On the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) invoked the January 6th Capitol riot. Appearing on CBS News’s “Face the Nation” Sunday, Warner compared the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, in which nearly 3,000 Americans died, to the Capitol riot on January 6th, 2021.
He said the nation needs to recapture the “unity of spirit” felt on 9/11 to counter “election deniers” and January 6.
“I remember as most Americans do where they were on 9/11,” said Warner. “I was in it is middle of a political campaign and suddenly the differences with my opponent seemed very small in comparison. And our country came together… The stunning thing to me is, here we are 20 years later and the attack on the symbol of our democracy was not coming from terrorists but it came from literally insurgents attacking the Capitol on January 6th. So, I believe we are stronger… But I do worry about some of the activity in this country where the election deniers, the insurgency that took place on January 6th. That is something I hope we can see that same kind of unity of spirit.”
