#777 Domestic Darkness: An Insider's Account of the January 6 Insurrection

Domestic Darkness: An Insider's Account of the January 6 Insurrection

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Today, Domestic Darkness: An Insider's Account of the January 6 Insurrection, and it was time to fight or die.

That’s our guest today, author Julie Farnam, a former member of the US Capital Police who’s just read from her new book,  Domestic Darkness: An Insider's Account of the January 6 Insurrection.  You can hear it in her voice there.  Despite the three years since its occurrence, Julie Farnam, from the US Capital Police, still feels the heartbreak, both personally and for the United States. Our nation's democracy faced a harrowing challenge. January 6, 2021, marked a day of turmoil and terror as a white supremacist mob, fervent in their attempts to "Stop the Steal,” stormed the U.S. Capitol. This was not just an assault on a building; it was an assault on the very fabric of our democracy—the peaceful transfer of presidential power. In defending the Capitol, five valiant Capitol police officers tragically lost their lives, and nearly 140 others sustained severe, life-altering injuries.

We talk today to Julie Farnam about that day: it was terrifying. Not just for the immediate danger it presented, but for the stark revelation of our vulnerabilities. Julie Farnam observed, almost in a dissociated state, as the emblem of our country's democracy came under attack from its own people. The screams, the fear, the chaos—Julie Farnam says it was like watching a nightmare unfold in broad daylight. Even now, three years later, the full impact of what transpired on that chaotic day, even from a couple blacks away, feels elusive, like a dark cloud that she can't quite escape.

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