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As we remember January 6th and the dark actions of the mob attack on our nation’s Capitol, we fully realize that this insurrection was a calculated conspiracy to overthrow our democracy. It was a fascist attempt to, by force and lies, overturn a legitimate election. This violent, failed coup was sanctioned by a sitting president, aided and abetted by Members of Congress and other elected representatives, all of them members of the Republican Party.

The dangers posed by this fascist power grab have not dissipated. The forces responsible for Jan. 6 continue to jeopardize our nation. The behaviors that fomented this insurrection persist, and we see it as Republican office holders and extremist/supremist groups continue to plot to establish a form of government that relies on fear and lies to secure power for a minority of Americans at the expense of the rights and voices of the majority.

Republicans continue to utilize and expand the 2020 election playbook by demonizing the media, politicizing science and facts, questioning the legitimacy of judicial rulings, downplaying the insurrection, and perpetuating the Big Lie that the outcome of the 2020 election was stolen. Across the country, former President Trump, the Republican Party and his allies continue to fan flames of subversion, enact undemocratic policies and legal challenges, threaten elected officials who disagree with the outcome of the election, illegally gerrymander their way into power, and seek key statewide offices that oversee elections in swing states like Arizona that will enable Republicans to overturn the will of the people in future elections.

In Arizona, we have the former Liar-in-Chief hosting a rally on January 15th to move the Big Lie movement and fascism forward in our nation. We must defend our democracy and pursue efforts to ensure that our democracy is protected and our right to vote remains free and fair. I will continue to push our Senate colleagues to pass critical voting rights legislation and measures that protect our system of government from corruption and weaponization by any future president. We must support the January 6th Committee to complete its work swiftly to hold the insurrectionists and those Republican officials and individuals who aided in the failed coup accountable. The Biden administration and Department of Justice must do much more to protect our democracy.

As the former President’s event comes closer, it’s time for Arizonans to get involved, register to vote, volunteer, and​civically engage in protect​ing our democracy. We must fight back and resist state-level attempts to make voting more difficult and organize to oppose enactment of anti-democratic state laws. I urge Gov. Ducey and the community to exercise caution and restraint to maintain public safety and keep people safe regardless of political views or party affiliation.” 

This article appears in Dec 23, 2021.

16 replies on “Congressman Raul Grijalva: Jan. 6 Attack on Capitol Was a Calculated Conspiracy to Otherthrow Our Democracy”

  1. Whatever you say, Ralph …err, Raul (yes, we know you changed your name to sound more Hispanic years ago).

    I’m sure your constituents agree with the nonsense which regularly spews from your face (that is, when it is not covered by a bottle of tequila).

  2. Sorry Raul. It looks like democrats were being the whole plan. Can’t wait to watch Ray Epps squirm on tgecwitness stand. Who will he implicate?

    By the way, get back to securing our southern border.

  3. We are not a democracy Mr Grijalva. Please study our history as a nation before you trash it.

  4. It appears that Nancy Pelosi has issued her talking points to her democrat congressional puppets. Look around and you will find similar comments from other members of the democrats in the house.

  5. Hey Raul, You cant deflect the evidence of election fraud by promising even more fraud. Democrats always accuse others of what they are doing.
    Ballot box stuffers were paid 45,000 in Georgia. The truth will set you free Ralph.

  6. democracy:
    noun, plural de·moc·ra·cies.
    government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

    This makes the United States a democracy. Specifically, a representative democracy.
    Yet, the right wing of the country of late has debated this and it’s clear to see that while we used to believe in majority rule, they no longer do. They would like to restrict citizens they disagree with from voting because they are no longer a majority but would like to remain in power. How do I know this? Their representatives in Washington proudly proclaim it on national TV.
    Hopefully in 2022 we will see those involved in the attempted coup of our federal government last January to be exposed, charged and held in trial for all to see.
    Maybe this will set us back on course with our “American Experiment”.

  7. Government of the people for the people and by the people has been replaced with a financial war on North America.

    Afghanistan
    Border
    Crude Oil Production
    Inflation
    Health Care and Pharma double digit escalation

    People like Ken believe in one party rule, or dictatorship.

    Capitalism needs competition to be successful. So does governance.

    You can see the freedoms they are taking.

  8. Wait a minute Mr Grijalva, did you approve having shooters ready for Jan 6?

    Either they lied when they claimed they didn’t know it would happen, or they planned to shoot even more Americans.

    Probably both.

  9. While often categorized as a democracy, the United States is more accurately defined as a constitutional federal republic. What does this mean? “Constitutional” refers to the fact that government in the United States is based on a Constitution which is the supreme law of the United States. The Constitution not only provides the framework for how the federal and state governments are structured, but also places significant limits on their powers. “Federal” means that there is both a national government and governments of the 50 states. A “republic” is a form of government in which the people hold power, but elect representatives to exercise that power.

  10. I have to apologize for Ralph — my Dad.
    Sometimes he hits the bottle waaaay to early in the day.

    Signed,
    Adelita G

  11. It’s amazing how the Democrats actually make public exactly what they are actually doing to deflect the deed onto the innocent Republican party. They have been doing this since the time of Lincoln. Dems are as nasty & treacherous as they always been. I’m ashamed I was ever a supporter. They depend on their constituents’ lack of interest in what they’ve done throughout history

  12. Everyone knew that democrats had been cheating in elections. But when HRC lost to Trump they pulled out all the stops. Felons could vote, ballots sent to vacant addresses by the hundreds, paid cheaters to ballot harvest, make up Russian dossier and Ukraine phone call in an attempt to win all future elections.

    Today we find out that the FBI and DOJ had 350 agents dressed as Trumpers and breached the Capitol building.

    So Congressman, is your party antifa?

  13. Pat attention the fact the Mr Grijalva never mentions the USC. Ask him why he doesn’t. Instead he stokes minority fears about voter suppression when their own results show that in 2012 Obama received 95% of the black vote and then Biden claims 10 million more votes than Obama.

    What suppression folks? They are the frauds.

  14. To Paul and let me,
    thanks for proving my point that the right wing today no longer believes
    that the US is a democracy or believes in majority rule.
    Calling majority rule ‘a dictatorship’, really now, have you no shame?

  15. You need to apply the one consistent rule to Congressman Grijalvas comments.

    1. Listen to what they say

    2. watch what they do

    Do the two match?

    So he says he is fighting to end voter suppression.

    OK let’s look at his history.

    Presidential election objections
    Concerned about allegations of voting irregularities purportedly leading to disenfranchisement, in 2004 Grijalva joined Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson and several other House Democrats in requesting that the United Nations observe and certify elections in the United States.[90] After the general election, Grijalva was one of 31 representatives to vote not to count Ohio’s electoral votes.[91] President George W. Bush won Ohio by 118,457 votes.[92] Without Ohio’s electoral votes, the election would have been decided by the U.S. House of Representatives, with each state having one vote in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

    Grijalva objected to North Carolina’s electoral votes in the 2016 presidential election, which Donald Trump won by over 150,000 votes.[93] Because no senator joined his objection, it was dismissed.-Wikipedia

    United Nations observe and certify our elections? He has a long history of trying to subvert or eliminate other’s votes.

    Part of the Communist Party?

    So the results are in. WATCH WHAT THEY ATTEMPT TO DO WITH THEIR POWER.

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