We went right after them and said, no, no, some things are not going to be for sale. We're not going to let this happen. When Trump had his slush fund, that he was going to start paying the rioters who charged and attacked the Capitol, that several of our Capitol Hill police died during that insurrection, he was going to make them into victims instead of felons. I was one of the first people to go out there and say this isn't going to happen. And I put an amendment onto a spending bill that they're trying to pass, and we stopped it right there. (12:57–13:12)
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Claims Trump intended to pay Capitol rioters, portraying them as victims.
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