The New York Democrat is pushing for the president to recognize the day of the insurrection as a “National Day of Healing.”
“Four years of Donald Trump was incredibly traumatic for many people,”
-Bowman (HuffPost)
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday urging him to use his executive authority to recognize Jan. 6, the day an insurrectionist mob attacked the U.S. Capitol, as a “National Day of Healing.”
In the letter, the New York Democrat pointed out that the combined trauma from the 2020 presidential election, the Jan. 6 insurrection, and the COVID-19 pandemic has been left unaddressed — and designating a day can help focus efforts toward healing. Continue Reading
