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| 7 | 7 | | LLS NO. R25-0839.01 Nicole Myers x4326 |
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| 8 | 8 | | SJR25-006 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Senate Committees House Committees |
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| 10 | 10 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 25-006 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ONCERNING CONDEMNATION OF TH E PARDONS OF THOSE INVOLVED101 |
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| 13 | 13 | | IN THE JANUARY 6, 2021, INSURRECTION AGAINST THE UNITED102 |
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| 15 | 15 | | TATES OF AMERICA.103 |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, On January 6, 2021, at a rally at The Ellipse outside1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | the White House, President Trump, following months of lies about2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | widespread voter fraud, claimed the election had been "stolen by3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | emboldened radical left Democrats", and told rally attendees "If you don't4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | fight like hell, you're not gonna have a country anymore"; and5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, Following President Trump's speech at The Ellipse,6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | rally attendees marched to the United States Capitol and many began7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | rioting, with official FBI estimates concluding that between 2,000 and8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2,500 people forcibly and illegally breached the Capitol, in what many9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | scholars have described as an "attempted self-coup" and "an10 |
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| 37 | | - | Camacho and Carter, Bacon, Bird, Boesenecker, Brown, Clifford, Duran, English, |
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| 38 | | - | Espenoza, Feret, Froelich, Garcia, Gilchrist, Hamrick, Jackson, Joseph, Lindsay, Lindstedt, |
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| 39 | | - | Lukens, Mabrey, Marshall, Martinez, Mauro, McCluskie, McCormick, Paschal, Phillips, |
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| 40 | | - | Ricks, Rutinel, Sirota, Smith, Stewart K., Stewart R., Titone, Valdez, Velasco, Willford, |
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| 41 | | - | Woodrow, Zokaie |
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| 34 | + | Camacho and Carter, |
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| 42 | 35 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 43 | 36 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law. |
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| 44 | 37 | | Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. insurrection"; and1 |
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| 45 | 38 | | WHEREAS, Insurrectionists sought to prevent, and successfully2 |
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| 46 | 39 | | postponed, the proceedings of the constitutionally mandated joint session3 |
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| 47 | 40 | | of Congress to certify the electoral college results of the freely and fairly4 |
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| 48 | 41 | | conducted 2020 presidential election; and5 |
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| 49 | 42 | | WHEREAS, Insurrectionists openly called for violence against6 |
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| 50 | 43 | | political figures, including chants calling for the hanging of Vice7 |
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| 51 | 44 | | President Mike Pence; and8 |
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| 52 | 45 | | WHEREAS, A gallows and a noose were erected on Capitol9 |
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| 53 | 46 | | grounds during the insurrection; and10 |
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| 54 | 47 | | WHEREAS, Undetonated pipe bombs were found after the attack11 |
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| 55 | 48 | | outside both the Democratic National Committee and the Republican12 |
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| 56 | 49 | | National Committee headquarters; and13 |
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| 57 | 50 | | WHEREAS, Due to the heroic efforts of Capitol Police officers,14 |
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| 58 | 51 | | the vice president and all members of Congress were successfully15 |
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| 59 | 52 | | evacuated from the Capitol before the insurrectionists breached the16 |
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| 60 | 53 | | Senate chamber and attempted unsuccessfully to breach the House17 |
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| 61 | 54 | | chamber; and18 |
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| 62 | 55 | | WHEREAS, Insurrectionists attacked Capitol Police officers with19 |
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| 63 | 56 | | brass knuckles, pickaxes, tomahawks, flagpoles, pepper spray, knives, fire20 |
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| 64 | 57 | | extinguishers, stolen police riot shields, batons, fencing, destroyed21 |
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| 65 | 58 | | furniture, and other makeshift weapons; and22 |
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| 66 | 59 | | WHEREAS, Multiple insurrectionists were later charged with, or23 |
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| 67 | 60 | | convicted of, illegally carrying firearms during the attack; and24 |
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| 68 | 61 | | WHEREAS, There is widespread evidence of premeditated online25 |
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| 69 | 62 | | coordination of the insurrection between the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers,26 |
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| 70 | 63 | | and Three Percenters, which are organizations that have been cited as27 |
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| 71 | 64 | | extremist groups by both the Southern Poverty Law Center and the28 |
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| 72 | 65 | | Anti-Defamation League; and29 |
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| 73 | 66 | | WHEREAS, One Capitol Police officer died from a stroke brought30 |
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| 74 | 67 | | on by the injuries he sustained from multiple assaults by insurrectionists;31 |
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| 75 | 68 | | and32 |
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| 76 | 69 | | 006 |
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| 77 | 70 | | -2- WHEREAS, Four Capitol Police officers who defended the1 |
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| 78 | 71 | | Capitol later died by suicide; and2 |
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| 79 | 72 | | WHEREAS, At least 174 Capitol Police officers were injured, 153 |
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| 80 | 73 | | of whom required hospitalization; and4 |
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| 81 | 74 | | WHEREAS, $2.7 million in damages were caused to the Capitol5 |
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| 82 | 75 | | building and grounds; and6 |
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| 83 | 76 | | WHEREAS, Following a request from District of Columbia Mayor7 |
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| 84 | 77 | | Muriel Bowser, 1,100 Washington D.C. National Guardsmen were called8 |
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| 85 | 78 | | up to restore peace and security to the Capitol and its grounds; and9 |
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| 86 | 79 | | WHEREAS, on January 20, 2025, President Trump pardoned, or10 |
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| 87 | 80 | | commuted the sentences for, all insurrectionists who were convicted of11 |
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| 88 | 81 | | crimes committed during the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States12 |
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| 89 | 82 | | Capitol and ensured that cases were dismissed for those who faced13 |
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| 90 | 83 | | charges or were under investigation for participation in the attack; and14 |
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| 91 | 84 | | WHEREAS, The rule of law, respect for the results of a free and15 |
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| 92 | 85 | | fair election, and freedom from political violence are foundational16 |
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| 93 | 86 | | cornerstones of the United States Constitution and core tenets of freedom17 |
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| 94 | 87 | | and the American way of life; and18 |
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| 95 | 88 | | WHEREAS, Those pardons erode the rule of law and signal an19 |
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| 96 | 89 | | acceptance of political violence, so long as the violence was committed20 |
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| 97 | 90 | | by those who support President Trump; and21 |
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| 98 | 91 | | WHEREAS, Such acceptance desecrates the service and sacrifice22 |
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| 99 | 92 | | of those who have defended the Constitution against such enemies; now,23 |
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| 100 | 93 | | therefore,24 |
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| 101 | 94 | | Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly25 |
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| 102 | 95 | | of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein: 26 |
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| 103 | 96 | | (1) That the Seventy-fifth Colorado General Assembly hereby27 |
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| 104 | 97 | | condemns the pardons of those involved in the January 6, 2021,28 |
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| 105 | 98 | | insurrection against the United States of America; and29 |
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| 106 | 99 | | (2) That the Seventy-fifth Colorado General Assembly further30 |
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| 107 | 100 | | condemns the firing of dedicated, selfless FBI agents assigned to said31 |
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| 108 | 101 | | insurrection cases, who committed their careers to the defense of our32 |
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| 109 | 102 | | 006 |
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| 110 | 103 | | -3- nation and its sovereignty.1 |
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| 111 | 104 | | Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent2 |
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| 112 | 105 | | to Governor Jared Polis and the members of Colorado's congressional3 |
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| 113 | 106 | | delegation.4 |
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| 114 | 107 | | 006 |
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| 115 | 108 | | -4- |
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