The Jan. 6 committee member who fled authoritarianism—and then the Capitol rioters 📝: EricCortellessa
The Jan. 6 Committee Member Who Fled Authoritarianism—and Then the Capitol Rioters
Hours later, Murphy and Rice had frantically found their way to Sinema’s hideaway, hoping the violent mob that had just breached the Capitol would pass them by. After the Senate floor was evacuated, and Capitol police escorted Sinema to an underground space, she saw on Twitter that rioters were near her office. She asked two officers to go help Murphy and Rice get somewhere safer.
In a way, the hearing will serve as Murphy’s swan song on Capitol Hill, as she is retiring when her term ends in January. She says she’s leaving elected office to spend more time with her two young kids. “I have a very narrow timeframe to be present enough in their lives when the hard years come with hormones and bigger challenges,” she says.
When she was six months old, she and her parents fled the country by boat. It wasn’t a seamless voyage. The boat ran out of fuel and had only one container of water for everyone on board. Then it was captured by pirates before the U.S. Navy came to the rescue and took them to Malaysia, where they were held in a refugee camp before leaving for American shores.
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