OPINION | I never imagined assault on democracy as a congressman

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Editor's Note:

Seth Moulton, Democrat, represents Massachusetts's 6th District in the US House of Representatives. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author alone.

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"If they don't fight like hell, they won't have a country anymore."

Those were the words of the US president, pronounced this Wednesday in the Ellipse, when he asked his followers to overthrow our democracy.

In response to his call, and fueled by the conspiracy theories he has propagated for years, his supporters marched down the streets like a rogue army and attacked the United States Capitol.

As I write this, I am taking refuge in the Capitol Complex with the rest of Congress.

The Capitol Police rushed us out of our offices and the Chamber floor, when these terrorists stormed the building and began weaving through the hallways.

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When I took a photo of a group of Republicans in our crowded room, proudly refusing to wear masks, a first-year Trump acolyte, Representative Mary Miller from Illinois, ran up and started yelling at me.

Apparently she didn't want her hypocrisy to be publicly displayed.

Although earlier today he had no qualms about summoning the protesters invoking Hitler.

Hitler was right about one thing.

He said: 'He who has the youth has the future.'

(According to NBC News, "Miller did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the comments.")

He expected a violent assault on democracy when he was a US Marine in Iraq.

I never imagined him as a congressman from the United States.

We are taking refuge together not from a foreign terrorist attack, but from an attempted domestic coup.

Which has been driven by rhetoric like that of the president and his supporters, like Rep. Miller.

Make no mistake: they are enemies of the United States.

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This is not a protest.

This is anarchy.

It is internal terrorism.

The people in the building right now are traitors to our nation.

By inciting this violence and encouraging a physical attack on one of the three branches of government when attempting to fulfill its constitutional duty to certify an election, the president has violated his oath of office.

Amendment 25 gives the vice president and a majority of the cabinet the authority to determine if the president is fit for office.

His words and actions today are proof that he is not.

As one of my Republican colleagues just told me: "I should be relieved of command."

It is time to invoke Amendment 25 and remove the president from office immediately.

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