Long after most other lawmakers had been rushed to safety, they were on the hard marble floor, ducking for cover.Trapped in the gallery of the House, occupying balcony seats off-limits to the public because of COVID-19, roughly three dozen House Democrats were the last ones to leave the chamber on January 6, bearing witness as the certification of a presidential election gave way to a violent insurrection.As danger neared, and as the rioters were trying to break down the doors, they called their families. They scrambled for makeshift weapons and mentally prepared themselves to fight. Many thought they might die.
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