“We don’t need to try and explain away or come up with alternative versions. We all saw what happened,” Blunt told NBC’s “Meet the Press” of January 6, when a mob of former President Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 election, clashed with law enforcement, ransacked congressional offices and threatened the lives of then-Vice President Mike Pence and lawmakers.
Calling January 6 “a terrible day for America,” the Missouri Republican said, “I think it was absolutely unacceptable and we can’t let that kind of thing be repeated again in our country.”
On Sunday, Blunt told NBC that he is “much more in agreement” with Bush’s view of what occurred on January 6.
“Congress itself has the capacity here to move forward,” Blunt said. “That doesn’t mean I’m opposed to a commission, but frankly I believe that the commission would probably be a reason to wait and not do the things that we know we need to do right now.”