constitution, I had no right to change the outcome of our election.156”
― The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, The January 6th Report: The Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

“Likewise, the Electoral Count Act of 1887 provides no substantive role for the Vice President in counting votes, reinforcing that he or she can only act in a ministerial fashion—the Vice President may not choose, for example, to decline to count particular votes. In most cases (e.g., when one candidate has a majority of votes submitted by the States) Congress has only a ministerial role, as well. It simply counts electoral college votes provided by each State’s governor. Congress is not a court and cannot overrule State and Federal court rulings in election challenges.”
― The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, The January 6th Report: The Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

“John Adams wrote in 1761, “The very ground of our liberties is the freedom of elections.”
― The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, The January 6th Report: The Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

“We were told to remove our lapel pins. At the start of every new Congress, House Members are presented with lapel pins. They are about the size of a quarter and carry a seal of a bald eagle.”
― The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, The January 6th Report: The Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

“. Still others, including the author of this foreword, advance the highly disturbing thesis that the federal government may have had a hand in allowing the riot to happen, and even in some cases may have actively instigated it.”
― The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, The January 6th Report: The Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

“And he said [to President Trump], “You have got to get on TV. You’ve got to get on Twitter. You’ve got to call these people off.” You know what the President said to him? This is as it’s happening. He said, “Well Kevin, these aren’t my people. You know, these are Antifa. And Kevin responded and said, “No, they’re your people.”
― The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, The January 6 Report

“No, no, no!” Trump shouted. “You don’t understand, Mike. You can do this. I don’t want to be your friend anymore if you don’t do this.”196”
― The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, The January 6 Report