Rep. Andy Kim revealed on Tuesday that he donated the blue J. Crew suit he wore to the Capitol Building on January 6 to the Smithsonian.
In one of the viral images from January 6, the New Jersey Democrat is seen crouching down in his 'deep ocean'-colored suit and picking up trash left by the MAGA mob.
In a series of tweets about the Smithsonian donation, Kim called the suit - purchased off-the-rack during J. Crew's holiday sale - 'unremarkable' but said it became a symbol of 'resilience and hope' to people who wrote to him.
Rep. Andy Kim, a New Jersey Democrat, shows off the blue suit he wore on January 6 that he donated to the Smithsonian
The suit is a 'deep ocean'-colored suit from J. Crew that he said he bought off-the-rack during the store's holiday sale. It's currently on sale for $239.99 for the jacket and $129.99 for the pants
The visual of Rep. Andy Kim in his blue suit picking up debris and trash after the January 6 insurrection went viral
Rep. Andy Kim is photographed in the Capitol Rotunda picking up trash surrounded by law enforcement officers
'I wanted a bright blue new suit to wear to Biden's inauguration,' he said.
The suit, which is still sold online and on sale, currently retails for $239.99 for the jacket and $129.99 for the pants.
However, upon hearing that the Democrats had taken control of the U.S. Senate with Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff's wins in Georgia run-off races, Kim said he decided to wear the suit on January 6, when Congress would certify Biden's election.
'I bought it to be a suit of celebration, and I thought what better way to give the suit meaning than to wear it when I confirm the electoral college and then later to the inauguration,' Kim said.
As Congress was meeting to ceremonially count the Electoral College votes, thousands of former President Donald Trump's supporters broke into the Capitol Building, attacking police officers, breaking furniture and windows and making a mess of the place.
Kim was captured cleaning up debris in the Capitol Rotunda.
'Like my suit, what I did on Jan 6 on its face was unremarkable,' Kim said. 'I saw a mess and cleaned it. I wanted to right the wrongs of that day as quickly and as tangibly as I could. Neither my suit nor my actions are on their own worthy of memory, but the story
