Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democratic senators recounted their experiences on January 6 during floor speeches Thursday before the Senate held a moment of silence to observe the one-year anniversary of the Capitol attack.
Schumer recalled being 'within 30 feet of these nasty, racist, bigoted insurrectionists,' recalling footage that had been shared during former President Donald Trump's second impeachment of the New York Democrat's narrow escape.
'I was told later that one of them reportedly said, 'There's the big Jew, let's get him,'' said Schumer. 'Bigotry against one, is bigotry against all,' he added.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democratic senators recounted their experiences on January 6 during floor speeches Thursday before the Senate held a moment of silence to observe the one-year anniversary of the Capitol attack
Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, presides over the Senate's moment of silence on the anniversary of January 6. Across the Capitol, the House of Representatives held a moment of silence at the same time
In a security video shared during former President Donald Trump's second impeachment, Schumer can be seen being evacuated from the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021
Schumer and his security detail can be seen running the opposite direction after encountering the MAGA mob during the January 6 insurrection
The antisemitic anecdote was originally told to The New York Times in March.
'And I saw something that I've been told later never happened before - the Confederate flag flying in this dear Capitol,' Schumer continued.
'That's just one of many, searing grotesque images of this unimaginable, most un-American day,' he said.
Democratic senators lined up to make floor speeches to mark the one-year anniversary.
Many of their Republican counterparts were out of town for the funeral of the late Sen. Johnny Isakson.
Earlier, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell sent out a statement calling January 6 a 'dark day for Congress and our country,' but lambasting Democrats for trying to get voting rights legislation passed by tying the bills to the anniversary of the deadly attack.
At noon, Sen. Cory Booker, Democrat of New Jersey, was in the chair and announced the
