Senate Joint Resolution 25-006 Revised

Senate Joint Resolution 25-006

• Page 1, Line 101Concerning condemnation of the pardons of those involved

• Page 1, Line 102in the January 6, 2021, insurrection against the United

• Page 1, Line 103States of America.

• Page 1, Line 1WHEREAS, On January 6, 2021, at a rally at The Ellipse outside

• Page 1, Line 2the White House, President Trump, following months of lies about

• Page 1, Line 3widespread voter fraud, claimed the election had been "stolen by

• Page 1, Line 4emboldened radical left Democrats", and told rally attendees "If you don't fight like hell, you're not gonna have a country anymore"; and

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• Page 1, Line 6WHEREAS, Following President Trump's speech at The Ellipse,

• Page 1, Line 7rally attendees marched to the United States Capitol and many began

• Page 1, Line 8rioting, with official FBI estimates concluding that between 2,000 and

• Page 1, Line 92,500 people forcibly and illegally breached the Capitol, in what many

• Page 1, Line 10scholars have described as an "attempted self-coup" and "an insurrection"; and

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• Page 2, Line 2WHEREAS, Insurrectionists sought to prevent, and successfully

• Page 2, Line 3postponed, the proceedings of the constitutionally mandated joint session

• Page 2, Line 4of Congress to certify the electoral college results of the freely and fairly conducted 2020 presidential election; and

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• Page 2, Line 6WHEREAS, Insurrectionists openly called for violence against

• Page 2, Line 7political figures, including chants calling for the hanging of Vice President Mike Pence; and

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• Page 2, Line 9WHEREAS, A gallows and a noose were erected on Capitol grounds during the insurrection; and

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• Page 2, Line 11WHEREAS, Undetonated pipe bombs were found after the attack

• Page 2, Line 12outside both the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee headquarters; and

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• Page 2, Line 14WHEREAS, Due to the heroic efforts of Capitol Police officers,

• Page 2, Line 15the vice president and all members of Congress were successfully

• Page 2, Line 16evacuated from the Capitol before the insurrectionists breached the

• Page 2, Line 17Senate chamber and attempted unsuccessfully to breach the House chamber; and

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• Page 2, Line 19WHEREAS, Insurrectionists attacked Capitol Police officers with

• Page 2, Line 20brass knuckles, pickaxes, tomahawks, flagpoles, pepper spray, knives, fire

• Page 2, Line 21extinguishers, stolen police riot shields, batons, fencing, destroyed furniture, and other makeshift weapons; and

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• Page 2, Line 23WHEREAS, Multiple insurrectionists were later charged with, or convicted of, illegally carrying firearms during the attack; and

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• Page 2, Line 25WHEREAS, There is widespread evidence of premeditated online

• Page 2, Line 26coordination of the insurrection between the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers,

• Page 2, Line 27and Three Percenters, which are organizations that have been cited as

• Page 2, Line 28extremist groups by both the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League; and

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• Page 2, Line 30WHEREAS, One Capitol Police officer died from a stroke brought

• Page 2, Line 31on by the injuries he sustained from multiple assaults by insurrectionists; and

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• Page 3, Line 1WHEREAS, Four Capitol Police officers who defended the Capitol later died by suicide; and

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• Page 3, Line 3WHEREAS, At least 174 Capitol Police officers were injured, 15 of whom required hospitalization; and

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• Page 3, Line 5WHEREAS, $2.7 million in damages were caused to the Capitol building and grounds; and

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• Page 3, Line 7WHEREAS, Following a request from District of Columbia Mayor

• Page 3, Line 8Muriel Bowser, 1,100 Washington D.C. National Guardsmen were called up to restore peace and security to the Capitol and its grounds; and

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• Page 3, Line 10WHEREAS, on January 20, 2025, President Trump pardoned, or

• Page 3, Line 11commuted the sentences for, all insurrectionists who were convicted of

• Page 3, Line 12crimes committed during the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States

• Page 3, Line 13Capitol and ensured that cases were dismissed for those who faced charges or were under investigation for participation in the attack; and

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• Page 3, Line 15WHEREAS, The rule of law, respect for the results of a free and

• Page 3, Line 16fair election, and freedom from political violence are foundational

• Page 3, Line 17cornerstones of the United States Constitution and core tenets of freedom and the American way of life; and

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• Page 3, Line 19WHEREAS, Those pardons erode the rule of law and signal an

• Page 3, Line 20acceptance of political violence, so long as the violence was committed by those who support President Trump; and

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• Page 3, Line 22WHEREAS, Such acceptance desecrates the service and sacrifice

• Page 3, Line 23of those who have defended the Constitution against such enemies; now, therefore,

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• Page 3, Line 25Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:

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• Page 3, Line 27(1)  That the Seventy-fifth Colorado General Assembly hereby

• Page 3, Line 28condemns the pardons of those involved in the January 6, 2021, insurrection against the United States of America; and

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• Page 3, Line 30(2)   That the Seventy-fifth Colorado General Assembly further

• Page 3, Line 31condemns the firing of dedicated, selfless FBI agents assigned to said

• Page 3, Line 32insurrection cases, who committed their careers to the defense of our nation and its sovereignty.

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• Page 4, Line 2Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent

• Page 4, Line 3to Governor Jared Polis and the members of Colorado's congressional delegation.