First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. R25-0839.01 Nicole Myers x4326
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Senate Committees House Committees
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 25-006
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ONCERNING CONDEMNATION OF TH E PARDONS OF THOSE INVOLVED101
IN THE JANUARY 6, 2021, INSURRECTION AGAINST THE UNITED102
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TATES OF AMERICA.103
WHEREAS, On January 6, 2021, at a rally at The Ellipse outside1
the White House, President Trump, following months of lies about2
widespread voter fraud, claimed the election had been "stolen by3
emboldened radical left Democrats", and told rally attendees "If you don't4
fight like hell, you're not gonna have a country anymore"; and5
WHEREAS, Following President Trump's speech at The Ellipse,6
rally attendees marched to the United States Capitol and many began7
rioting, with official FBI estimates concluding that between 2,000 and8
2,500 people forcibly and illegally breached the Capitol, in what many9
scholars have described as an "attempted self-coup" and "an10
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WHEREAS, Insurrectionists sought to prevent, and successfully2
postponed, the proceedings of the constitutionally mandated joint session3
of Congress to certify the electoral college results of the freely and fairly4
conducted 2020 presidential election; and5
WHEREAS, Insurrectionists openly called for violence against6
political figures, including chants calling for the hanging of Vice7
President Mike Pence; and8
WHEREAS, A gallows and a noose were erected on Capitol9
grounds during the insurrection; and10
WHEREAS, Undetonated pipe bombs were found after the attack11
outside both the Democratic National Committee and the Republican12
National Committee headquarters; and13
WHEREAS, Due to the heroic efforts of Capitol Police officers,14
the vice president and all members of Congress were successfully15
evacuated from the Capitol before the insurrectionists breached the16
Senate chamber and attempted unsuccessfully to breach the House17
chamber; and18
WHEREAS, Insurrectionists attacked Capitol Police officers with19
brass knuckles, pickaxes, tomahawks, flagpoles, pepper spray, knives, fire20
extinguishers, stolen police riot shields, batons, fencing, destroyed21
furniture, and other makeshift weapons; and22
WHEREAS, Multiple insurrectionists were later charged with, or23
convicted of, illegally carrying firearms during the attack; and24
WHEREAS, There is widespread evidence of premeditated online25
coordination of the insurrection between the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers,26
and Three Percenters, which are organizations that have been cited as27
extremist groups by both the Southern Poverty Law Center and the28
Anti-Defamation League; and29
WHEREAS, One Capitol Police officer died from a stroke brought30
on by the injuries he sustained from multiple assaults by insurrectionists;31
and32
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Capitol later died by suicide; and2
WHEREAS, At least 174 Capitol Police officers were injured, 153
of whom required hospitalization; and4
WHEREAS, $2.7 million in damages were caused to the Capitol5
building and grounds; and6
WHEREAS, Following a request from District of Columbia Mayor7
Muriel Bowser, 1,100 Washington D.C. National Guardsmen were called8
up to restore peace and security to the Capitol and its grounds; and9
WHEREAS, on January 20, 2025, President Trump pardoned, or10
commuted the sentences for, all insurrectionists who were convicted of11
crimes committed during the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States12
Capitol and ensured that cases were dismissed for those who faced13
charges or were under investigation for participation in the attack; and14
WHEREAS, The rule of law, respect for the results of a free and15
fair election, and freedom from political violence are foundational16
cornerstones of the United States Constitution and core tenets of freedom17
and the American way of life; and18
WHEREAS, Those pardons erode the rule of law and signal an19
acceptance of political violence, so long as the violence was committed20
by those who support President Trump; and21
WHEREAS, Such acceptance desecrates the service and sacrifice22
of those who have defended the Constitution against such enemies; now,23
therefore,24
Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly25
of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein: 26
(1) That the Seventy-fifth Colorado General Assembly hereby27
condemns the pardons of those involved in the January 6, 2021,28
insurrection against the United States of America; and29
(2) That the Seventy-fifth Colorado General Assembly further30
condemns the firing of dedicated, selfless FBI agents assigned to said31
insurrection cases, who committed their careers to the defense of our32
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Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent2
to Governor Jared Polis and the members of Colorado's congressional3
delegation.4
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