Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) lambasted former President Trump’s slated visit to Capitol Hill on Thursday, alleging he is on a “mission of dismantling our democracy.”
“Today, the instigator of an insurrection is returning to the scene of the crime. January 6th was a crime against the Capitol, that saw Nazi and Confederate flags flying under the dome that Lincoln built,” Pelosi said in a statement shared with The Hill on Thursday.
“It was a crime against the Constitution and its peaceful transfer of power, in a desperate attempt to cling to power,” she continued. “And it was a crime against Members, heroic police officers and staff, that resulted in death, injury and trauma that endure to this day.”
Trump’s expected visit to the Capitol will mark his first since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, in which hundreds of rioters stormed the Capitol in protest of the 2020 election results and President Biden’s win.
Pelosi, a staunch critic of Trump, pointed to the former president’s dictator remarks, in which he suggested last year he would be a dictator for one day if he wins reelection.
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