House Democrats are tying the GOP dysfunction over selecting a speaker to the 2021 Capitol protest on its second anniversary Friday.
The caucus met on the steps of the Capitol to hold a moment of silence of police officers who lost their lives or were injured amid the riot. Republican Rep.-elect Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania also attended.
“Two years to the day, the House GOP is demonstrating on the floor that they’ve learned absolutely nothing,” said Rep.-elect Jake Auchincloss, Massachusetts Democrat.
Mr. Auchincloss, who vowed after the riot not to work with any Republicans who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, said Republicans must choose between governing and their loyalty to former President Donald Trump and its far-right members.