{"id":118714,"date":"2021-02-05T11:05:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T16:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=118714"},"modified":"2021-02-05T11:42:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T16:42:55","slug":"congressman-apologizes-tearfully-claims-capitol-riot-helped-him-understand-his-privilege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressman-apologizes-tearfully-claims-capitol-riot-helped-him-understand-his-privilege\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressman Apologizes, Tearfully Claims Capitol Riot Helped Him Understand His \u2018Privilege\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcongressman-apologizes-tearfully-claims-capitol-riot-helped-him-understand-his-privilege%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=118714&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1229890376.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) delivered a speech on the House floor Thursday night recounting his experience during the Capitol riot and said the ordeal helped him to understand his \u201cprivilege,\u201d for which he tearfully apologized.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a special order hour that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) organized, Phillips joined several other Democratic members of Congress to reflect on the unrest of Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips first rose to thank Ocasio-Cortez for organizing the special order hour and \u201cfor inspiring rising generations\u201d such as his daughters.<\/p>\n<p>Remembering how he was one of 20 members of Congress who took cover in the House gallery when the Capitol was breached on Jan. 6, Phillips said he wasn\u2019t sure if he was going to survive or if he would have to stab would-be attackers with his pencil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m not here this evening to seek sympathy or just to tell my story [but] rather to make a public apology,\u201d said Phillips. \u201cFor recognizing that we were sitting ducks in this room as the chamber was about to be breached. I screamed to my colleagues to follow me, to follow me across the aisle to the Republican side of the chamber, so that we could blend in \u2014 so that we could blend in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Phillips said he then realized at the time that if he were a person of color, he would not be able to blend in by pretending to be a Republican, which moved him to realize the privilege he claims he has as a white man.<\/p>\n<p>His voice shaking with emotion, Phillips apologized to his colleagues and the entire country for his white privilege. \u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m sorry. For I had never understood, really understood, what privilege really means. It took a violent mob of insurrectionists and a lightning bolt moment in this very room. But now I know. Believe me, I really know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This evening on the floor of the House, I shared reflections about the January 6th insurrection, a lightning bolt moment, and an apology many years in the making. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vS2WERQNz6\">pic.twitter.com\/vS2WERQNz6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Dean Phillips \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@RepDeanPhillips) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDeanPhillips\/status\/1357521089631551488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Phillips was not the only participant of the evening to be moved to tears remembering the riot. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), who was not present at the Capitol when the riot took place, openly wept on the House floor speaking about the death threats she receives. As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/its-hard-aoc-comforts-tlaib-as-she-weeps-on-house-floor-recounting-death-threats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Tlaib was not present at the Capitol during the riot, but was moved with emotion remembering how the riot made her feel.&nbsp;As she rose to speak, she started to cry almost immediately.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOn my very first day of orientation, I got my first death threat,\u201d Tlaib began. \u201cIt was a serious one. They took me aside, the FBI had to go to the gentleman\u2019s home. I didn\u2019t even get sworn in yet and someone wanted me dead for just existing. More came later. Uglier, more violent.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Tlaib\u2019s emotion rose as she went on to mention a death threat she received that celebrated the New Zealand mosque massacre and another that mentioned her son by name.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEach one paralyzed me each time,\u201d Tlaib continued, as Ocasio-Cortez moved into frame to console her. \u201cSo what happened on Jan. 6, all I could do was thank Allah that I wasn\u2019t here.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/its-hard-aoc-comforts-tlaib-as-she-weeps-on-house-floor-recounting-death-threats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018It\u2019s Hard\u2019: AOC Comforts Tlaib As She Weeps On House Floor Recounting Death Threats<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) delivered a speech on the House floor Thursday night recounting his experience during the Capitol riot and said the ordeal helped him to understand his \u201cprivilege,\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892707,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5442,4172,4856,5408,3618,5445],"class_list":["post-118714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-apologizes","tag-capitol","tag-claims","tag-congressman","tag-riot","tag-tearfully"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}