Rep. Troy Nehls reflects on protecting House chamber on Jan. 6 with makeshift weapon: 'I refused to leave'
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It was Rep. Troy Nehls' third full day on the job as a congressman when protesters stormed the Capitol Jan. 6, 2021, and tried to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
"My training kicked in that day," Nehls told Fox News in an interview. "I've been in tense situations before. And for the last 30 years, I've always been a guy I guess ... that runs to the danger. I'm a guy that tries to defuse situations. And that's what I did. I tried to defuse that situation. And make sure that nobody got through those center doors.I refused to leave."
Protesters were crowding outside the House chamber yelling, pounding and banging on the doors, Nehls recalled. The doors were "shaking violently."
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