Halls that echoed with the shouts of rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, will be quiet on Saturday, with no plans in Congress to mark the attack on the Capitol.
Some still haunted by the violence are struck by the silence from lawmakers on the third anniversary.
“The attention that it’s getting is underwhelming,” said Michael Fanone, a former Metropolitan Police Department officer who testified to lawmakers in 2021 that he was dragged into the crowd by rioters, beaten and tased repeatedly. Fanone told Roll Call in an interview this week that he and other police officers who fought for hours to restore order to the Capitol feel the threat to democracy has already been forgotten.
