Demonstrators gather in Washington on 1-year anniversary of riots
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A year after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Park Police patrol the National Mall, with the Capitol in the background, in Washington. Today marks the first anniversary of the Capitol insurrection, a violent attack that has fundamentally changed Congress and prompted widespread concerns about the future of American democracy.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A year after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, a woman thanks a Capitol Police officer as he lets her up the stairs carrying flowers into the Capitol today in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man from the Midwest, who asked not to be named due to his concerns about reprisals by "right wing extremists," holds a sign in reaction to the attack at the Capitol today in Washington. "I came in specifically today to commemorate this awful day," said the man, "it feels like extremist voices are filling the void. Unless they get some push back from fair minded people things will just get worse."ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bill Wood of Rockville, Md., rallies outside the Capitol building on the one year anniversary when rioters stormed the building today in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nicky Bundt of Washington, D.C., rallies outside the Capitol building on the one year anniversary when rioters stormed the building today in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, arrive to speak at the start of a discussion with historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham on Capitol Hill in Washington today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Protestors rally outside the Capitol building on the one year anniversary when rioters stormed the building today in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
With the U.S. Capitol building in the background, a person holds an American flag and a flameless candle during a vigil today in Washington, on the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., right, has her arm around Micki Witthoeft, center, mother of Ashli Babbitt, as she speaks on the west side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
One year after the violent insurrection at the Capitol, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., allies of former President Donald Trump, talk to reporters as they show a video to place responsibility on Democrats, the Capitol Police, and the federal government for the attack, on Capitol Hill in Washington today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Protestors rally outside the Capitol building today in Washington.